Reports out of Germany say that the next BMW 4 Series, due in 2020 or 2021, will ditch the current folding hardtop for a fabric roof. The official car of pro tennis clubs around the world ...

With that folding hard-top in place, it feels just as refined as the Coupe, too. When we drove the BMW 4 Series Convertible earlier this year, we didn’t think the hugely powerful 435i engine ...

When it is, you get the full 385 litres of boot space, although that drops to 300 litres when the roof is stowed. That’s still considerably more than the folding hard-top of the previous-generation ...