BMW M Series

Four-wheel drive. One seriously rapid little M2. BMW has handed its retro-styled M2 Turbo Edition a new all-wheel-drive xDrive version, and it launches even harder than the original. The catch is pure geography, because this sharper weapon heads only to India. American enthusiasts, who got the first batch, are left …

One million. On 2 October, a G80 BMW M3 Competition rolled off the line in Munich and became the millionth car ever built by BMW M. The milestone lands 54 years after the performance division was born. It also coincides with the M3’s 40th birthday, which makes the timing perfect. …

Not dead. Not safe either. BMW M boss Frank van Meel insists the manual gearbox is “not off the table”, yet he flatly refuses to make any promises. For anyone who rows their own gears in a BMW M2, that answer brings relief with a sting in the tail. Keeping …

The BMW M3 Touring has just reminded the fast estate brigade exactly who is in charge. Auto Express pitched the Competition version against Audi’s freshly launched RS 5 Avant, and the Munich car took the win. On paper that looks unlikely. The Audi lands with a 630bhp plug-in hybrid punch. …

The BMW M3 has just clocked up 40 years, and the badge still casts a longer shadow than almost anything else wearing four doors. It started at the 1985 Frankfurt IAA show with the E30. That first car used a 2.3-litre four-cylinder with four-valve technology, good for 200hp. It weighed …