A weight of 1690kg, an auto ’box and four-wheel drive are very different ingredients to BMW’s usual small coupe fare, but the M240i xDrive is something rather special -
Then there’s the fact that the only gearbox choice is the ubiquitous eight-speed torque-converter automatic, and that it comes as standard with four-wheel drive, the latter being BMW’s excellent electronically controlled centre-diff set-up with a limited-slip differential on the rear axle. Neither is conducive to cutting the flab.
What can’t be denied, however, is the excellent, low-slung driving position, the superb sports seats, or the obvious refinement when you get underway. The straight-six fires with a cultured hum but little more, yet it has already won the battle if not the war in those initial seconds. Why? Because in an age of EVs, downsized PHEVs and worthy-but-dull four-pot turbos, a big, juicy, six-cylinder motor such as this creates such a warming feeling of power, opulence and, dare I say it, decadence.
What you really want to know, though, is what 369bhp feels like, and how the car responds in the twisty bits. The overriding first impression is one of torque, because the M240i has this deeply satisfying, velvety punch, from seemingly any revs, that just sucks the car up the road, past other traffic if required, and pings you from corner to corner.
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