Since 1998, Steve has been evaluating every new vehicle that comes to market – from Mitsubishi to McLaren. As the station’s Automotive Editor, Drive Time with Steve Hammes began as a weekly newscast ...

The mid-cycle product refresh is an art. If the existing vehicle is selling well, why risk screwing up what’s working? If sales are soft, why waste time and money? A successful refresh is carefully ...

The large luxury SUV segment is an anomaly, clocking consistent, if not chart-topping, sales numbers year after year regardless of the attendant economic and social climate. Buyers love them for their ...

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – I don’t speak much German, but I know a message auf Deutsch when I hear it. At the first media drive of the 2023 BMW X7, engineers and executives revealed the internal name for the ...

BMW is joining the three-row fray next March with the 2019 X7 xDrive40i and xDrive50i. Both X7 trims will offer seating for six or seven, rear-seat entertainment for long family trips and the ability ...

Usually, giving a vehicle tons of extra horsepower, brakes powerful enough to stop a train, and huge, sticky tires is a recipe for success. And to be fair, the Alpina XB7 is pretty amazing for what it ...

The all-new 2019 BMW X7 headlines a 7-model sport-utility lineup, the broadest offered by any luxury automaker. Assembled in Spartanburg, South Carolina along with the X3, X4, X5 and X6, the ...

BMW is one of the best automakers at straddling the line of performance and luxury and nowhere is that balancing act more challenging than the large SUV market. Yet, BMW does just that with its X7, a ...

The 2020 BMW X7 M50i is a huge three-row SUV with super quiet interior, excellent power and luxury ride. When the heck is a large $94,000 SUV with 456 horsepower not enough? German luxury vehicle ...