Beep!...Beep!...Beep! Click. Ugh. You turn off your alarm clock and grope around on the bedside table for your glasses and phone. Getting up this early seemed like a good idea yesterday, but your kids woke you up twice overnight, and now you are wishing for more sleep. You roll out of bed and groggily start… Continue reading Long Term: CTS-V, GT S, M3 or Model 3—Choose Your Own Adventure
I have 24 hours with a Mercedes GLC 300 4Matic. This should be prime one-on-one time for me to explore Mercedes’ best-selling model of 2020, but I have a problem. I’m preoccupied with its little brother, the GLB 250 4Matic. When I drove it last year, I concluded that the GLB was sufficiently luxurious yet… Continue reading Review: 2021 Mercedes GLC 300 4Matic isn’t the Family Benz
Here’s what I’ve been led to believe about the new Chevrolet (C8) Corvette. First, it’s a blue-collar supercar that renders all sporting metal between $60k and $100k obsolete. Second, it’s a ground-up rethink that moves the engine midship, polishes the model’s luxury credentials and brings the fight to Ferrari’s V8s and Lamborghini’s V10s. Finally, it’s… Continue reading Comparison: 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Z51 LT2 vs. 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT S Yin-Yang Supercars
The car is beat up. Its headlights have gone hazy, the black paint has lost its gloss, and the interior is ragged, with the door panels and console nicked and peeling. It seems someone loved this car and used it hard. Actually, did they love it at all? I twist the key, and the 2011… Continue reading Test Drive: 2011 Porsche 911 Carrera S vs 2011 BMW M3
From the get-go of the Model 3, Tesla put a target on the back of the BMW 3-series and aimed to make a better compact luxury sedan. The Model 3’s price range of $35k to $71k mirrors the BMW 3-series, and the two cars have similar passenger space, performance and handling capabilities. Did Tesla really… Continue reading Comparison: 2019 Tesla Model 3 vs. 2019 BMW 330i
Today and tomorrow, I am a fly-on-the-wall at an Everyday Driver video shoot. It's a comparison test the co-hosts Todd and Paul have been excitedly planning for months: the new Focus RS versus its USDM rivals, the Mitsubishi Evo X, Subaru STI, VW Golf R. Luckily for me, the "wall" from which I'll be observing… Continue reading Comparison: 2016 Ford Focus RS, 2016 VW Golf R, 2016 Subaru WRX STI and 2016 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X
Not so long ago, I was sitting by the pool on vacation when BMW's media embargo on the F80 M3 and F82 M4 expired and the internet was flooded with reviews of the new BMWs. With great excitement, I consumed every quality review I could find, trying to determine if the heir to the sports… Continue reading Comparison: 2015 BMW M4 vs. 2011 BMW M3
My friend Sage has been researching his next car. A few months ago, Sage and I had rented an E46 M3 from RelayRides, and we were completely taken by the E46's performance, balance and poise. After the rental, we both dived into Craigslist searches to find that perfect example of the model, but we've both… Continue reading Comparison: 2013 Ford Mustang GT vs 2011 BMW M3
My car-buddy Sage has rented a 2004 BMW M3—known to the BMW community as the E46 M3—for the day. It’s a coupe with gray paint and the dreaded SMG transmission. For a 150k mile vehicle, the body and interior—especially the black interior leather!—are in great shape. Although it lacks the navigation screen which is found… Continue reading Comparison: 2004 BMW M3 vs 2011 BMW M3
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