One of the first-ever Land Rovers just hit the mud for the first time in decades

There are barn finds and then there are barn finds. In 2016, one of the three original launch Land Rovers was found in a garden near the Solihull factory where it was built. The company trotted it out to pay homage to its history, promising to restore the brute back to spec. After much work and careful planning, the OG Brit is ready to turn a wheel on U.K. soil once again.The truck built an impressive resum after helping to launch what would go on to be one of the countrys most well-known brands. After passing through several owners, it apparently found itself in Wales being used as a static power source, before its engine seized in the late 80s.Restoration work began last year, undertaken by a team of experts at Land Rover Classic at its Classic Works facility in Coventry.Interesting discoveries during the work included an original King George V sixpence coin from 1943, a piece which had been deliberately left under the galvanized capping of the rear tub as a hidden memento. After loitering in a field for decades, one can bet there was a generous helping of agriculture in there as well.This approach required the team to strip the vehicle down to its bare chassis and begin a painstaking process of testing and checking which components could be reused and rebuilt following decades of decay and rust. Some parts, such as the rear axle, were X-rayed and depth-tested in an effort to determine their fitness.For parts that needed to be replaced or had been removed over the vehicles life, the team used the archive of original drawings kept by Land Rover Classic, plus access to other surviving pre-production Land Rovers. These tech illustrations helped to restore the original routing and mounting of the exhaust, the brass wheel hubs, the gearbox, and transfer box. The original badge was also AWOL, so the team digitized a photograph of another Land Rover at the 1948 Amsterdam Motor Show and used that to replicate and place a new one.We this amount of fastidious attention to detail, we think its safe to add this Land Rover to a list of barn find greats even if it was, technically, found in a
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The best and worst James Bond car gadgets of all time

A woman poses with Wet Nellie from the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me at the press preview for the exhibition Bond in Motion at the London Film Museum in central London on March 18, 2014.Leon Neal / Getty Images Roger Moore or Sean Connery? Daniel Craig or Pierce Brosnan? The Aston Martin Vanquish or the Lotus Esprit? There are many great debates to be had about all sorts of details within the James Bond film franchise. We’ve already sussed out and listed the best cars driven by Bond’s various nemeses over the years, but today we’re taking a look at the extra hardware in and on the cars assigned to Agent 007. The purpose of Bond’s automotive gadgets is to save him from peril while he’s on the road, yes, but also to entertain movie-goers. Sometimes producers, along with Q and the brains in his division, nail it on both fronts, providing unnecessarily complex and unrealistic yet totally awesome features like amphibious capabilities or hub-mounted laser beams for 007’s various cars.And other times their contraptions and add-ons miss the mark and prove either too ridiculous or not ridiculous enough.Here are a few of our most and least favourite Bond car modifications. Let us know your top and bottom picks in the comments below. Best: Aston Martin V8 Vantage Volante with Laser BeamsThe Aston Martin DB5 that debuted in Goldfinger (1964) and went on to be featured in a bunch of other films might be the most recognizable of Bond’s rides, with a host of now-de-rigeur features including machine guns, a bullet screen and the classic hub-mounted tire shredders. But it’s the innovation of the wheel-centric technology featured in the Vantage Volante in The Living Daylights, along with Timothy Dalton’s epic one-liner delivery, that sells it as one of the best inventions ever. Lasers, baby!When Bond activates the hub-mounted lasers to sever the pursuing authorities’ car’s cabin from its chassis, he wryly blames it on salt corrosion. Worst: 1980 Lotus Turbo Esprit with Self-destruct SequenceThe first of two 1980 Lotus Turbo Esprits that 007 drives in For Your Eyes Only (1981) was only given one modification by the Q Division. An anti-theft self-destruct device was installed consisting of a bunch of C4 strapped to the sides of the car. Sure, that anonymous henchman didn’t get to steal the ¾-full pack of gum, spare change and sensitive government data from the centre console (or go home to his wife and six young children) but what if one of the gas lines leaked and caused a fire, or there was a collision at a three-way stop while Bond was in the car? They really didn’t think this one through. Best: Aston Martin Vanquish with Ejector SeatPierce Brosnan’s Bond demonstrated how some double-oh-add-ons can be used in more ways than one when he hit the ‘Ejector Seat’ button to pirouette his upside-down Aston Martin Vanquish around a missile and back onto its wheels