50 YEARS OF BMW M

Road test editor Matt Saunders hosts our first podcast on all things BMW M, digging into the detail of 50 years of the BMW brand, highlighting the good times and the bad, as well as posing perhaps the toughest BMW M question of all: how to sum it up in one word.Joined by road testers Matt Prior, Richard Lane and James Disdale, it's a chance for the team to relive some of their fondest memories and work out why Dizz will forever be jealous of Ricky.

Meet Andreas Roos, the new head of BMW Motorsport and the figure charged with leading the manufacturer back into the world of prototype sports car racing.

Join Matt Prior and James Disdale through a whistle-stop tour of BMW M history as they get to drive a few of their favourite M cars that, until now, have always eluded them. From the twin rear badges on the M1 to the intake noise on more modern versions, Matt and James dig into the details of what makes them so great.

What makes a BMW M car so special to drive and own? What sparks a BMW M fans' enduring passion for the brand? There's no-one better qualified to tell us than real BMW M owners, which is why we went behind the scenes at Autocar's recent BMW M-Fest 50th anniversary celebration to ask them.

To celebrate 50 years of BMW M, we met up with the owner of Munich Legends, Dan Norris, to talk about the perception of M and whether an i4 M50 can hold a candle to the 3.0 CSL