BMW’s G01 X3 offers much out of the box, even from the most basic trim. However, the Bavarians have a vast catalog of Genuine accessories that any owner can take advantage of to spruce up their...
The small SUV is the dominant machine on the road today. Within twenty years, it’s ascended to the top of the heap, all but eliminating sedans and wagons from existence in buyers’ minds. BMW’s smaller variants are some of the more popular, as the badge offers a luxury appearance for relatively...
You don’t need to own a top-level performance model to have a reliable car that offers many of the same characteristics. Underneath the wide arches and carbon bodywork is often a platform shared with every variant on the model line and heavily related to others from the same manufacturer....
As cars have evolved, they've become filled with much more stuff. That counts for amenities like heated rear seats, entertainment screens, and larger systems that make them safe to drive and convenient to operate. Our technological advances have spawned more complex ways of building our vehicles,...
The N55B30 engine is one in a long line of BMW inline six-cylinder engines. It replaced the N54, a wildly popular engine known for its potential for big horsepower. Like its predecessor, the N55 is a turbocharged 3.0L inline-6 cylinder engine utilizing direct fuel injection. It was available in...
The long-roofed sedan was the American family's transport of choice for many years. Better known as a wagon, the decade and a half following the oil crisis forced the hatch-bearing body into a running joke thanks to the soul-crushing designs of the malaise era. It was a paradigm shift that the...
BMW has always done a good job with its oil scavenging system while retaining the wet sump setup on BMW M cars, and the S55 is no different. While the S55 engine shares a lot of its basic engine block architecture with the non-M N55 engine, it uses an entirely different oiling system, which does...
BMW, the Ultimate Driving Machine. For decades BMW has been synonymous with selling sporty sedans and coupes that tread a fine line between luxury, performance, and practicality. No BMWs have combined those traits better than those sporting the now-iconic ‘M’ badge. BMW has built the legacy and...
BMW’s 4th generation M3 has almost all the best traits of highly desirable enthusiast cars. Even as early examples approach 15 years of age (at the time of writing), their value has remained relatively stable, thanks to their unique offerings. But with that uniqueness comes bespoke parts...
Injector replacement is part of owning an N54 powered BMW. The Autel MX808 makes the calibration process of your new fuel injectors a little easier with no special software necessary. Calibrating the flow rates for direct injectors is a requirement on some vehicles when installing new injectors....