2018 BMW M550i xDrive First Drive: The Quickest 5-series Ever (For Now)

– The speed limit just clicked from 120 km/h to unlimited, but the guy in the 10-year-old black Mercedes-Benz C-class diesel won’t get the hell out of my way. We’re heading westbound on the A8 autobahn, about 50 miles southeast of Munich. Spring is late, and the freezing rain hasn’t let up for days. READ […]

2018 BMW M550i First Drive | Powerful, otherwise mediocre

The 2018 BMW 5 Series, the executive sedan’s seventh generation, is receiving a so-so reception. Perhaps it’s because we’ve become too blasé about this model, which dates to 1972. That first E12 took the fight to Mercedes-Benz, followed by the 1981 E28 that truly elevated the 5 Series. It was sleek, sophisticated, and cool enough […]