Steven Paul

Steven is a Senior Writer for BMWBLOG. A lifelong enthusiast, he's driven F90 M5s around Circuit of the Americas, off-roaded X5s, drag raced M4s and M2s, and spent countless paychecks maintaining BMWs in varying states of broken. He joined the team in 2020, bringing years of experience as a manager at a BMW dealership. Now he writes as a career with BMWBLOG and others, hoping to bring insight and excitement to the fastest-paced automotive landscape in history. He enjoys all cars, but particularly BMW and Toyota/Lexus models.
BMW Touring Coupe Concept Talk with Adrian Van Hooydonk

BMW Touring Coupe Concept Talk with Adrian Van Hooydonk

By now, most enthusiasts have seen the incredible BMW Touring Coupe Concept that debuted at Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Italy. The man behind it is Adrian Van Hooydonk, the long standing BMW Group Head…

2023 BMW M Town Tour Begins: What You Need to Know

2023 BMW M Town Tour Begins: What You Need to Know

It’s official. The 2023 BMW M Town Tour has kicked off, and after beginning in California, it quickly made its way to Arizona. It will eventually traverse all 48 contiguous states in the US. While…

Exclusive: The Future of MINI Design with Oliver Heilmer

Exclusive: The Future of MINI Design with Oliver Heilmer

MINI is updating the iconic Cooper model pretty heavily for 2025. The new Aceman model and the brand’s larger Countryman model (which enters its fifteenth year and third generation of production for 2025) will see…

A Brief History of BBS Wheels and BMW

Everything We Know About the 2024 BMW i5

Everything We Know About the 2024 BMW i5

2024 BMW i5 Overview  Despite an illustrious history, the 5 Series hasn’t felt revolutionary for quite a long time. Thankfully, that’s about to change with the highly anticipated release of the first-ever all-electric 5 Series,…

Best BMWs of the 1990s

Best BMWs of the 1990s

The 1990s were a great decade for many reasons, but for auto enthusiasts, few are as nostalgia-clouded and rose-tinted as the look back at the BMW vehicles of the time. From the wedge-like E31 8…

How reliable is the BMW M340i?

How reliable is the BMW M340i?

The BMW M340i and M340i xDrive are fan favorites that recently received some significant upgrades for the 2023 model year. For the past (almost) year, dealers received them from the port, and happy customers have…

2024 BMW X5 vs. X7 - Which One To Buy?

2024 BMW X5 vs. X7 – Which One To Buy?

The new BMW X5 and X6 have just been released, boasting some compelling improvements. Most notably, they feature iDrive 8, a completely new iDrive system and display, as well as some refinements to their interior…