More focused cs blasts in to top bmw’s m2 range...

IT ALL STARTED WITH THE PERFECTLY formed, navy blue E46 M3 CS that danced and slithered its way through the Scottish Borders at evo Car of the Year 2005. This was the first time BMW applied the CS bad

It gives me no pleasure to say it, but the only true BMW M car of recent times to which I’ve felt a proper connection is the baby of them all, the M2. As an alternative to a Porsche Cayman for those i

Six-cylinder, rear-wheel-drive compact coupés from BMW are things of joy. 3.0 CSL? Wunderbar. E46 M3? Fantastisch. 1 Series M? Ja! But today, BMW makes you spring for a full-fat M2 if you want a new o

Let’s ignore for a moment all the clichés about Italian reliability. If you’ve got M2 CS money, you can probably afford to run a Maserati with a highly strung Ferrari V8. Thanks to a crossplane crank,

RIGHT NOW, ALL TALK ABOUT SMALL BMW M cars is centred firmly on the new M2 CS (see page 28), M division’s next great hope for icon status and a car very much in the image of M of old. The M2 CS also c

With its heft and its hybrid powertrain, the latest M5 has been divisive from day one. Will living with one help us understand it?