Diesel do nicely: BMW’s sporty 220d coupé has what it takes to turn petrolheads

There are very few compact coupés left on the new car market, and the BMW 2 Series coupé barely qualifies, as it now shares its underpinnings with its bigger siblings, the 3 and 4 Series.

It has been given a distinctly sporty character, though, unlike the 4 Series coupé, which is more of a GT and designed to be an all-rounder. We featured the petrol-fuelled M240i on these pages following its international launch but, ...