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

BMW can’t be accused of failing to give its difficult pupil every chance to fit in. The six-cylinder, rear-wheel-drive M135i (later M140i) was a tough act to follow for its transverse-engined successo

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

£114,015 OTR/£135,058 as tested/£1,560 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: Furiously complex, huge and heavy – is the M5 headed in the right direction? DRIVER: OLLIE marriage HERE’S AN INCOMPATIBLE PAIR: BMW M5 and St

LATE last year, we pitted the freshly facelifted BMW M135 against the Audi S3 and while it was a close battle, the M-car emerged victorious. We praised it for delivering “plenty of power to put a smil

List price £65,395 Best price £65,395 MPG 30.8 CO2 208g/km For Savage acceleration; immense grip; entertaining handling; quick-shifting automatic gearbox Against Very expensive to buy; some hot hatche

A day of science to see exactly how much power the hybrid M5 is really producing.