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A bargain with an all-time-great V8 – and much more besides
THERE WAS A UNIVERSAL SIGH of disappointment when the BMW 1-series switched to front-wheel drive in 2019 for its F40 generation. No longer was it a uniquely tail-driven hatch with a longitudinal engin
ASKING £22,995 PRICE ENGINE 3201cc/6-cyl/DOHC POWER 321bhp@7400rpm TORQUE ...
VISUALLY, THE NEW M2 CS GIVES OFF ALL THE RIGHT signals. It tells you what it is before it’s even turned a wheel: a muscled-up front-engined coupe that’s dripping with attitude; pinched at the waist,
WHY WE RAN IT To find out if this version is good enough to be the performance X3 I thought I’d like this. But I really, really liked it. And I’m not the only one. The BMW X3 M50 was by far and away t
MODEL TESTED BMW XM 50E Price £112,820 Power 469bhp Torque 516lb ft 0-60mph 5.0sec 30-70mph 4.4sec Top speed 155mph (claimed) Average economy 24.3mpg Electric range 57 miles CO2 emissions 100-106g/km
Resolutely unconventional, Porsche stuck to the rear-mounted engine for its fastest sports cars – despite experts claiming it was fundamentally unsound for good handling – and consistently outsold the