2014 Detroit: Straight-sixes return to 2015 BMW M3 Sedan & M4 Coupe

Story and photos by John LeBlanc DETROIT – Germany’s BMW is feeling pretty good these days. Sales are up, and when sales are up, it’s way easier to build niche, high-performance cars. So this year’s Detroit auto show for BMW was all about its swift M models.

2014 Detroit: The new 2015 BMW M235i is your mini-me M3

Story and photos by John LeBlanc DETROIT — You’ve probably already seen images of the new, 2015 BMW 2 Series splashed all over the Interweb. But the successor to the 2007 to 2013 1 Series Coupe is making it’s official “car show” debut here in Detroit. And within minutes of the German brand’s media presentation, […]

Road Trip: Autobahn bound in BMW’s M3 Sedan

Story and photos by John LeBlanc MUNICH– Dinner on the Italian Isle of Capri. Surfing the north shore Pipeline in Hawaii. Reading Ian Fleming’s Thunderball on the patio of the British Colonial Hilton in Nassau, Bahamas. Trust me: some experiences in life are better done on their home turf. Take, for instance, driving a German […]

First Drive: 2015 BMW M4 Cabriolet

Story and photos by John LeBlanc MUNICH, Germany — Those who love irony will relish in BMW’s new 2015 M4 Cabriolet. Just like its four M3 Cabriolet predecessors, the BMW employs all the usual go-fast goodies from the German automaker’s famed high-performance M GmbH division but then adds a “mute” button by being a heavier, […]

Flashback Fridays: 2006 BMW M6

Story by John LeBlanc This article was originally published in May, 2006 – Bayerische Motoren Werke really didn’t have to build the new M6. The in-house performance elves at its M subsidiary already have a full cupboard of “M’m! M’m! Good!” versions of the 3 Coupe and Convertible, Z4 Roadster and Coupe and, up until […]

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