BMW M235i

摘要

THE M235i WE got all light-headed about last month was a left-hooker with the optional eight-speed automatic gearbox. This time around, although still abroad, we get a correct-hand-drive model with the six-speed manual to try. It's marginally slower (by 0.2sec to 62mph), 2.3mpg less economical and 13g/km dirtier on measured CO_2. But it's also ￡1650 cheaper. And still magnificent. It speaks of the M235i's all-pervading sense of completeness that the choice of gearbox doesn't drastically matter.