What’s It Like To Drive? On the road, you notice the extra power right off. You really can’t argue with extra power, and this is added all up and down the tach but not in such egregious amounts that ...

If there's a single complaint we'd slap onto the BMW M2, it's that the coupe is slightly less powerful than the M4. Of course, the power discrepancy is all politics-BMW can't just allow the lesser car ...

The new BMW M2 is little beast of a machine. It's everything we love about a good car, only it's a package mere mortals can actually use and afford. But you shouldn't buy one, because this M235i costs ...

A high-revving, sweet-sounding V-8 is a marvelous thing, and BMW's 4.0-liter V-8 in the M3 is a prime example. The tuners at Dinan, however, weren't satisfied with the factory-supplied 414 horsepower ...

BMW’s souped-up “M” cars are focused pieces of machinery that enhance every aspect of the original donor vehicle’s dynamics—from engine and suspension to chassis and brakes. But for drivers who are ...

Hyperbole is the hallmark of advertising, and the automotive industry is no exception. Take, for example, BMW’s tagline “the Ultimate Driving Machine.” The familiar phrase seems fundamentally outdated ...

The BMW M4 is a perfectly lovely machine. In stock form, its 3.0-liter, six-cylinder, twin-turboed engine makes 425 horsepower and 406 foot-pounds of torque. With a base MSRP of $62,400, that's a ton ...

The BMW M2 may already be the best BMW they sell right now, but Dinan's took it and made it even better... on the track, anyway. The S2 M2 gets a bigger turbo, a full Dinan suspension and even a few ...

The car you see here was no doubt envisioned by a legion of Internet dreamers—breathlessly commenting, “Crank up the boost!”—mere seconds after BMW debuted the twin-turbo 335i for 2007. But it took ...

Dinan Engineering, in business now for 31 years, has been busy building BMW race engines for five Daytona Prototypes in the Grand-Am Rolex series. Fortunately for us, the noted tuner still works his ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover luxury automotive, motorcycles and related topics. This article is more than 10 years old. The BMW 1M is a pretty good ...

It's even freakier if you're willing to fiddle with your new super-bruiser. Established companies like Dinan will cheerfully turn an already capable car into fire-spitting lunatic. The sesquipedalian ...