Oregon has over 70,000 miles of forest roads. For the last seven years, those unpaved routes have been taunting Daniel Sloan, just out of reach, as he traversed the farthest reaches of the state in his BMW M3 convertible.  He knew an off-roader would give him access to the untapped parts of...

I’ve found that the most modern, highest-performance vehicle often isn’t the most fun to drive.  Given a twisty road and the choice between a 650-horsepower, turbocharged, all-wheel drive supercar with 335-section tires or a 20-year-old M3, I would prefer the BMW. So how far does that train of...

  We approach the corner–it seems too fast. My body tenses up in the passenger seat. I scramble to visualize the best path through the twisting gravel turn ahead, and shift my weight accordingly to anchor myself.  The car ignores the fast-in, fast-out racing line that I had mapped out in my head....