Toronto, Canada – Canada is doing alright. Employment and the economy are good and the Canadian dollar is going from strength to strength against the US dollar. With good employment and a strong currency, Canadians…
Date: June 2, 2011
My in-laws stopped by today to show off their new Honda Accord; V6, four doors, automatic, it’s a nice, well built, comfortable car . . . if you’re looking for transportation. And that’s just it,…
Date: May 12, 2011
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico – To launch the third-generation 6 Series Convertible, BMW chose Mexico’s most luxurious and famous resort town: Cabo San Lucas. Cabo is a city at the southern tip of the Baja…
Date: May 9, 2011
While all-wheel-drive, a higher ride height and four doors all play their part in shaping MINI’s new Countryman, the mission objective has always boiled down to one thing: space. As MINI’s younger customer base transitions…
Date: May 3, 2011
With a compact coupe body, rear drive, 50/50 weight distribution, and powerful engine, the BMW 135i Coupe is “pure BMW.” I had my sights set on the 135i Coupe when BMW announced it was coming…
Date: April 27, 2011
Munich, Germany – At one point during Innovation Day, BMW turned the gathered journalists loose to sample the qualities of the new 2.0 L four in an X1 on local roads and nearby stretches of…
Date: April 12, 2011
While attending the BMW sponsored Sony Ericsson Tennis Open this past weekend in Miami, I also had the opportunity to spend a few days with the new 2011 BMW X3. In the U.S., BMW currently…
Date: April 6, 2011
Not only an extraordinary athlete, but quite a head turner. Our paths crossed for the first time in May 2010 when BMWBLOG’s Road Test Editor Shawn Molnar and the new ALPINA B7 spent some quality…
Date: March 21, 2011
As luck would have it, a member of the gang I belong to phoned me late Thursday afternoon asking for a favor. He’d recently been in a bike accident and he needed to move his…
Date: November 21, 2010
“It’s not a real BMW” seems to be a common statement by many Bimmer enthusiasts when it comes to the smaller horsepower engines of the BMW line-up. This phrase seems typical of web forums and…
Date: November 16, 2010
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…
Date: November 14, 2010
