The results are in from Car and Driver’s sixth annual Lightning Lap Tests at Virginia International Raceway. The BMW models tested in this year’s Lightning Lap include the 1M coupe, 335is, X5 M, and Z4 sDrive35is. So how did they do? Check it out.

Top Gear magazine and Jeremy Clarkson have let everyone in on their 2011 car of the year, the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque taking the cake from both of them (although Clarkson made the distinction that the best car of 2011 was the BMW 535d M-Sport Touring). A few more Top Gear stars have chimed-in to make their assessments, with Hammond choosing the BMW [...]

High performance, outstanding technology and an authentic motorsport atmosphere are expressed in just one letter at BMW: M. First-class tuning for BMW comes in several letters to form one name: AC Schnitzer. With the 1-series M Coupé, BMW has unleashed a power pack with athletic design onto the road. The Aachen-based tuning experts AC Schnitzer [...]

Dan Neil, car critic at The Wall Street Journal and The Car Show presenter, is pretty smitten with the BMW 1 Series M Coupe, at least on most fronts. As a devotee of the E36 M3, Neil is happy to see that the fairly lightweight coupe comes with an honest inline six-cylinder engine under the [...]

It seems the press is bent on brewing up a rivalry brewing between the BMW 1 Series M Coupe and the Audi RS3. As you may recall, AutoExpress recently pitted the pint-sized Germans against each another in a drag race. Now, Fifth Gear lined up both machines for a one-lap battle with Tiff Needell driving [...]

Bloomberg reviews the all-new 2011 BMW 1 Series M Coupe and as expected by now, the new “baby-M” receives a positive review. Let’s have a look… “The performance-tuning division, M, has a long history of modifying already-fast Bimmers. No wonder the 1 Series is suddenly jacked up with Schwarzenegger swagger. The arches around the wheels [...]