1981 bmw m535i £39,995

ASKING £37,495 PRICE ENGINE 3452cc/6-cyl/OHC POWER 215bhp@5200rpm TORQUE ...

BMW can’t be accused of failing to give its difficult pupil every chance to fit in. The six-cylinder, rear-wheel-drive M135i (later M140i) was a tough act to follow for its transverse-engined successo

£114,015 OTR/£135,058 as tested/£1,560 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: Furiously complex, huge and heavy – is the M5 headed in the right direction? DRIVER: OLLIE marriage HERE’S AN INCOMPATIBLE PAIR: BMW M5 and St

TIMES ARE TOUGH FOR THE AVERAGE enthusiast in 2025. Cheap hot hatches have pretty much died out, affordable sports coupes are no more and everything that’s left seems to be getting ludicrously expensi

(1996-2002)

WE HAVE AN EMBARRASSMENT OF BIG, practical performance cars on the Fast Fleet at the moment. There’s ed-in-chief Gallagher’s Audi RS6, super-snapper Aston Parrott’s Alfa Stelvio Quadrifoglio and my ow