If you’re an old-school rally fan, you know the real importance of a handbrake. After all, you simply can’t turn round a gravelly hairpin bend at speed without one, so life in the absence of this ...

The debut of the E65 BMW 7-Series was a major milestone in automotive design, and not just because of the debate and controversy that it generated at the time -- controversy that still feels unsettled ...

I'm a big fan of the BMW Group Classic YouTube channel where lately, the German automaker has been pulling the covers off never-before-seen prototypes that inspired the production Bimmers we all know ...

The E65 has gone in history as one of the most controversial, yet successful generations of the BMW 7-Series. While the flagship sedan was designed as a comfortable cruiser, an owner of a facelifted ...

Automotive design isn’t an easy game to get into and it’s an even harder game to win. Just ask Chris Bangle, the man responsible for the design direction of just about every early to mid-2000s BMW.

When thinking about a capable overlanding rig you would be tempted to take on expeditions beyond the Arctic Circle, a luxury sedan that has been intended as a comfortable city cruiser like the BMW ...

BMW made a mistake with the design of the E65 7 Series, a model nobody really seems to love, even today. That’s why you probably won’t care about this 745i whose V8 was ripped out to be replaced by a ...

As readers of Jalopnik, you're doubtless familiar with the concept of Project Car Hell. It's that special place you end up in when you buy a cool but cataclysmically unreliable car that takes all your ...

Nigel first entered the world of automotive journalism in the mid-80s, working for what was then the “bible” of weekly automotive content - Motoring News. Those were the days of tip-tap typewriters, ...