Hidden agenda

I WAS CERTAINLY TAKEN ABACK WHEN READING STUART Gallagher’s review of the new BMW M3 Competition (evo 285), specifically towards the end of the third paragraph, where to my amazement he admitted that he likes the car’s grille.

Well done, I thought. Many haven’t had the balls to confess to that.

So on I went with the review, flicking over to read the third page, then the fourth – all very good, real-world points covered, etc. But then my concentration was blown apart as I realised that there were no pictures of that grille that you proclaim to like until the fifth and final page! Or was that the point, you sneaky editor you?

I’m still not sold, but nor have I got £74,815 to buy one, so BMW probably isn’t bothered what I think.

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