Cars

The very last Group A 635 CSi Team JPS BMW ever made now resides in a Queensland shed. We checked it out. Words and photography: Chris Nicholls. JPS 635CSi race car. Simply the Best. The story behind one of Australia’s most well-known race cars, the very last Group A JPS 635CSi E24.

The Eighth Wonder. A stunning M1 that started life as a Procar, was then a road car, and is now a road-going Procar!  M1 Procar for the road BMW’s mid-engined masterpiece reimagined as the ultimate road car. BMW’s jewel-like M1 is a rare and desirable art piece, while its Procar sibling is a terrifying, jawdropping brute. So what happens when you combine the two…? Words: Daniel Bevis. Photography: Zach Todd.

Market watch: BMW E9 CS Coupés. This month we take a break from the auction floor and have a look at the E9 Coupé with the help of the BMW Car Club’s John Castle and Nick Hull from the club’s CS register.

These two bad boys represent the pinnacle of their generations but are we seduced by the V8-engined M3 or the turbocharged M4? Words: Bob Harper. Photography: Dave Smith.

Driving all generations of BMW’s executive express. Five stars. The Generation Game. Sampling all seven generations of the 5 Series – BMW’s illustrious executive express. The launch of the seventh-generation BMW 5 Series allowed us the opportunity to drive some of its great predecessors. Words: Shane O’ Donoghue. Photography: BMW.

Red Alert. Icon: Ferrari F355. Scottish mountain roads, alive with the sound of an F355’sflat-plane-crank V8… If you like your red cars compact, lithe and gorgeous, it doesn’t get much better than this. Text by Adam Towler and photography by Aston Parrott.

Vauxhall VX220. Possibly the most surprising car to ever wear the Griffin is now discerning sports car choice, as Malcolm McKay explains. Photography Tony Baker.

Above And Beyond. It took eight years and an owner with an obsessive eye for detail, but this Golf GTI is now perfect, as Ross Alkureishi discovers. Photography James Mann.

We test Push Performance's insane, R8 V10 twin-turbo R8S head to head. Twin turbo versus supercharged. Words Davy Lewis. Photography Davy Lewis and Matt Dear.

Porsche 911 restoration one man’s quest to build his ideal RS 2.7. Thomas Kønig thought the door fit on his 911 RS 2.7 could be improved. Malcolm Thorne explains how the restoration progressed from there. Photography Tony Baker/Thomas Kønig.

Time was BMW had the engines and dynamics, Mercedes the tech and ride quality. And now? We expected the new BMW 5-series to be the superior driver's car. But better comfort and technology than the benchmark Mercedes E-class? Surely not... We're gonna need a bigger boat - BMW and Mercedes both larger, more spacious.

E92 M3 Track Project.It was a very cold and wet start to VLN 10 – the last race in the Nürburgring endurance race series – and there was thick fog blanketing the track when I arrived at the circuit. I’d come along to support my friend Beat who has been taking part in VLN along with his co-driver/co-owner, Andre.