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.

Mercedes teases C63 AMG Coupe with video

Mercedes-Benz has been teasing its C63 AMG Coupe quite a bit lately. Recently, it teased the car on Facebook, with a handful of images of the C63 on a track. It got our attention pretty…

BMW M2 might be real life Vision GT

BMW M2 might be real life Vision GT

Back in 2014, BMW developed a Vision GT car for Gran Turismo 6, the famous racing video game. BMW’s Vision GT car was never something that actually made it to production, but was only designed…

What do you love about BMW?

What do you love about BMW?

BMW is a brand that sticks. Once you start driving a BMW, you’re hooked as a BMW fan forever. At least that’s the way it seems, often times. But the reasoning is different for so…

2011 BMW E92 M3: Future Collector's Car?

2011 BMW E92 M3: Future Collector’s Car?

We recently just spoke about which BMWs might become future classics. One of the BMWs was talked about was the E92 M3. This was the last M3 to have a naturally aspirated engine, the only…

James Bond was first to control the 7 Series via remote

2015 BMW 340i vs 2016 Audi S4

2015 BMW 340i vs 2016 Audi S4

Recent driving impressions have just come out for the upcoming BMW 340i. For the 2015 model year, the F30 3 Series gets a refresh, known as an LCI (Life Cycle Impulse) in BMW speak. The…

2015 BMW 340i - Driving Impressions

2015 BMW 340i – Driving Impressions

We’ve been waiting for the upcoming BMW 340i for quite some time now. With the 3 Series LCI coming this year, the 340i is now replacing the 335i as the top trim 3 Series that…

M Cars which will appreciate the most

M Cars which will appreciate the most

We love cars here at BMWBLOG and I’m sure you love cars too, judging by your reading of this. However, one sad fact of car ownership is that cars are probably one of the worst…

Youths need to learn to drive manual

Youths need to learn to drive manual

It seems that almost every other week, there’s a story about a car theft, only to have the thief stall and run away because they didn’t know how to drive a manual transmission. This happens…