A Look Back at Chris Harris Driving Some of BMW's Best

Jason · 04-30-2020, 02:32 PM

Here's Chris Harris driving some of the best machinery BMW's M division has ever cooked up. First off it's a side-by-side comparison of the BMW M2 and the little-but-mighty 1M, followed by the F10 rear-wheel-drive M5 and some glorious old Alpinas...

F87EVO · 04-30-2020, 05:18 PM

Definetely one of the best reviews , can't wait to see his review on the M2 CS !

Jason60051 · 04-30-2020, 05:22 PM

He's my idol! What a dream job!!

stulio2181 · 04-30-2020, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason

Here's Chris Harris driving some of the best machinery BMW's M division has ever cooked up. First off it's a side-by-side comparison of the BMW M2 and the little-but-mighty 1M, followed by the F10 rear-wheel-drive M5 and some glorious old Alpinas...

This poor guy! But he's one of my favorites. Of course this may be due to his fan boy persona of my car.

jmg · 04-30-2020, 06:08 PM

He's one of the few that actually loved the F80! And I tend to agree

otee10 · 04-30-2020, 06:58 PM

Wish he was still active on his YouTube channel! Great content.

en1gma · 04-30-2020, 07:00 PM

He's become a bit of a caricature on Top Gear, but if you dig out his previous videos on 'Drive' you can only appreciate he - as we say here in the UK - 'knows his onions'. Really rate him.

Burrcold · 04-30-2020, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by otee10

Wish he was still active on his YouTube channel! Great content.

Same!

..Rush.. · 04-30-2020, 07:38 PM

Thank you for sharing this

AndrewC1989 · 04-30-2020, 08:26 PM

Interesting that he says the OG is a real M car when comparing it to the 1M but then says he wouldn't call it fit for track duty in the M2C review

Jockey · 04-30-2020, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by en1gma

He's become a bit of a caricature on Top Gear, but if you dig out his previous videos on 'Drive' you can only appreciate he - as we say here in the UK - 'knows his onions'. Really rate him.

I wish you guys would speak English...

drexplode · 04-30-2020, 10:19 PM

want a M2C now, great.

ghaffari46 · 04-30-2020, 10:37 PM

Don't forget his video about m6gc.
I bought a m6gc after watching it .

Germanauto · 04-30-2020, 10:43 PM

He straight up hit the nail on the head with his assessment of the steering on the M2; it's noticeably better than the M3/4 but those of us who've driven the likes of the E82, E90s etc. we know it's a far cry from how telepathic the steering was on those models.

But overall the M2 is a very enjoyable car by modern standards. Easily one of the best EPS racks I've experienced alongside the Giulia and ATS. If the 3-series had steering like that it would be the perfect car.

brad850csi · 04-30-2020, 11:06 PM

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Don't forget his video about m6gc.
I bought a m6gc after watching it .

Yeah I must have watched these two about 10 times

His comments from 5:40 through to about 7:00 on the GC one sold me on the M6

en1gma · 05-01-2020, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Jockey

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Originally Posted by en1gma

He's become a bit of a caricature on Top Gear, but if you dig out his previous videos on 'Drive' you can only appreciate he - as we say here in the UK - 'knows his onions'. Really rate him.

I wish you guys would speak English...

He knows his stuff - and boy can he actually drive...

I never tire of watching the slo-mo drifting sequences in his earlier online videos.

Jason60051 · 05-01-2020, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by jmg

He's one of the few that actually loved the F80! And I tend to agree

Jeremy Clarkson really likes the f80 as well. You can find the top gear episode online.

elitesales305 · 05-01-2020, 12:40 PM

Little but mighty??? 🤦*♂️🤦*♂️🤦*♂️🤦*♂️ im offended hahahaha

NoImDirtyDan · 05-02-2020, 01:53 AM

He makes it look so easy, and he's narrating on top of that

///M TOWN · 05-03-2020, 01:37 PM

-In summary, yum yum ‼️

Moflow · 05-04-2020, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by drexplode

want a M2C now, great.

So did Chris Harris. He mentioned that he bought one recently on his podcast.

bmwm3redblack · 05-05-2020, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by F87 M2CS

Definetely one of the best reviews , can't wait to see his review on the M2 CS !

100% agree

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