BMW i
While silently motoring along in the i3 like a glass-dome hooded extraterrestrial, I happened to stumble across an E30. This humble 325i was parked along one of Amsterdam’s many canals, sitting somewhat derelict in solitude….
Shawn Molnar / October 17, 2013
Featured Posts
We spend most of our ownership looking at the interior of our car – not the exterior. And yet nearly all marketing materials are focused on the shiny exterior and creative paint palette – nary…
Shawn Molnar / October 15, 2013
Featured Posts
Humans are inherently resistant to change. We bask in the ordinary, wearing it like a security blanket. To break new ground is to risk rejection, making waves with tradition. Nowhere is this more evident than…
Shawn Molnar / October 12, 2013
Featured Posts
BMW and Dunlop have worked together in the most demanding arenas of sports car racing – and won. Pole positions led to race wins, race wins led to championships, and after several years of racing…
Shawn Molnar / October 6, 2013
Interesting
Tire Review: Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric All-Season
by Shawn Molnar
/ Date: September 30, 2013
Auto Shows
Back in 2003 a few Canadians gathered on a sunny summer day to talk about their BMWs over a few cold beers. This kind of thing can catch on. And so it did: the same…
Shawn Molnar / July 7, 2013
Test Drives
I submit to you that I cannot afford a brand new 2013 BMW M5. Regrettably so. Of course, I aspire to own one – now more than ever, after spending seven blissful days at the…
Shawn Molnar / April 8, 2013
MINI
After spending some time with him over dinner and drifting around select mountain roads, Rauno Aaltonen captured our minds and our hearts. Few men live to be so passionate about driving, and I find both…
Shawn Molnar / February 19, 2013
Auto Shows
The BMW M6 Gran Coupe is an M5 with much sexier lines, as you can see from our photo gallery shot live today from the show floor in Toronto. To recap from our previous coverage,…
Shawn Molnar / February 14, 2013
MINI
I had an absolutely brilliant time behind the wheel of a prototype JCW Countryman on snowy Austrian alpine roads last winter. The first-ever all-wheel-drive John Cooper Works was a blast to drive as it dug…
Shawn Molnar / January 26, 2013
MINI
What a pleasure it is to set eyes upon – nay, to sit in MINI’s all-new JCW GP sports car. This, friends, is the stuff legends are born of. You couldn’t buy a more honest,…
Shawn Molnar / January 26, 2013