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Now, I’ve not met the former three, but this writer is lucky to have known a few generations of the BMW 3 Series and for ... the segment’s first six-cylinder engine (320 and 323i) was ...

As it tumbled down into Castellane, feeling almost weightless, sweeping through turns in its great, almost elastic sweet-spot, the relatively humble BMW M3 jumped right to the top of my list.