First Drive: 2012 BMW 650i Convertible – The Real Grand Tourer

BMWBLOG Author: Horatiu Boeriu

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico – To launch the third-generation 6 Series Convertible, BMW chose Mexico’s most luxurious and famous resort town: Cabo San Lucas. Cabo is a city at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, known for the sandy beaches, world-class scuba diving locations, glamorous life and high-class resorts. In a nutshell, the kind of habitat where the new BMW 650i Convertible would feel at home.

But Cabo is simply an oasis of luxury in the middle of a world where poverty, livestock and unexpected speed bumps contrast heavily with the luxurious image of the new 6er. Despite all of these apparent shortcomings, truth is that this area offers a variety of amazing scenery and twisty roads, combined with plenty of straight lines where the car can be pushed to its limits. And you can certainly bet on the fact that we took the new 650i Convertible to its limits.

First Drive: 2012 BMW 118i

BMWBLOG Author: Horatiu Boeriu

BMW has launched their new F20 1 series 5 door hatch-back in the artistic and cosmopolitan city of Berlin, and BMWBLOG is reporting live from location to bring you our first driving impressions of the car. Curious how it handles? Wondering what it feels like behind the wheel? Read on…

Approaching the new 118i Sport, the bold, provocative lines make sense. Whereas in photos most readers have found the new 1er to have polarizing looks, in person it is a different story. Among the international body of journalists here, everyone seemed to have positive conclusions on the exterior styling – including myself. Frankly, it’s hot from certain angles (front 3/4 for example) and clean from other angles at worst. We will bring you a styling analysis shortly, but first, let’s get down to business: how does BMW’s new F20 1 series perform?