during the ice chase scene in Die Another Day (2002). And somehow, not a hair out of place. Pierce, you are a magnificent creature. Worst: Aston Martin DB10 with Rear-facing FlamethrowerLook, I understand that an any-which-way-facing flamethrower is inherently kick-ass, but this simply would not be effective as a means of defence. As a means of getting that A-hole off your tailgate, sure – and that’s essentially what Daniel Craig’s Bond did in the 2015 film Spectre – but otherwise pursuers with any sort of stop-start traffic driving skill or even just active cruise control could just hang back behind the hottest point of the flame and roast weenies. Best: 1976 Lotus Esprit with Submarine Function (‘Wet Nellie’) A woman poses with “Wet Nellie” from the James Bond film “The Spy Who Loved Me” at the press preview for the exhibition “Bond in Motion” at the London Film Museum in central London on March 18, 2014. Leon Neal / Getty Images The Lotus Esprit got a decent boost early on in its reign, which lasted from 1976 to 2004, thanks to one of the coolest Bond cars of all time, an amphibious automobile dubbed Wet Nellie. In The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Roger Moore’s Bond drives the seemingly normal white coupe off the end of a dock, revealing its full potential underwater by blowing up a helicopter with some subsurface-to-air missiles and floating around with Barbara Bach in the passenger seat. In reality, it was an ex-U.S.-Navy-SEAL operating a submarine wearing the body shell of an Esprit S1 underwater. Today, the submarine Wet Nellie from the film is owned by Elon Musk, who claims to have plans to convert it to a functioning amphibious submersible vehicle.Worst: Aston Martin DBS V12 with DefibrillatorThe producers of the 2006 movie Casino Royale must have been feeling extra playful when they chose the gadgets for the Aston Martin DBS V12: a Walther PPK (basically a keychain for Bond) and a field medical kit including a defibrillator.Points for practicality, but not creativity. But as luck would have it, that’s exactly what the spy would need to keep his
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Aston Martin teases us again, this time with the DBX’s soundtrack

My God, you know this whole tease-you-new-hot-rod has reached new levels of silliness when you put out a press missive detailing a Youtube video consisting of nothing more than the revving of an engine. I love the sound of pistons compressing more than most, but surely there are better uses for Amazon server space than 30 seconds of frenetic internal combustion.That said, I have to admit that, despite the long, drawn-out nature of Aston Martins news-making foreplay, I am intrigued by the companys new DBX. For the companys first SUV, the good folks from Gaydon are making some outlandish claims for the so-far-disguised as in camouflaged photos sport brute. For instance, in no particular order, they are saying that DBX can corner as hard as its seriously-fast Vantage, brake harder than the companys DBS Superleggera and that its engine the Mercedes-sourced, Aston-tuned twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8, pumps out 550 PS (about 542 SAE horsepower), more than any of its V8-powered coupes and roadsters. If true and, my Lord, they did release a Youtube sound video as proof the DBX may be just the Urus-chasing SUV Aston needs to keep up with rapidly-growing Lamborghini sales.Officially, though this is still the reveal of the DBXs exhaust system, which, in official parlance, has been tuned to reflect a deep bass with increasing mid-tones, creating true auditory exhilaration. I will leave it your fine ears as to whether Aston has indeed created the broader, more solid acoustic note they were
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Hardcore Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS spotted for first time

Porsche appears to be testing a faster and more focused ‘RS’ version of the new 718 Cayman GT4 – barely a day after the firm’s head of sports cars revealed his personal desire for one. Prototypes of the GT4 have hit the roads outside the Nürburgring with notable bodywork additions. At the front, we can see versions of the ‘NACA’ bonnet air ducts similar to Porsche’s GT2 RS, while at the side the rear quarter glass has been replaced by slatted cooling vents. The most significant alteration is at the back, where we can see a spoiler mounted considerably higher on bespoke mounts. It’s not clear if the distinctive mounts will make production in that form, as they’re more likely used to test multiple wing shapes and types. Porsche’s man in charge of the 718 and 911, Dr Frank Steffen-Walliser, told Autocar at the Frankfurt motor show that he would “definitely” like to see a faster and even more focused RS version of the new 718 Cayman GT4, but that the decision hinges on prioritising development resources within the maker. “Everybody’s asking for the RS,” Walliser told Autocar. “Can I imagine a GT4 RS? Sure I can. That’s not to say we will make a decision on it yet, as it is a challenge. Would I like such a car? Yes, definitely! Would I like more horses? Yes. But we need to put the resources where the market