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Flat out in the fastest new generation 5 Series. Pace and Grace. The good news is the M550i xDrive is a cracking drive… the bad news is it’s not for the UK. Big power and big speed, but the new M550i xDrive also has a surprisingly refined side to its character Words: Neil Briscoe. Photography: BMW.

Trouble Double. Why settle for an ordinary M when you can have RGM dial it up to 11? We sample its M3 and M6. Words: Johann Venter Photography: Mahomed Abdulla.

Velox Redux. Amazing Vauxhall Restoration. The many rebuilds of a Vauxhall Velox owned for nearly 40 years.  From a Vauxhall Velox. Paul Tarrant’s 40 year, 250,000-mile affair with his gorgeous griffin. This Vauxhall has certainly lived a life – several, in fact. Ross Alkureishi explains how it is now ready to embark upon yet more adventures Photography James Mann.

In the late 1980s you had a couple of choices if you didn’t want an M5 – Alpina’s B10 and AC Schnitzer’s S5. We pit these ’80s icons against each other to see how they fare today Words: Johann Venter Photography: Mahomed Abdulla  Alpina vs. Schnitzer E34 grudge match – B10 3.5 takes on S5  Heavy Weight Contenders E34s from AC Schnitzer and Alpina do battle.

The World’s Fastest M3…E36 M3 Salt Flats racer.  The World’s Fastest M3… On salt! The story behind a record-breaking E36 Salt Flats racer from Australia.  BMWs make fantastic racers. But this record-breaking Australian M3 is the first BMW salt-flat racer we’ve ever encountered. Words: Chris Nicholls. Photography: Chris Nicholls and Ben Read.

Flying Colours. We love the BMW i8 and AC Schnitzer’s carbon-clad version is even better than the standard machine. AC Schnitzer ACS8 Stunning carbon-clad Geneva show star driven. Flying Colours. AC Schnitzer’s i8-based ACS8 was one of the stars of the Geneva show and with its eye-popping wrap and sexy carbon additions it’s a winner on the road, too. Words: Bob Harper. Photography: Dave Smith.