The BMW M1 is a supercar automobile, and was the first and only mid-engined BMW. It employed a twin-cam M88/1 3.5 L 6-cylinder engine, a version of which was later used in the E24 BMW M6/M635CSi and E28 BMW M5.

You wear a leather jacket, carry a sawed-off shotgun and hold a massive grudge against a murderous biker gang that killed your wife, your kid and your best friend. Civilization has broken down, there is no justice beyond yourself, and the Weiand supercharged V8 under your Interceptor’s hood is your greatest weapon and only trustworthy companion.

You’re Officer Max Rockatansky of the Main Force Patrol — the “Mad Max” of Mad Max — and your car is Australia’s baddest 1973 Ford XB Falcon GT coupe. Somewhere out there in the great post-apocalyptic wasteland is Toecutter and his gang of killers. You want them dead, dead, dead.

So you grab the steering wheel, point the Interceptor in the general direction of the ruined Adelaide or Canberra or Sydney or wherever it is that lies beyond the horizon and slam down the accelerator. Of course, your destination really isn’t any of those places; it’s vengeance. Stabbing the four-speed’s shifter into 3rd, you move your fingers to the red plunger strapped to the handle. With the engine wailing, you shift into 4th, pull that red plunger and engage the blower. The car shoots forward with all 600 horsepower and a wail as desperate as your anger.

Ferrari’s range-topping supercar, the 599 GTB Fiorano, leaves very little to be desired. It has a massive, 612bhp (457kw) V12 up front, two seats in the middle, and the driven wheels in the back.  That’s oversimplifying things, but in my estimation it’s probably the best overall roadgoing automobile you can purchase today.  But like anyone, Ferrari is unable to just leave well enough alone, which is why they’ve introduced the 599 GTB Fiorano HGTE.

Volkswagen may be riding the crest of the wave with the Scirocco but Ford also wants in on the act. As it was previously reported there is a rumour suggesting that Ford is planning a 2+2 coupe in the mould of the old Capris of the 1960s and 1970s. It would be a performance car with good enough credentials to upset one or two segment competitors.

If you want to get a bit more oomph out of the new Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Estate, then you may want to take a look at Vath’s new performance package as the noted German tuning firm has readied a bunch of goodies with the enthusiast in mind.