… BMW 223i MSport Active Tourer … It’s a personal view of course, but the BMW Active Tourer is not the prettiest flower in BMW’s window box, but you can’t argue with its sheer practicality. This is an MPV as opposed to an SUV and all the better for it. […] Read more »

… BMW 420D M Sport Coupe … The BMW 420D M Sport Coupe is not just a driving machine, it is a driver’s machine. Subtle difference I know but it’s the sort of car that could tempt you from the straight and narrow. Imagine emerging from the house of a […] Read more »

… BMW 320d M Sport … Once upon a time, the terms ‘sports car’, ‘diesel’ and ‘automatic gearbox’ didn’t go together, but that was then, the BMW 320d M Sport is now! What BMW has done with the latest 3 series is combine all of the above and build it […] Read more »

… BMW X7 50d … Buy one Get one Free (sort of!) … Having spent the afternoon at Gleneagles on Sunday for the finish of the magnificent Flying Scotsman Rally, it was back to Gleneagles again on Monday for the Press launch of BMW’s new flagship, the X7. By goad […] Read more »

… BMW M2 … The difference between a motorist and an enthusiast can be measured in decibels. A motorist likes to travel in silence, smug in the knowledge that his/her car has been engineered by skilled and caring professionals who strive for the mechanical silky silence of automotive perfection. Whereas […] Read more »

In the world of rallying ‘M Sport’ stands for Malcolm Wilson’s Ford World Rally Team operations in Cumbria, whereas in Germany ‘M Sport’ stands for something else, BMW’s quick division. But in Scotland, the ‘M’ stands for something completely different, ‘My Goad!’ and note the exclamation mark. The ‘My Goad’ […] Read more »