NO, YOUR EYES AREN'T DECEIVING Nyou. This is a Fast Fleet update on my 964 RS. For those of you unfamiliar with the 'Unicorn', I bought J74 KAE back in the spring of 2006. Just typing that seems surreal, as I refuse to believe my name has been on the logbook for 16 years. With 2022 marking its 30th birthday, this means I've owned this RS more than half its life.
It's long been a joke that I don't drive it anywhere near enough. Some would contend I don't drive it at all, which is a little harsh, especially as in the last year or so I've resolved to drive it more. Most recently that included heading to North Yorkshire for a gathering of journos photographers and other motoring sorts.
It began with evo's ace photographer, Aston Parrott, and ex-evo designer/writer Will Beaumont meeting at Meaden Towers in their respective modified Porsche 993 and resto-modded BMW 2002. Fuelled with coffee and bacon rolls, we then headed in convoy up the Al towards Pickering and our rendezvous with the rest of the crew.
A black car with no air-conditioning in the height of the hottest summer on record made for a sweaty northward schlep, but despite its hardcore character and lack of creature comforts the 964 is a strangely satisfying machine in which to cover mundane motorway miles. With zero distractions - that's to say no infotainment screens, hands-free phone or even a functioning radio - the RS fosters a Zen-like state in which the open road and gruff air-cooled flat-six make the best companions.
Once up on the moors we paused long enough to grab some lunch and admire one another's cars (everything from a fabulous Corvette Stingray and petite 205 1.9 GTi to a Mk1 Escort Mexico running a Vauxhall redtop motor and sequential gearbox) before Parrott, Beaumont and I headed off to enjoy roads we know so well from countless evo tests.
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BEST BUYS BMW M CARS
THE PERFORMANCE CAR LANDSCAPE WOULD HAVE looked very different over the last five decades without BMW. Its M division, founded in 1972, has produced some of the best driver’s cars ever to hit the road, and in the process has provided a stream of benchmark models for its rivals to chase. In recent years, stricter emissions regulations, downsizing and electrification have seen some of those rival cars falter, yet by and large BMW’s M machines have remained strong. In fact, some rank among the greatest the department has made think of the eCoty-winning M2 CS and M5 CS while others are the only options worth recommending in their respective segments. Price tags have risen with performance, however, putting those latest offerings out of reach for many, but the marque’s popularity means there are numerous earlier M models available on the second-hand market for far more attainable figures. Here are four of our favourites.
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