The ultimate driving machine

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

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,

BMW M135 £43,740 OTR/£54,050 as tested/£602 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: It’s about time BMW had a hot hatch worthy of the M badge again DRIVER: jethro bovingdon THE M135 LEFT ME QUITE unexpectedly. It was plan

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

Think ‘executive saloon’ and your mind’s eye probably sees a BMW, Audi or Mercedes-Benz. But the Germans haven’t always had this market segment to themselves, so if you’re on the lookout for something

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