The facelifted version of BMW’s brilliant M135i, which proved to be one of the real-world stars of the last few years. Along with Volkswagen’s Golf R the M135i became renowned for offering ...

The M135i is also now available with a number of striking BMW Individual paint options, ranging from Sao Paulo Yellow seen on the G82 M4, to matt-finish Frozen Orange and Frozen Pure Grey.

The pictured M35i was finished in $5000 worth of matte paint, in this case Frozen Pure grey. Portimao blue is also available along ... range between fills of 711km for the 118i and 666km for the M135i ...

It may not be as romantic on the absolute limit, but it is better in every measurable way, and still feels distinctly BMW despite moving to the conventional layout of its ... unless you opt for the ...