From kidney bean grills to flowing body lines, Autobahn-shredding M models to daily driven SUVs and sedans that still throw you back in your seat when you accelerate, BMWs are a feat of engineering.

BMWs have been getting faster with electrification, but there are still a couple of lighter cars at the top of the heap. MotorTrend has performed instrumented testing of more than 300 BMWs over the ...