If you were to create a single M3 with the best traits from every generation that's ever existed, what would it look like?

As it tumbled down into Castellane, feeling almost weightless, sweeping through turns in its great, almost elastic sweet-spot, the relatively humble BMW M3 jumped right to the top of my list.

The latter were seventh behind the Beric Lynton, Tim Leahey and Will Davison BMW M3 and ahead of the M3 of Amin Sharma, Grant Johnson and Jack Le Brocq. In ninth were Tom McLennan and David ...