is – it would be a lot more expensive than the normal one.” Porsche has never made a GT4 RS, previously suggesting such a model would be too close in price and performance to 911 GT models. But the new 4.0-litre flat-six found in the latest GT4 forms part of an all-new engine family, and it is expected that Porsche will spin off further variants of that unit to justify the investment. It is understood that the brand is looking to re-introduce the flat six to more mainstream Cayman and Boxster variants as part of a facelift. Although Walliser would only confirm that Porsche has “started the thinking process” on this, he did acknowledge that the US market has been less welcoming of the current four-cylinder models than hoped. “American customers aren’t asking for four cylinders, they are asking for four litres”, he said. Walliser also discussed the idea of all-electric 718 models (first reported by Autocar in April). He claimed that if the official go-ahead was given he “would not like to change the character of the car, and the price point – we need to have an entry level car as 718 buyers often step up to a 911. “Priority number one is to keep the character of the car – not making a big car, not making it heavy, but this is very tricky. And it’s a relatively small volume car, so we maybe cannot do a separate platform.” Porsche definitely won’t be joining the glut of newly launched electric hypercars with its own take on the formula, however – for the time being at least. Pouring water on the claims made by manufacturers such as Rimac and Lotus, Walliser said: “We have seen a lot of studies of electric hypercars – for me the proof is when it’s on the street with a licence plate… does an EV hypercar work? It’s like saying to me that a drag racer is a suitable sports car. For sure it’s perfect from 0-100, but to make it usable and do several laps of the Nurburgring would not work with the technology at its current state”. Walliser did welcome the idea of using hybrid technology to extend the life of Porsche’s widely celebrated naturally aspirated GT engines. “A hybrid for sure with a normally aspirated engine works well together. The low-rev electric motor torque and high-revving normally aspirated engines fit perfectly. It could help to keep a normally aspirated engine to survive, and we are very motivated to do
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These are the cringiest car movies of all time

How many times have you hit “play” on Netflix only to give up on the movie ten minutes in? Sometimes mindlessly scrolling through digital pages of movie posters and descriptions is actually more productive than letting some dumpster fire of a film flash in front of your eyes for another second.And while it isn’t just one genre that sees dumpy flick after dumpy flick, the car world seems to have churned out some of the cringiest movies out there. What could be lamer than a murderous car? How about a murderous tire?Read on to discover the worst-best car movies of all time.The Car (1977)If you were old enough to watch R-rated movies in the late ’70s, then you might have seen Elliot Silverstein’s The Car. The plot is simple: rather than gasoline, this sinister-looking matte black Lincoln Continental is powered by an evil spirit, compelling it to terrorize the streets attacking people. Its genre was considered horror at the time, but it feels more like comedy now.The New York Times gave it a one out of five, and renowned film critic Vincent Canby, who reviewed thousands of titles while working for the NYT, called the acting “terrible.” Even Rotten Tomatoes, the website that aggregates movie reviews, gives it less than a 30 per cent rating. It’s real bad.Monolith (2017)This 2016 B-list film may have slipped under your radar, and that’s probably where it should stay. It speculates on the future implications of one of the oldest car problems: locking your keys in your car. In the movie, a mother is locked out of her futuristic vehicle after hitting a deer somewhere in the desert when her two-year-old son accidentally activates “vault mode” and becomes trapped inside. It has some heady moments — a child locked in a car on a hot day is a scary thought for any parent — but things get extra cringy when a starving coyote shows up. Just feed it the dead deer!Rubber (2010)Rather than an entire car wreaking havoc on humanity, Rubber focuses on one specific part of a vehicle — the tire — and turns the evil up to eleven. Yup, this is a movie about a wicked piece of rubber rolling around destroying anything that gets in its way. How, you ask? The tire has the ability to “look” at things and make them explode, and it explores everything from humans to cute little bunnies with its unique power. The movie, which debuted at Cannes in 2010 where it was positively received by critics, is positioned as satire, so the high-test camp is intentional. But that doesn’t make the eye-rolling it causes any less intense. Like, for example, when the tire watches a female character take a shower — shouldn’t it be attracted to rims, or maybe an air compressor? Getaway (2013)A former racer played by Ethan Hawke and a would-be car thief brought laboriously to life by Selena Gomez get caught up in a Speed- and Taken-style mashup with the highjacking of a Shelby Mustang and an evil voice played by Jon Voight directing them to do all sorts of naughty things with the muscle car. They run red lights, smash into public spaces and don’t develop any sort of character or plot value along the way, prompting one Rotten Tomatoes reviewer to quip “Like a shark, the film struggles to stay alive when motionless.” Boss Shelby, tho.Cars 2 (2011)We’re just gonna say it: Your six-year-old has terrible taste in film. Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Michael Caine and more big stars lend their well-known voices to the computer-generated characters in a story that marries Grand Prix racing and international espionage. But all the star-power in the world couldn’t rescue this sequel-that-never-should-have-been from being rated as the worst Pixar movie ever made. And yet they still made a Cars 3!Still, if it’s the only thing you’ve got to slide into the rear-seat entertainment system, by all means. Christine (1983)Produced by John Carpenter of Halloween fame, and based on the book of the same name by American horror great Stephen King, the movie does a great job of portraying 1950s teenage life, but is less effective at making and keeping audiences frightened of the possessed 1958 Plymouth Fury named Christine, or the angsty teenage boy who becomes captivated by it. We’re sure it was more of a nail-biter when it came out in the early ’80s, but today it’s pure camp. Gone In 60 Seconds (2000)There are few ‘bad movie roundups’ that don’t include at least one of the works from the deep and murky pool that is Nicolas Cage’s IMDB page. In this heist film starring Cage alongside Angelina Jolie – which is actually a remake of a 1974 film – a car thief (played by Nic Cage) is forced to come out of retirement to go on a stealing spree in order to save his brother’s life. It had a few decent car chases, and you might learn a thing or two about cars and what it takes to crush/steal them, but ultimately the movie falls short of the expectations set by its big budget and major players. Better than a stick in the eye, but only if it’s really
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The test of time: the best cars from the Autocar team’s birth-years

Can you stop doing this, please?” requested colleague and friend Richard Bremner. He’s got a point. This is the second feature in a year that has involved Bremner and I getting together with some of the younger members of the Autocar team and some iconic cars of varying vintage. It’s fun but it does make us feel rather ancient. So here we are again. The challenge this time is for half a dozen of us, representing a broad sweep of ages on the magazine, to choose our favourite from cars that were launched in the year we were born. You can now appreciate Bremner’s anxiety, not least because he’s the oldest. As you will read, the exercise has brought together a truly fascinating line-up of cars; a group so varied that they would be unlikely to appear together in a feature in a classic car magazine. They’re from a wide range of years, too. Bremner starts us off in 1958, followed soon after by me in 1962 and stretching right up to Simon Davis, who the stork deposited on the earth in 1993. In between, we have Matt Prior in 1975, Matt Saunders in 1981 and Mark Tisshaw in 1989. The cars are interesting in their own right, but they also mark moments in time and put into context the companies and industry that produced them. My choice, as you’ll see, and Tisshaw’s, are extremely closely linked despite being 27 years apart in age. Prior’s and Saunders’ cars also narrate a telling tale about the British motor industry, straddling the old world and foreshadowing the new one. Who out of the six was born in the best year for cars? We’ll be tackling that thorny one, but I’ll tell you right now: from memory and from checking on Wikipedia, I can’t see how Saunders will be able to put forward a case for 1981. So follow us on this journey back to the crib. I’ll wager that all of you will be poring over the list of cars launched in the year of your birth to see if you’re from a vintage year or one in which the grapes died on the vine. Richard Bremner – 1964 Aston Martin DB4 Quite surprisingly, the DB4 is the best-known new car that 1958 produced. Well, almost – it’s the succeeding but largely identical DB5 that’s familiar throughout much of the world as the Aston Martin of James Bond. But there would have been no inkling of this at the time. Only 1110 DB4s were produced, the car’s price ensuring it a rarefied clientele and infrequent sightings for the rest of us. Miles certainly aren’t drawn out in a DB4. This coupé had 240bhp to deploy 61 years ago – massive, compared with the 37bhp of a Morris Minor 1000. Not that sterile statistics make it my choice among the class of ’58. Rather obviously, it’s the exquisite beauty of its superleggera aluminium skin that makes this the irresistible fantasy choice. Designed by coachbuilders Touring of Milan, its complex construction consisted of a steel chassis, a tubular steel framework from which were hung hand-wrought aluminium panels