Re-entering the substantial four seats, two door coupe market following a break of countless years, BMW is perfect for the very first time joining the coupe having a roadster variant, which promises outdoors and gratifaction in equal measures.

With sporting drivers of the certain age in mind (the word mid-life crisis special had been bandied about by observers in the car launch) the accent is really as much on comfort and predictability of handling as it is on absolute performance.

Nevertheless the 645ci version, using its 4.4 litre V8, has sufficient capacity to thrust the large machine for the horizon at rates formerly the exclusive domain of super cars.