BMW of North America is recalling 36 model-year 2017 BMW X5 sDrive35i, xDrive35i, xDrive50i, xDrive35d and xDrive40e SUVs. The recall bulletin filed with NHTSA says that the passenger frontal airbag modules use certain airbag inflators…
BMW’s X5 has always had to deal with the Land Rover Discovery (LR3 and LR4 in America for a time) but they weren’t ever really big time competitors. People who bought Land Rovers wanted SUVs…
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and BMW announced a new recall of nearly 122,000 BMW SUVs from the 2011 to 2014 model years. The recall stems from a problem with the the front driveshaft’s universal joint. Water…
I, personally, have spent quite a bit of time in BMW’s new iPerformance plug-in hybrids. Having spent extensive time in both the BMW X5 xDrive40e and 740e iPerformance, I can tell you that neither of…
Gone is the Land Rover LR4 in America, replaced with the new Land Rover Discovery (which is what the LR4 was called everywhere else in the world) and it’s a marked improvement over the old…
Hybrid and electric SUVs are becoming more and more popular as automakers are trying to lower their overall emissions throughout their lineup and customers want SUVs that have a bit more of a green image….
Apart from e-mobility and autonomous tech, the car industry is witnessing another emerging trend- the growing demand for SUVs and crossovers, particularly in the luxury segment. In 2016, every third car Audi sold was from…
Diesels haven’t been wildly popular in America in a very long time. Images to soot-covered cars still exist in the minds of older Americans and younger Americans are more into what’s eco-friendly and hemp t-shirts….
To support the lavish lifestyle of a part-time car blogger, I spend more time than I care to admit traveling by air, hither and yon, as part of my day gig. Thus, the annual car…
For the past year or so, Carfection has had a BMW X5 xDrive40d as their long-term crew/camera car. It’s been the car that brings their entire crew, all of their equipment and luggage to location…