that with rain and time provide an expensive demonstration of electrolytic corrosion. But the alloy panels also reduced the Aston’s weight, its 1311kg not so bad given the size and the heft of the twin-cam six-cylinder lying beneath its letterbox-scooped bonnet. In the unlikely event that you tire of admiring the DB4’s just-so lines, opening the bonnet also presents you with a beautifully sculpted cluster of machinery. The low walls of the cam covers that house neatly arrayed spark plug leads, the bell-shaped domes of the twin SU carburettors and the absence of plastic mouldings make this a sight to admire even if you don’t understand the combustive forces that occur within. When it was new, those forces were sufficient to thrust the elegant nose past 60mph in 9.0sec. Slightly disappointing today, perhaps, if scaldingly fast compared with a Minor 1000. Many of these earliest of DB4s – the Series 1 you see here the first of five mild evolutions – have had their cylinder blocks bored out of necessity, the pistons and liners required to renew them unavailable for decades. The only solution was to expand the engine to 4.2 litres, yielding 280 horsepower, and of more believable strength than the original 240bhp. More realistic, says this car’s owner Bryan Smart, is 215bhp. Despite his installing a longer-legged axle ratio to counter the lack of overdrive, this DB4 bounds away, and will quite effortlessly travel at 30mph in first should you need it. That makes it more than able to keep up with, and outpace, many moderns, providing you master a gearchange that requires a sometimes brutally firm hand to gift first gear. The rest submit more easily, and with rewardingly mechanical engagement once their oils are warmed. The chassis sometimes feels quite mechanical too, from the resistant heavy steering to a suspension prone to sudden, vintage jerks and geometry that allows topography-induced wander. So you need to pay attention. Paying attention to curves and throttle brings reward too, the Aston’s urge to run wide snuffed out
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Ferrari invites public to its factory for the first time

If you, like many of us, cannot afford to don a pair of Italian leather driving gloves and slip into your Ferrari to go for a Sunday drive, chances are you havent been to the Maranello factory where these masterpieces are built.But now, the Prancing Horse is letting John Q. Fezza-fan into its stable for the first time ever, for a special event that showcases many highlights from the storied brands past.The event is called Universo Ferrari, and it will have exhibits cover everything Ferrari, including but not limited to classic cars; racing; and its latest vehicles. Universo Ferrari will be open to the general public, which for fans of the brand will be a very special thing, and something Ferraris never done before.The highlight of the event will be the brands new flagship, the SF90 Stradale, shown there for the first time outside of an auto show. The SF90 Stradale is more powerful than the LaFerrari but will have a regular production cycle like the other vehicles in the lineup, which means no production cap. Universo Ferrari will take place in a standalone structure that has been built especially for the event, which means it may become part of the regular Ferrari calendar of events if its popular (which it will be). Currently, Ferrari Racing Days commemorates the brands racing efforts and history annually.Ferrari will make more information over the next few weeks typical
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Tesla won’t be updating the Model S or X any time soon

Most vehicles get an “update” every few years, with brands making not-insignificant edits to the interior or exterior – or both – in order to keep models, well, up-to-date. But contrary to rumours circulated earlier this year saying Tesla was cooking up a fall 2019 interior update with premium seats, along with an improved higher-capacity battery, CEO Elon Musk said the company will instead just let the Model S and Model X ride another year.If you’ve been holding your breath for a refreshed model, go ahead and exhale. The 48-year-old exec Tweeted “There is no ‘refreshed’ Model X or Model S coming, only a series of minor ongoing changes” in a reply to a question from a Twitter user.There is no “refreshed” Model X or Model S coming, only a series of minor ongoing changes. Most significant change in past few years was to use high efficiency Model 3 rear drive unit as S/X front drive unit. That went into production 3 months ago. Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 9, 2019When the same Twitter user – whose bio, we’d be amiss to point out, reads “Cat Walker | Dog Observer | Creative Director” – replied asking if the Model X would get an “interior revamp,” Musk simply said “no.”The last time the Model S got a considerable update was the first time it got a considerable update. It was born in 2012, and got a new air filtration system, an upgraded on-board charger, a new fascia and an additional pair of wood interior trims in 2016. Meanwhile, Tesla is on track for a record quarter, thanks to increased sales of the Model 3.
