GREEN SLIME AND SLIDE

Much like the GTS is Porsche's sweet spot in the range, so to is the new BMW M3 CS.

Now, given how BMW has carved up the M3 name in recent times, we understand how all this badge engineering might be a bit confusing. BMW has already launched the Competition version and the CSL version, and that has established a pretty good context for the CS to fit into it. 

For added context, you only need to look back about five years when the badge was placed on the bootlid of the previous generation M4. The recipe back then was to fit some stickier rubber, tweak the suspension, bump up the power and hollow out sections of the interior. What remained was replaced with carbon fiber. Despite being a meaner monster on paper, paradoxically, it felt more planted than the regular M4.

So what of this new version? Does it follow in the same footsteps, albeit with a face that still has some shock value.