Alina has been enthusiastic about vehicles her entire life, and even from an early age found herself itching to get behind the wheel. Through high school and college, she could be found reading ...

There is a point in our lives when that 2-seat sports car becomes an impractical dream. Yes, kids are the obvious reason, but there's nothing wrong with wanting space for a couple of extra passengers.

SENIOR EDITOR BOB GRITZINGER: This latest version of BMW's "entry" model eschews some of the $9,000 worth of options that punched the price of our previously tested 135i to $45,000. This car proves ...

Before its unveiling at the Frankfurt show in September, the 1 Series coupe had been one of the most talked-about new models from BMW in quite a while. And with good reason. Here's a car promising a ...

I never cared much for the old BMW 1 Series. It has almost a depressed look to it, like it's upset because it knows it looks like BMW haphazardly shrunk a 3 Series in Photoshop, and that it was ...

We all heard that BMW is understating the amount of power its engines usually make but for some people those figures aren’t nearly enough. They somehow feel the need to get some proper upgrades for ...

Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Bimmer is 11 years old, but has required over $10K in maintenance in the last two of those. That makes it either a money pit or future proofed. Let's see what its ...

One word that describes the 2009 BWM 135i Coupe is "Hot!" With a powerful engine linked to a six-gear manual transmission, every trip I made became a hot lap. My "trips" weren't long, but even a ...

Yeah, we know-on the face of it, this comparison looks ridiculous. What business do we have comparing an all-wheel-drive Japanese rally sedan versus a rear-drive German luxury coupe? There we found ...

The BMW 135i is a great car. It's a blast to drive thanks to its fantastic handling and responsive turbocharged engine. Still, there are always ways to make a car better. A nice cylinder-count upgrade ...

The famous company Hartge, which developed the first inline six-cylinder engine with twin turbo-chargers, offered an amazing additional ECU to the Bmw 135i Coupe->ke313 capable of changing the 3-liter ...

Like The Sopranos or that poo you've waited all day to evacuate, all good things come to an end. And sadly for us, the hot 'n steamy relationship with our project BMW 135i has also been terminated.