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.
2025 BMW X3 xDrive30 Review: It's Complicated

2025 BMW X3 xDrive30 Review: It’s Complicated

The new 2025 BMW X3 has tremendous shoes to fill. The last generation was one of the brand’s best offerings, and it put up the sales figures to prove it. Despite debuting way back in…

The Case For a Mild Hybrid BMW M5

The Case For a Mild Hybrid BMW M5

The current M5 is a plug-in hybrid. It isn’t the first BMW M car to hybridize; it probably won’t be the last. Defenders of the hybrid super sled will point at its truly colossal 717…

5 Things We Wish the 2025 BMW X3 Did a Little Bit Better

5 Things We Wish the 2025 BMW X3 Did a Little Bit Better

We really, really, like the 2025 BMW X3, from most perspectives. It’s our first impression of how the fourth generation of BMW’s now best-selling nameplate will shape up, and there’s plenty to love about it….

2026 BMW X7 Pricing, Specs, and What’s New

5 Things We Love About the 2025 BMW X3

5 Things We Love About the 2025 BMW X3

We’re spending a week with the 2025 BMW X3, and there’s a lot to take in. It’s the first year of the nameplate’s fourth generation, which means big changes inside and out. It also means…

Every BMW X5 Generation Ranked by Reliability

Every BMW X5 Generation Ranked by Reliability

The BMW X5 has been in production since the early 2000s. It’s the first SUV the brand brought to market, and wasn’t immediately a critical success. That tune has changed through the truck’s quarter-century run,…

Here is Why the BMW M2 Racing Has a Four Cylinder Engine

Here is Why the BMW M2 Racing Has a Four Cylinder Engine

Unacquainted with racing, but newly familiar with the M2 Racing that just got released? You’re probably wondering why BMW packaged the B48 inline-four with the race car as opposed to 3.0-liter six from the roadgoing…