The squeezed middle

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

MICHAEL JORDAN WAS famously cut from his high school basketball team before going on to become the NBA’s biggest star, while Thomas Edison is remembered as one of the world’s most prolific inventors,

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

THE second-generation BMW M2 arrived in 2022 and although many thought a Competition variant would make a comeback, BMW has skipped this step by revealing the new M2 CS. As before, this is the range-t

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

BMW’s Neue Klasse isn’t just a new platform – it draws a line in the sand for how the brand designs, builds and powers its electric cars. I’ve come to BMW’s Miramas proving ground in the south of Fran