FIVE CLASSIC TRIALS 1990 BMW Z1

Being fired through time and space by a turbocharged Porsche engine is one of life’s great pleasures. We salute the best of the breed

Contrasting traditions go head to head in the form of two brilliant sports coupes: BMW’s latest M2 CS and Porsche’s nicely matured Cayman GTS

Exactly two years ago we previewed the Bonhams sale of a Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.3-16 that Niki Lauda drove to second place in the 1984 Nürburgring Race of Champions organised by the marque to celebrate

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,

The roll call of cars that were on the scene 50 years ago and which are still being built today is short. It gets shorter still if you stipulate a perfect, unbroken run of production. If you then dism