Know why that 3-series driver tears up an on-ramp out of nowhere, swoops across three lanes of traffic right in front of you, then settles into the fast lane for a nanosecond before departing toward ...

"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.

From the October 2013 issue of Car and Driver. BMW’s 3-series sports sedan is hardly an enigma at this point. Its mission is driving pleasure; its soul, savvy engineering. BMW aims to improve each ...

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 ...

Clearly Fred Su, the owner of Evolution Racewerks, knew something I didn't when he declined to ride shotgun during my test drive of his modified 328i. "Motion sickness," he claimed, but there was more ...

I drive a lot of cars and trucks each year and, truthfully, very few of them deliver the promised fuel economy despite my eco-driving efforts. It’s true, NRCan’s fuel consumption test procedures are ...

Barcelona, Spain—It's raining—not exactly ideal conditions to wring out the new 2012 BMW 328i on the Circuit de Catalunya F1 track. But some 12.5 million 3 Series cars have been sold since 1975, so ...

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 ...

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 ...

There's no replacing the smoothness of an I6, but the 240 hp I4 in the 2012 BMW 328i Sedan packed a punch. Options like metallic paint, 18-inch wheels and brushed aluminum trim quickly inflated the ...

I drive a lot of cars and trucks each year and, truthfully, very few of them deliver the promised fuel economy despite my eco-driving efforts. It’s true, NRCan’s fuel consumption test procedures are ...