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.
Five Best Manual Transmission BMWs

Five Best Manual Transmission BMWs

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…

BMW i3 - One of the Most Underrated Cars

BMW i3 – One of the Most Underrated Cars

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,…

BMW Z4 M40i is a Future Classic

BMW Z4 M40i is a Future Classic

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…

BMW M3 Touring Alternatives in the United States

BMW M3 Touring Alternatives in the United States

It’s finally official – the G81 M3 Touring is never coming to America, at least by BMW’s hand. This angers countless thousands of internet forum-goers, perhaps among them the twelve Americans willing and able to…

Cool BMW M3 Models That Never Made it to United States

BMW i7 - This is my Ideal Configuration

BMW i7 – This is my Ideal Configuration

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…

BMW M4 CS Prices - What Makes It Special?

BMW M4 CS Prices – What Makes It Special?

There sure is a lot of excitement surrounding the G82 BMW M4 CSL. Which is perfectly logical because it’s a terrifically powerful and super-exclusive BMW. Which is interesting – because the same enthusiasm was not…

Which BMW M5 is for you?

Which BMW M5 is for you?

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…

BMW iX - This is how I would spec my electric SUV

BMW iX – This is how I would spec my electric SUV

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….

BMW M4 CSL and its E46 M3 CSL Origins

BMW M4 CSL and its E46 M3 CSL Origins

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…