Test Drives

Our first encounter with the BMW 335is took place earlier this year when BMWBLOG’s road test editor Shawn Molnar drove BMW’s new performance coupe around the race track. Several months later, we decided to revisit…

A Vision Becomes Reality. Shaping The Future. Two slogans that underline a BMW hosted event at its Leipzig plant in East Germany. A small selective group of journalists were invited to experience the BMW Vision…

Painted Rock Farm, outside of Atlanta, GA – BMW is introducing the new X3 to the world’s motoring press at an off road facility known as Painted Rock Farm over the next few days. The…

3 cans of alphabet soup later and I still don’t have the whole name. Of course BMW’s nomenclature tells you a lot about what’s under the badge. Here we have the latest rendition of the…

Words: Shawn Molnar | Photos: Shawn Molnar In the evolutionary doctrine, all animal species change and adapt to ensure their own survival. Cumbersome qualities are traded for more agile traits; physical handicaps are traded for…

2011 BMW X1 xDrive28i test drive conducted by our German online magazine, BimmerToday When it comes to actual SUV capabilities, many of us know that the Sports Activity Vehicles are not comparable to other SUV manufacturers….

The Battle is all too familiar. Exhausts growl from the paddock. Angel eyes glare ahead. Two serious sports cars patiently await their release upon the asphalt. This time, Munich’s champion sports car, the venerable M3…

Words: Shawn Molnar Photos: Alan Martin / Shawn Molnar “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” growled my librarian as I begrudgingly accepted a novel from her outstretched hand. Many years later and the point…

Never did I expect this. With nagging pessimism I accepted the keys to BMW’s new ActiveHybrid X6. At 5,688 lbs, how could this be “sporty” as in “Sports Activity Vehicle” or SAV as BMW have…

Absolutely, this is one of the finest cars ALPINA has ever made. Based upon the new F01 7 Series sedan, ALPINA GmbH takes details into their own hands, producing a unique, focused and exclusive performance…