http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/shared/handlers/rsshandler.ashx?N=4294780604+692&Ns=P_Publication_Date|1CAR Online | Blogs | Family cars RSS Feed(c) 2013, Bauer Media. All rights reserved.30CAR reader Andy Downes has long lusted after owning a BMW M division car. He recently found an immaculate E46 BMW M3 and took the plunge. Here he blogs on his experience. Four years of saving, years of dreaming, months...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Guest-Blogs/A-CAR-reader-blogs-on-buying-his-first-BMW-M3-E46/Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:20:00 GMTBlogs‘A new Metro went by me the other day and, to tell you the truth, I thought it was a Citroen AX. And that upset me, because if I can’t tell them apart then what chance has the average motorist...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Gavin-Green-Blog/Gavin-Green-on-why-all-cars-look-the-same/Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:00:00 GMTBlogsWe deal with new cars here at CAR Online, but every now and again an oldie captures our attention and we just have to go and drive it. The Mk1 1965 Lotus Cortina you see here ticks that box, especially...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Ben-Barry-Blog/Driving-the-classics-Lotus-Cortina-1965-CAR-review/Tue, 08 May 2012 14:31:00 GMTBlogsEvery time I go to a so called 'developing' country I am reminded of the wonderful appeal of old well-used cars. India and Morocco happen to be two of my favourite destinations. One of their appeals is the horde of...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Gavin-Green-Blog/Gavin-Green-on-the-appeal-of-battered-old-cars/Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:32:00 GMTBlogsJust back from Spain, where I’ve been driving the new 3-series saloon on those magical winding roads of Andalusia. As expected, it is a terrific car. The new one is a step-on from its predecessor, especially in cabin quality, handling...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Gavin-Green-Blog/Gavin-Green-on-the-fine-new-BMW-3-series/Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMTBlogsTo appreciate the resonance of the last decade’s revolution in BMW design, it’s necessary to understand the company’s huge historic debt to a modernist ideas factory that became the world’s most influential art school. 'Art and technology : a new...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Stephen-Bayley-blog/BMWs-influence-in-car-design-by-Stephen-Bayley/Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:23:00 GMTBlogsPart 2: time to pick up our BMW E30 3-series bought on eBay The long drive down to Bournemouth gave me plenty of time to think about what I’d let myself in for. I kept thinking about an interesting comment made...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Alex-Tapley/The-perils-of-eBay-weve-just-bought-a-brown-E30/Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:13:00 GMTBlogsOne million miles. It’s a barely comprehensible distance, isn’t it? It’s not like a frenzied Saturday morning trip to Ikea to stock up on Billy bookcases, this is some serious travelling. Experienced astronauts amongst you will already know that it’s...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Guest-Blogs/A-million-miles-in-a-Honda-life-according-to-Joe/Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:37:00 GMTBlogsI love seeing cars I’ve never heard of for the first time. There’s a tangible sense of intrigue and mystery, and in a job where everyone presumes you know everything about every car, a welcome bit of fallibility. America is...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Ben-Pulman-Blog2/Why-Infiniti-has-come-a-long-way/Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:52:00 GMTBlogsThe industrial revolution didn’t end with the Victorians. It now moves faster than ever, not least in cars. 2010 probably saw more visionary production and concept cars than any year, ever. Gavin Green picks the top 10 cars of the...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Gavin-Green-Blog/Gavin-Greens-top-10-cars-and-events-of-2010/Mon, 06 Dec 2010 09:25:00 GMTBlogsNews today that Britain's new cars' CO2 averages are tumbling got me thinking. Even in the first half of 2010, carbon emissions of the typical new car rolling out of showrooms have fallen 5% year-on-year to 145.2g/km. Which is good...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Tim-Pollard-Blog2/The-great-CO2-debate-and-a-packet-of-crisps/Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:08:00 GMTBlogsEver wondered just how powerful smartphones are? Or how they could be integrated into your car? OnStar in the US is working with Google on new Android smartphone apps that are claimed to work seamlessly in the new Chevrolet Volt...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Sarah-Jayne-Harrison-Blog/OnStar-and-google-work-together/Thu, 20 May 2010 13:21:00 GMTBlogsSo, Toyota has added the Prius to its lengthy list of cars to recall, but it’s not – as has so far been the case – an accelerator issue. No, the Prius is being recalled due to a problem with...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Ben-Barry-Blog/Late-breaking-in-the-the-Prius-/Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:30:00 GMTBlogsWorking from home as I write this. Woke, like much of the country, to a white-out. No problem, I was sensible enough to park the Toyota Prius on the main road last night. Here’s a picture of it, under its...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Glen-Waddington-blog/Idiot-Prius-/Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:41:00 GMTBlogsIn the new February 2009 issue of CAR Magazine we've lined up the new Toyota Avensis against the Insignia, Mondeo, C5, Superb, Accord, Passat, Laguna and 6. It's the first UK meeting of these repmobile titans as we nabbed the...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Ben-Pulman-Blog2/Make-your-own-Seat-Exeo/Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:12:00 GMTBlogsIn our general excitement to scoop and report on the newly unveiled BMW Z4, we seem to have missed a very obvious point indeed: that the old Z4 will, by necessity, die too. Okay, so I’m clearly not the only...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Ben-Barry-Blog/Z4-mourning/Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:10:00 GMTBlogsI’ve developed a thing about gadgety headlamps recently. I’ve blogged before on mynew rural existence and how I’ve seen the light: bi-xenons, twisting beams, multi-beam lights like Mercedes’ that assault the dark depending on the road circumstances. I love them...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Tim-Pollard-Blog2/Why-I-love-gadgety-headlamps-by-Tim-Pollard/Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:27:00 GMTBlogsBen Pulman lusts after an M3 - but can't afford one. Here's his cunning plan... There are two types of motoring journalists; those who own their own cars, and those who don’t. I currently fall into the latter category, but...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Ben-Pulman-Blog2/Why-I-desperately-need-a-BMW-3-series/Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:05:00 GMTBlogsCAR's resident M3 expert Ben Barry enters a drift competition at the Nurburgring The choice was easy: stay at home and take the weekend easy; or leave work on Friday for a 1000-mile round trip to the Nurburgring. Being something...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Ben-Barry-Blog/What-we-do-at-weekends/Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:53:00 GMTBlogsBigger isn't better. Why the new M3 has lost its forebears' purity, by Ben Whitworth I hope I'm not alone in feeling a little luke-warm about the Whole BMW M3 Thing. Yes, it's a formidable steer and yes, it epitomises...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Ben-Whitworth/M3-ennui/Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:27:00 GMTBlogsGive me a Ford over a BMW any day, argues Ben Whitworth Much to my disappointment, my eldest brother doesn't give a damn about cars. 'They’re just tools, something to get you from A to B,' he says flatly. 'Nothing...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Ben-Whitworth/Why-Mondeo-Man-has-got-it-right/Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:19:00 GMTBlogs'Have punters lost interest in Evos?' I asked Mitsubishi UK boss Jim Tyrrell last week. No way, he countered, saying that he already has 250 orders for the Evo X, only seen so far as this concept. With that in...http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Community/Car-Magazines-Blogs/Phil-McNamara-Blog/Is-the-Mitsubishi-Evo-past-it/Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:54:00 GMTBlogs