High performance sports cars in 2016 will be a game of two halves – the awe-inspiring and the somewhat more accessible.

The Ferrari 488 GTB and a reborn Honda NSX will headline the former, while among the latter will be the BMW M4 GTS, the Mercedes-AMG C63 Coupe, and Porsche’s updated Boxster and Cayman.

With a mid-mounted twin-turbo 3.9-litre V8 sending 493kW to the rear wheels, Ferrari’s 458 successor, the 488 GTB (pictured below), is on the front foot against new and renewed rivals.

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We’re also likely to see the 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 Lamborghini Urus, which is the brand’s second SUV, and its first since 1993.

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Audi’s second-generation R8 will arrive around June, bringing an evolutionary new look, more power and speed, and greater efficiency. Importantly, the R8 won’t trade away its renowned user-friendliness, though it will drop the V8 to become a V10-only proposition.

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Moving into a less costly domain, we’ll greet hotter, harder BMW M4 variant the GTS, and a full-house 2 Series M-car called, yep … the M2.

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McLaren will give us a two-car line-up and a baby brother for the 650S, with its 540C and 570S Coupes, which have the Porsche 911 Turbo fixed in the crosshairs.

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The German brand will also deliver a facelifted Boxster and Cayman, complete with boxer four-cylinder turbo engines. The talented Zuffenhausen engineers will make sure these are more impressive than they sound.