Estate of play

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

Following simple 1+1=2 thinking, the BMW M3 CS Touring was inevitable. After all, there have been hardcore CS versions of the M3 saloon and the M4 coupé, so logic dictates that the same carbonfibre ca

THE WORLD PROBABLY DOESN’T NEED AN estate car with 543bhp, Cup 2 tyres and carbon bucket seats. Nor one with carbon body panels and a cooling package specified for hard track miles. But after driving

Our pick xDrive Competition List price £91,865 Best price £89,845 MPG 27.2 CO2 234g/km For Scorching performance; sharp and entertaining handling; practical boot; comfy cruiser; snappy gearbox Against

THIS is the BMW M3 CS Touring: a car which shows that M division isn’t shy in giving its more practically minded customers the chance to access the CS experience. And if past CS models are anything to

RATINGS = Thrill-free zone = Tepid = Interesting = Seriously good = A truly great car = new entry this month. Cars in italics are no longer on sale. Issue no. is for our most recent major test of the