If ever a hot hatch needed some revisions, it was the BMW M135i xDrive. When the F40 usurped the rear-drive F20, it had a point to prove: that the move to a transverse four-pot and all-wheel drive was actually progress. It didn’t. It felt like a car designed by committee, […]
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It’s been a year of hard truths for car enthusiasts. Porsche is fully committed to eventually removing the engine from the Boxster and Cayman, Mercedes-AMG has slashed the cylinder count of the C63 in half, and BMW has officially canned its V12. No great surprise, really, and the final dozen […]