The previous generation of the BMW 3 Series topped with the corner-carving M3, the F80 with a twin-turbo sixer and a DCT. The truth of the matter is, even the 340i version of the F30 can hold its own ...

Most carmakers would have canceled the whole thing and run screaming back to their five-star hotel bars begging for mercy and saying something like, “I’m melting! Melting! What a world! What a world!” ...