Nico DeMattia

Nico DeMattia is a Senior Editor at BMWBLOG. He’s a bigger fan of classic cars than new ones, especially BMWs and the quirkier the better. Cars that are weird, unusual or unwanted, those are the cars Nico likes. He also enjoys covering news from across the auto industry and performing test drives aboard new and old BMW cars. Throughout the years, Nico co-hosted a podcast featuring interviews with industry icons such as designer Chris Bangle. He started writing about cars in 2015 before joining BMWBLOG in 2016. Nico is also a News Editor for The Drive. Fun Facts: Nico is a massive NFL fan and has a love/hate relationship with the New York Giants. He's also a Marvel nerd.
Top five best BMW convertibles

Top five best BMW convertibles

With the recent news of the BMW launching a Spyder variant of its i8 hybrid sports car, we though it would be a good idea to take a look at some of BMW’s best topless…

How BMW, Porsche and Audi plan to take on Tesla

How BMW, Porsche and Audi plan to take on Tesla

It’s no secret that Tesla is considered the gold-standard in the world of electric vehicles by many. It’s the EV darling at the moment, providing a green hope in a bleak world of smog and internal…

BMW M4, i8 make Carbuyer's Top 10 Sports car

BMW M4, i8 make Carbuyer’s Top 10 Sports car

Carbuyer UK is a publication based mainly on the consumer. Usually, auto journalists choose cars over one another over a tenth of a second difference in 0-60 times. This is largely a useless metric for…

Which BMW is the most under appreciated?

BMW diesels vs hybrids: Will diesels be phased out?

BMW diesels vs hybrids: Will diesels be phased out?

At the moment, buying a diesel car over a gasoline (or petrol, if you live on the eastern side of the Atlantic) powered car represents quite a large gain in both economy and efficiency. Currently,…

Volvo to add S90 and V90 Polestar to lineup

Polestar started as a company that tuned Volvos for the Swedish Touring Car Championship, and it made some pretty incredible racing cars. Volvo was very impressed with how its cars turned out that, after years…

2016 BMW 3 Series receives marginal IIHS score

2016 BMW 3 Series receives marginal IIHS score

The IIHS (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety) recently implemented a new test, called the Small Overlap Front test, a few years ago. It has become one of the more important crash tests since its implementation, as it…