In the land of Kei cars, the BMW iX3 is a giant. But we did just fine: Five adults, plenty of luggage and more than 1,000km through cities, coasts, and mountains. Our time with the BMW iX3 included awesome scenery, traffic jams, charging stops and a few memorable moments. I had plenty of time to get acquainted with the BMW iX3 in Japan. About four hours of it came courtesy of an ...
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Few cars have influenced the modern sports sedan as much as the BMW 3 Series. Since the first E21 appeared in 1975, the formula has been remarkably clear: compact dimensions, everyday usability, strong engineering and a genuine sense of connection from behind the wheel. More than 18 million examples have been sold worldwide over seven generations, making the 3 Series BMW’s most successful model family. BMW itself describes the car as combining ...
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We're among the first to preview the all-new BMW 3 Series, one of the brand's most important cars in an era when petrol, mild-hybrid, and full-electric powertrains will increasingly sit side by side. Few cars are more important to BMW than the 3 Series. For more than 50 years, it has been the car that perhaps best explains what a BMW is supposed to be: compact enough to enjoy, practical enough to ...
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Every few months I get into a new electric car and spend the first five minutes trying to figure out where the air-conditioning controls have gone. That probably says something about where the EV market is heading. The modern electric car has become impressive. They are quiet, quick, efficient and increasingly loaded with technology. You can have enormous screens, animated graphics, voice assistants, apps, cameras pointing everywhere and enough computing power to ...
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Think you know the truth about hybrids and electric cars? You might be surprised. "Are EVs the only kind of cars allowed in 2030?""Which is really better, hybrids or EVs?"EVs are prone to catching fire, is that true?As electrified vehicles become more common on Singapore roads, questions and opinions about them abound. EV batteries don’t last. Hybrids are only useful in city traffic. EVs cost less to run. Bigger batteries are ...
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Somewhere along the way, SUVs started looking less and less like SUVs. Walk through a carpark today, and you’ll see plenty of smooth noses, curving rooflines, flush door handles and full-width light bars. BYDs, Teslas and the growing wave of Chinese EVs have certainly moved automotive design forward. After a while though, quite a few of them start blending into one another. Not the RAV4 though. It's been a crowd favourite for ...
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Singapore’s motoring future is changing, and for many drivers, the big question is no longer simply “petrol or electric?” It is now hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or fully electric? With Singapore moving towards cleaner-energy vehicles, drivers are being encouraged to think more carefully about what they drive next. From 2030, all new car registrations in Singapore will have to be cleaner-energy models, including electric, hybrid, and hydrogen fuel cell cars. That sounds straightforward enough, ...
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I have always had a soft spot for Honda. But does the pint-sized Honda Super-ONE EV make me love the brand more? Or less? Over the years, I have owned two Honda Civic EK4 SiRs and a Honda Odyssey, so I would consider myself more than just a casual admirer of the brand. Honda, to me, has always been one of those manufacturers that understands how a car should feel. There is ...
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The new Audi Q3 has grown up rather nicely. At least that's the first thing that struck me when I saw it in person. The previous Q3 was handsome enough, in that safe and quietly confident Audi sort of way, though this new one looks sharper, more expressive and far more self-assured. The lines are cleaner, the stance is stronger, and the whole car now carries itself with more of ...
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We recently had the chance to preview the all-new BMW X5 in Munich, and for me, this one felt a little more personal. I used to own an X5, and it remains one of those cars that hold a special place in my heart. There was always something very appealing about the way it combined ruggedness with premium comfort. It had presence, usefulness, a proper sense of strength, and enough BMW ...
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There are some cars that feel like a normal model change, and others that feel like the start of something much bigger. The new BMW iX3 belongs firmly in the second group. This is the first of BMW’s Neue Klasse generation of cars, and that alone makes it significant. The phrase Neue Klasse, or New Class, looks back to a very important period in BMW’s history, when the brand found a ...
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Wow, this 'new M3' is the first BMW concept in a while that made me stop scrolling to take a second (and third) look. Unveiled at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the BMW M Concept Neue Klasse gives us our clearest preview yet of what future BMW M cars could look like. If this is indeed where BMW M is headed, things might get interesting. I've always believed that the best ...
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When I took delivery of my leased BMW X1, I already had a rough idea of the little changes I wanted to make to personalise it. The wheels and tyres were one. Original Equipment BMW bike racks were another. Then the floor mats were next. Floor mats are among the items most people rarely think about. They're there, they get dirty, and as long as they stay in place, most owners never ...
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The EV market is moving quickly. Manufacturers are racing to launch new models, chase longer range figures and introduce ever more technology. Against that backdrop, the Subaru Solterra XT might seem like a late arrival. After spending time with the car, I suspect Subaru would be perfectly happy with that observation. The Japanese brand has rarely been the first to jump on a trend. Instead, it has traditionally taken a more measured ...
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Running an automotive publication in 2026 is very different from how we did it when we started in 2009. Hmmm, as a matter of fact, my journey started earlier than that.I developed my first website, Burnpavement.com, in 2001.Long before social media, YouTube and AI, I was laying out magazine pages, teaching myself HTML and hand-coding websites one page at a time. I taught myself photography through countless books, magazines and hours ...
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