Author name: Steven Paul

It isn’t news – the manual transmission is on the way out, and everyone should be sad about it. It doesn’t take a luddite to realize that this, in general, sucks eggs. Luckily, enthusiasts are spoiled for choice. BMW knows a thing or two about making fun-to-drive manual cars, and they’ve been doing it for […]

It truly is jaw-dropping how quickly time can pass by. After nearly a decade of deliveries throughout the world, BMW i3 production recently ended. When the car first arrived on US shores in early 2014, people weren’t entirely sure what to make of it. Its unorthodox bodywork, bicycle tires, and alien-feeling interior confused and angered

For a car to become deemed a “future classic”, there’s generally a few prerequisites to be met. The first and most important one is that it must be fun to drive – if nobody wants to drive it, nobody will want to buy it. Following that: it must be important, either to the brand or

By now, interested parties have come to the realization (but maybe not acceptance) that the G81 BMW M3 Touring is sadly not coming to the United States. Cost to homologate the G Series wagon to U.S. standards and generally lacking mainstream interest means that we are stuck to go without wagon. But not all hope

The all-electric, all-new, and almost entirely all-grille 2023 BMW i7 xDrive60 is finally available to configure on BMW’s Build Your Own configurator. Options are lavish, plentiful, and above all expensive – making it very easy (and fun!) to drive up the price on BMW’s newest EV. And considering it starts at $120,295 after destination, that’s

Although the first BMW SUV debuted in 1999 at the Detroit Auto Show, the genesis of the BMW SUV can be traced all the way back to 1994, when BMW acquired Land Rover. By combining the traditional off-road technology gleaned from Land Rover with BMW’s abilities to engineer a thrilling-to-drive car, the X5’s debut arguably

For over thirty years, the BMW M5 has been one of the most immediately recognizable names in the motoring world. Its heritage traces back to the BMW M1, and carries into the current decade with the asphalt incinerating and low-production M5 CS. With BMW M celebrating its fifth decade of manufacturing exhilarating automobiles, what more

With customer deliveries of the all-new iX beginning, and BMW’s price increases announced for the 2023 models, it’s an opportune time to see what options add the most value to BMW’s first ever electric SAV. You’ll have two options going into the 2023 model year – the BMW iX xDrive50, with a new base MSRP

After nearly two decades, BMW M has finally brought the “CSL” moniker back to the M4 – successor to the vaunted E46 M3 CSL. And with only 1,000 units worldwide, it promises to be an extremely difficult car to find, just like the original. But not only is it exceptionally rare – it’s painfully clear

BMW is officially celebrating the 50 Year anniversary of BMW M in 2022. This compels one to look back at one of the most iconic BMWs to have ever been graced by the M division – the M3. From a naturally aspirated four-cylinder engine to the twin-turbo six cylinder and beyond, the M3 has always