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New 500bhp BMW M4 seen for first time in cabriolet form

BMWs upcoming M4 has been spotted in disguise in convertible form ahead of its release next year. The new generation of Munich’s Mercedes-AMG C63 Cabriolet rival can be seen to sport more athletic body proportions, afforded by the adoption of a new fabric roof. Replacing the heavy and bulky folding metal hard top arrangement, the fabric top allows better interior packaging, a shorter rear deck and, we expect, a significant weight reduction. Differences between this and the standard 2020 4 Series are familiar, with the return of the blistered wheelarches, bigger intakes and quad exhaust tailpipes. We already know that the next-generation BMW M3 and M4 due in 2020 will receive a significantly upgraded six-cylinder engine capable of more than 500bhp in its top form. The flagship model to use this new engine will be a new M4 Gran Coupé (imagined by Autocar above), the first time the four-door coupé has featured a full-fat M variant. The coupe and cabriolet will also return beside the M3 saloon. The 3.0-litre powerplant, which carries the internal codename S58, is a development of the firm’s standard B58 unit, as used in the existing 440i and other BMW models. But as M division officials have revealed to Autocar, “it is for all intents and purposes an all-new drivetrain with significant changes to the base engine that allow it to rev beyond 7000rpm and deliver a much higher specific output” than today’s S55 engine. As well as being earmarked for the next M4 Coupé and the first-ever M4 Gran Coupé, the new twin-turbocharged straight six is also planned to propel a new M4 Convertible, the upcoming sixth-generation M3 and, in a lesser-powered form, the second-generation M2. It will be launched in the new X3M and X4M. An increase in power provides the new S58 engine with a higher specific output in Competition guise than the old S55 with water injection, a set-up used by the 493bhp M4 GTS. That unit provides the outgoing M4 Coupé with 425bhp in standard guise and 444bhp in Competition form. BMW’s M division engineers have managed to raise power by more than 11% in the standard M4 and 13% in the M4 Coupé Competition, with claimed outputs of 473bhp and 502bhp respectively. These figures appear set to place the new model in direct competition with the 444bhp Audi RS5 and 503bhp Mercedes-Benz C63S Coupé. Torque is also increased by 37lb ft, with the new S58 engine delivering 442lb ft on a band of revs between 2600rpm and 5600rpm. Despite the increase in performance, the S58 engine has been developed to meet strict new emission regulations to potentially provide the standard M4 with a CO2 figure of less than 200g/km, thanks in part to the adoption of twin Otto particulate filters. Key among the changes over the S55 engine is the adoption of a longer stroke, at 90mm. The bore measurement remains 84mm, but BMW M claims the altered internal measurements help to boost torque potential. Also included are two mono-scroll turbochargers in place of the single twin-scroll unit used on the B58 engine, as well as BMW M’s latest Valvetronic variable valve timing and ‘Double Vanos’ variable camshaft profile. The compression ratio has also been reduced, from 10.2:1 for the S55 to 9.3:1. Although the new engine goes without water injection, officials say it may appear on a further-developed version of the S58 unit likely to appear in a successor to today’s 453bhp M4 CS. Secrecy surrounds the rest of the M4’s mechanical makeup. However, insiders suggest it is in line to abandon tradition by adopting an eight-speed torque converter-equipped automatic transmission and a similar xDrive four-wheel drive system to the latest M5 (with an M-Dynamic mode apportioning power to the rear wheels) in at least one version. It is also suggested a cheaper and lower-powered entry-level model could potentially be offered, with a manual gearbox and rear-wheel
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New 500bhp BMW M4 seen for the first time in cabriolet form