FCP Euro Spring Tuneup Recommendations

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...

Audi has been one of the most successful automotive manufacturers over the last two decades. Slowly rising through the ranks of more prominent German brands of the 80s and 90s, Audi came on strong in the 2000s. In 2009, this set the stage for Audi to release one of their most popular cars to...

The mid-size SUV market is one of the toughest around. Most global automakers have a product, if not multiple, that fits within and presents a real case as to why they should be the recipient of your hard-earned money. Oddly enough, the Europeans mostly avoid this segment, producing highly...

You don’t think about your brake system until it stops functioning. Unfortunately, by then, it's too late. A basic brake inspection can be performed by anyone, nearly anywhere, with minimal special tools, and might be what prevents an accident. Even taking just a few minutes to look over the few...

Cars are as much about safety as they are about looking good and driving well. Headlights and taillights often let another driver know that you’re there and what your intentions are, so they need to be functioning at their best at all times. Buying fresh bulbs at a local store can be expensive,...

If all you knew about motorsports were the professional level, where teams roll in on semi-trucks with hundreds of members for the weekend with cars needing several laptops to turn on, you’d have a terribly skewed view of how simple it can be. Auto-cross is arguably the easiest way to push your...

The motoring world was alight in a golden age of emerging technology in early 2003. A generation of supercars and poster-worthy sports cars were leaving factories across the globe, and mixed in between all of the current classics we love today, the first generation of European SUVs was in full...

Cars are almost always a compromise in some way. Performance and outright power usually mean a relatively poor fuel economy. Access to inexpensive gasoline is prevalent in the US, so we Americans often choose to live with the terrible MPG figures. But for those looking to have their cake and eat...

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...