The fondest farewell

Joe’s BMW now identifies as a 5 Series ...

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

The classics you love, drive and restore

MILEAGE 2500 WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT To see how much progress BMW has made with its entry hatch between generations The new pope is Catholic, the UK won nul points in Eurovision’s public vote and, in oth

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