Bmw 1-series m coupé

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

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

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

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

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