Six generations on and 12.5 million cars later, BMW‘s 3 Series continues to lead the pack in the hotly contested sport-luxury market. Recent economic, environmental and social trends have forced ...

I'll admit it: I didn't like the idea of a turbo-four in a BMW 3 Series. I know it has precedence and all that, but as someone who used to have a poster of an E46 M3 on my wall, to me the inline-six ...

Justin Cupler has been a member of the TopSpeed team since 2012. Justin's love for cars started back when he was just five years old, helping his dad work on his 1957 Chevy Bell Air and then his 1966 ...

The new F30-chassis 328i is the first U.S.-market 3-series to be sold with a four-cylinder engine in fourteen years. In that time, the in-line six-cylinder engine and the 3-series have become nearly ...

Dyno videos are usually worth little more than the fire and sound produced by the car as it revs--variability in conditions, equipment, and setup can make translating the results to general terms ...

DIGITAL EDITOR ANDREW STOY: A turbo four will never be a straight-six, no matter how good it is. And make no mistake, BMW's new force-fed four-pot in the 2012 BMW 328i is a damn good engine, but it's ...

In the best of years, it's a short, top-down season in the Capital District. In a year like one, where rain came early and often, it's even shorter. So, when the Columbus Day weekend forecast came up ...

The true way of testing a car is by owning it. No matter how much you struggle to find out everything you can when on a test drive, some things will never be uncovered. That's why the guys from Car ...

The brand spanking new BMW 3-Series is wining awards left and right, at the same time scoring top points with the fans for being the best all-rounder to ever wear the propeller badge. But what’s the ...

The archetypical sports sedan, BMW's 3-series has long set the benchmark for every automaker looking to play in the segment. Its superb agility and engaging character have defined the very act of ...

There’s an all-new BMW 3-Series. And, yes, this is big deal. Not just for BMW – it is the company’s best-selling car – but for anyone who might be in the market for a compact sedan in the coming years ...

"Something's different," my friend grumbles from behind the wheel of my 2012 BMW 3-series test car. He should know. His garage houses a last-gen BMW 330i and the cultishly track-focused Honda S2000.