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  BMW M5 2018 Road Test 28 Mar 2018 (roadtest)
  Over the last three decades or so the BMW M5 has managed to procure an enviable ‘five-seat supercar’ handle along with an arguably unmatched aura of reverence and mystique. Some Audi and/or Mercedes-Benz enthusiasts might disagree, of course
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  BMW M2 2016 Road Test 18 Apr 2016 (roadtest)
  This road test of the 2016 BMW M2 isn’t about race-circuit handling. It doesn’t involve any lurid, tyre-smoking doughnuts. It’s actually a real ‘road test’, all 1,452 miles from Malaga in Spain to Weybridge in Surrey. Our car was a 7-speed M
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  BMW 730Ld 2016 Road Test 15 Oct 2015 (roadtest)
  BMW claims that its 6 th generation 7-Series long wheelbase model is the longest car it has ever built. It is. At 5,238mm it is seventeen feet two inches long. At 1,902mm it’s the same girth as before, and at 1,485mm only slightly taller. At 515 litres
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  BMW 320d 2015 Road Test 4 Sep 2015 (roadtest)
  The BMW 3 Series is one of the most popular premium saloons on the road. But three years after its launch - and with the Jaguar XE arriving along with an all-new Audi A4 on the horizon -  BMW is giving it a subtle mid-life refresh.  From
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  BMW 518d 2013 Road Test 29 Sep 2013 (roadtest)
  The current 5 Series has become one of BMW ’s best selling models. However, three years is a long time in automotive terms and with the likes of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class and Audi A6 on its heels, BMW is giving its popular saloon an overhaul
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  BMW X3 2010 Road Test 29 Nov 2010 (roadtest)
  The original E83 BMW X3 came under fire for not only not being an X5, but rubbing its poverty-level spec in the buyer’s face. No chance of BMW making the same mistake with the new F25 X3. Not only has it grown up and, with one exception, been
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  BMW X1 2009 Road Test 20 Oct 2009 (roadtest)
  Niche marketing is all about finding needs people didn’t know they had, then fulfilling them. And VAG, Mercedes and BMW are becoming increasingly good at it. Last week I handed back a Skoda Yeti 4WD, deeply impressed by a car that doesn’t quite fit any established category
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  BMW M3 2007 Road Test 14 Aug 2007 (roadtest)
  . The 3,999cc aluminium alloy engine if built on BMW’s F1 engine production line. I could go on, but it’s all in the specs below. I guess you’d rather find out what it’s like on a race track. Well I’m not skilled enough to give you a race driver’s
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  BMW 1 Series 2019 Road Test 25 Sep 2019 (roadtest)
  This is a test of two parts: first the new F40 BMW 118i DCT; and secondly the F40 BMW M135i Steptronic. The new front-drive or xDrive 4WD 1 Series are 5mm shorter than the previous rear-drive F20 1-Series, but with transverse engines are much more spacious inside, with 33mm extra rear legroom
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  BMW 840d xDrive 2019 Road Test 18 Dec 2018 (roadtest)
  Is this the most attractive BMW currently on sale? We reckon so . And what else would you expect, from the firm’s new flagship model, intended to take on the Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe and Bentley Continental GT? An indirect
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  BMW 530d Touring 2017 Road Test 3 Jul 2017 (roadtest)
  We tested the 2017 BMW 5-Series Touring for half a day  here . And the G30 530d on a 1,500-mile road trip here . Dan Powell tested the 530e i
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  BMW 530e iPerformance 2017 Road Test 16 Jun 2017 (roadtest)
  The 530e iPerformance is   BMW ’s first large premium exec to get the plug-in hybrid treatment and - on paper at least - it reads like the utopian answer
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  BMW 530d xDrive 2017 Road Test 27 Feb 2017 (roadtest)
  The 2017 BMW 5-Series G30 is the seventh generation of the BMW 5-Series, an event that has occurred roughly every seven years since 1972. With one or two annual exceptions it comprehensively out-sells the competition, so this is a very important car for BMW and one
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  BMW 1 Series 2015 Road Test 29 Apr 2015 (roadtest)
  Mid-life refreshes rarely transform the look of a car – but the updated BMW 1 Series bucks the trend. The old model’s sad, droopy headlights have been replaced by a much slimmer and more purposeful design like those on the 3 Series, while the rear gets wider tail lights
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  BMW 318d Gran Turismo Road Test 30 Apr 2013 (roadtest)
  The BMW 3-Series Gran Turismo answers a lot of people’s criticism of BMWs generally.  It’s softer. Even with the M-Sport pack and on 225/40 R19 tyres it rides comfortably, absorbing minor bumps, ridges and undulations very well indeed
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  BMW 1 Series 2012 Road Test 14 Dec 2012 (roadtest)
  The BMW 120d xDrive isn’t a one off.  A third of all BMWs produced are actually four-wheel drive. In 2012 alone, BMW sold 370,000 xDrives. Not many people knew that, including me. There are, of course, the usual suspects the names of which begin with X
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  BMW 330d Touring 2010 Road Test 11 Oct 2012 (roadtest)
  The 3 Series is BMW’s bestseller often making its way into the top-ten UK sales chart. The latest generation, stays true to the formula that has made the model so popular, with smart styling, good build quality and an enjoyable drive
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  BMW 3 Series 2012 Road Test 7 Feb 2012 (roadtest)
  for the best 320 diesel yet? The answer is, because the 328i is so much better. With this car, and its engine, BMW has seemingly pulled off the impossible. It uses a twin scroll variable vane turbo to squeeze 245PS out of a 2.0 litre 4-cylinder engine. And 350Nm torque. That’s
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  BMW 5 Series 2010 Road Test 16 Mar 2010 (roadtest)
  Every 7 years we get a new Mercedes E Class, new BMW 5 Series and new Audi A6. In that order.  The W212 E Class arrived last year. So now it’s the turn of the F10 5-Series. (BMW ran out of E numbers with the current 3 Series.) The new A6 arrives in 2011
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  BMW Z4 sDrive 2009 Road Test 15 May 2009 (roadtest)
  This is really a four-car test. We drove the new BMW Z4 sDrive 23i manual and 35i DCT auto. But since the new BMW Z4 has an electric folding hard top it’s a replacement of both the previous Z4 roadster and sadly also of the sensational looking Z4 coupe I tested back in 2006. So