“ the new m135 has to deliver on that theoretical promise”

THE idea of halo cars is nothing new. Fast flagships have been around for decades, fuelling sales of mundane models as customers aspire to one day own something with an M, RS or AMG badge on the boot.

The original BMW X1 racked up more than 700,000 global sales between 2009 and 2015, but for all its success it was plainly styled, poorly packaged and flawed on the road. Happily, the Mk2 car of 2015

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

For this latest Continental GT, Bentley has broken with convention and got things going with a bang. In the past, we have had to wait a short while for the excesses of the Speed derivative, but for th

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The first cars from Hyundai’s N performance sub-brand burst onto the scene in the form of petrol-powered, front-wheel-drive turbocharged hot hatchbacks – and they ruffled establishment feathers at eve