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BMW M340i xDrive Touring

IN 2016, THE THEN NEW BMW M2 PUT IN a rather lacklustre performance at eCoty, finishing plumb last. Not a great result for a rear-drive M-car that should have been a more polished and finely honed version of the already excellent 1M. That its contemporary M3 and M4 cousins hadn’t blown our driving shoes off either started to cast doubts over not only the direction M was heading, but BMW as a whole.

Each new generation of car felt like it was doing enough to stay ahead of

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