4 Fast BMW Wagons You Can Get For Cheap
From the golden trio of German premium manufacturers including Mercedes-Benz and Audi, BMW arguably makes the sportiest vehicles. For decades, the manufacturer has been producing BMW wagons that are not only practical and comfortable but also stunningly fast. It all started with the 3-Series Touring and decades later, the Touring models are some of the […]
Top 3 BMW Hatchbacks We Never Got to Drive
Due to different regulations in the European and North American markets, as well as diverse customer preferences, there are exciting hatchbacks that unfortunately never made it to the US. These include the Mercedes-Benz A-Class, the VW Polo, and the Subaru WRX hatchback, which was in recent years discontinued for North America. In this article, we […]
Restoring a BMW E9 3.0 CSL – How Expensive Can It Get?
It’s no secret that BMW E9 3.0 CSL is one of the most important cars this company has ever designed. It gave life to the dull 2000 CS new generation coupe that was already losing steam by the time the 3.0 CSL came about. More importantly, this car cemented BMW’s name in the world of […]
BMW X5 Le Mans, or How BMW Did the Unthinkable
Many exciting things happened in the automotive space at the turn of the millennium. Formula One returned to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the United States after nine years; BMW had just released the E53 X5 and the Z8. There were also numerous radical, experimental machines that came to life during this period. However, the […]
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BMW Coolant – What to Get and What to Avoid
Coolants, or antifreeze as it’s sometimes referred to, is a fluid that plays an integral role in regulating the running temperature of your engine. When an engine is running, it produces extreme amounts of heat that, if not managed, can cause catastrophic damage to various parts of the engine. The cooling system, including the coolant […]
BMW VANOS Explained — What It Does, Why It Fails and How to Fix It
Variable valve timing was a true game-changer when it first appeared. Born as a means to achieve the ultimate performance, but also efficiency, VVT was quickly adopted by almost every major car manufacturer out there. This, of course, includes BMW who dubbed their approach to variable valve timing as VANOS, or Variable NockenwellenSteuerung in German. […]
BMW N52 Engine – Everything You Need to Know
By the mid-2000s, BMW had built itself a reputation for developing excellent examples of naturally aspirated inline-six engines. At the turn of the millennium, it revealed the M54 (and the performance-oriented S54 shortly after) and cemented itself as one of the best in the business when it came to the six-pot layout. Needless to say, […]
BMW N51 Engine — All You Need To Know About SULEV
The N52 succeeded the highly-successful M54 and powered multiple BMW cars between 2004 and 2015. While it became one of the most reliable and popular inline-six engines BMW ever made, it had a lesser-known sibling called the N51. Interestingly, the N51 is near-identical to the N52, powering the same cars and available during the same […]