Decades of access to special M cars have left many indelible marks on the memories of our contributors, but nothing quite matches these personal highlights - here are the biggest M-car moments we'll never forget
Given I’ve spent most of my career so far as an automotive journalist covering serious topics like logistics and tyre production, I’ve got fewer BMW M highlights to draw on than most of my colleagues. So it speaks to the literal and figurative power of the cars that finding one was still fairly easy
But in its infinite wisdom, BMW GB has chosen not to import it. So getting to drive a manual M4 in Germany was a nice surprise. I was there to test another BMW, but our PR chaperone casually said they had a non-Competition M4 to take us from the hotel to the launch location. I don’t think they meant for the side attraction to upstage the main event, but it definitely did.
I should probably have been worrying about my friend, but he seemed entirely relaxed and enjoying the ride as much as me, so we howled and slid our way to A&E, revelling in this beautiful car’s power, balance and poise. But I thought it was exceptional on a race track and while most of my colleagues did not, some – notably Mauro Calo, who held a world drift record – loved every bit of it.
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