Best new cars 2019 – the most exciting new performance cars arriving this year - Best new cars 2019 – the most exciting new performance cars arriving this year

BMW

BMW’s next big reveal for 2019 will be the all-new 1-series; the first version to be front-wheel drive, building on a new platform that will go on to underpin a vast variety of BMW models. An all-wheel-drive M135i will join the standard car, sharing the same 302bhp B48 2-litre four-cylinder engine as in the recently revealed X2 M35i – which will become yet another rival to the Volkswagen Golf R.

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Elsewhere, we’ll soon see a four-door ‘Gran Coupe’ version of the 8-series, and the incoming M8 flagship, which will be available in all three of the standard car’s body styles. A new X6 is also in the wings, joining BMW’s rapidly expanding SUV range.

Chevrolet

Chevrolet may not seem like a particularly UK-centric company to focus on here, but when it’s an all-new Corvette, not to mention one that will likely throw out the rulebook, it’s big news. That’s because the new Corvette will be mid-engined, likely be turbocharged, built from carbonfibre and not fibreglass, and rather than take on sports cars, will have its eyes on supercars.

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This is like Porsche making the next 911 front-wheel drive, such is the attachment many have to the Corvette’s front-mounted small-block, rear-drive combination. We won’t have to wait long to see the reactions, but regardless of your allegiances, it’s one more fascinating sports car to look forward to this year.

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