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We always hear the idea of leasing cars, or maybe you are already leasing a car at this moment. There are also debates whether leasing or purchasing saves you more money. There is no absolute answer for this question because the final cost depends heavily on your income/expense/tax situations, therefore it is case by case.

In US, since you do not own the title of the leased car (the leasing company that owns the tile), this is classified as an operating lease...

The BMW M235i Convertible will join the 2-series coupes starting January 2015. The convertible version of the 2-series will be similar to the coupe, US model line includes the 228i, 228xi (AWD) and the high performance M235i.

While the M235i convertible is not finalized for the production, we have got some low-level camouflaged spy shots of the upcoming car.

The next generation of the BMW X1 is planned to be released in September 2015, we have reported some information a while ago. As the date is approaching, exterior rendering and more specifications become available.

Below is an artist rendering of the new X1. The new generation small SUV will be based on BMW Group’s UKL front-wheel-drive platform. Both FWD and AWD option will be offered.

Two engine families will be found in the new X1: the 1.5L 3-cylinder turbo and the 2.0L 4-cylinder turbo engines. Since BMW and Toyota have lots of collaboration projects nowadays, we believe Aisin will supply the transmission for the future X1.

If you owns luxury cars, please do not be offended by the following content, because this is only an academic research and there is no definite conclusion that who must be what.

A 2012 study by Prof. Piff from the Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley indicates that, based on the 274 samples they acquired from Bay Area local road, they found that the higher the vehicle’s status (more luxury), the higher percentage among them that cut off other vehicles at the four-way intersection with stop signs on all sides, and also higher percentage that cut off pedestrians at a crosswalk.

Here is the paper that published on PNAS (Proceedings of the National Aca...

Yesterday VW revealed the A3 Clubsport Quattro – which is believed to be a concept prototype of the upcoming RS3 sedan.

The biggest news comes from the concept car is its 525hp 5-cylinder turbo engine. From my point of view, this is a revolution in the market. The reason is: VW is able to pump out 525hp from the 2.5-litre displacement, using only 1.5 bar pressure of turbo boost, this translates to 212hp per litre. For comparison, the Mercedes-Benz M133 engine which is used on the CLA45AMG, is using a much higher 1.8 bar of boost, but can only achieve 181hp per litre.

The VW engine has excellent torque curve too: 443 lb-ft available from 2300 to 6000 rpm...