In the land of Kei cars, the BMW iX3 is a giant. But we did just fine: Five adults, plenty of luggage and more than 1,000km through cities, coasts, and mountains. Our time with the BMW iX3 included awesome scenery, traffic jams, charging stops and a few memorable moments. I had plenty of time to get acquainted with the BMW iX3 in Japan. About four hours of it came courtesy of an ...
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Turning 50 has a way of slowing your thoughts down, not in a dramatic, midlife-crisis sense, but in a calmer, more reflective way. You begin to pay closer attention to the things that have stayed with you, rather than the things that came and went. Driving has always been part of that story In 2025, I turn 50.The BMW 3 Series turns 50, too, marking its 50th anniversary. That coincidence felt more like ...
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First-class travel with the Vellfire on-road en route to first-class travel in the air. I wasn't kidding about the 'first-class' bit folks. The Toyota Vellfire launch event was themed with first-class travel in mind, complete with boarding gate, cabin crew and customised luggage tags in a font colour and script of one's choosing. Then came the main event where the new Vellfire rolled in out of the clouds. This is one imposing-looking ...
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Lazy to plan your next driving holiday? Bentley may have you covered on that front, with its new 'Extraordinary Journeys' Travel Series. Want to travel but don't want to deal with the boring planning part of it? Got some spare change in the bank for a nice holiday? Bentley may just have the thing for you. Its new speciality travel series, titled 'Extraordinary Journeys', could be just the year-end getaway you are ...
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