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SAYING that a passenger car “drives like a van” would probably be seen as a negative by a lot of people, but that would be to ignore two important facts. Firstly, modern vans are much closer to their

B YD is the latest Chinese car brand to have decided that the most effective route to making money in Europe is via a mid-sized, £50,000, all-electric crossover. And so, here to try to force its way i

STYLE is a personal thing, but if there’s enough demand for a certain look, then it’s a trick that brands of all descriptions can tap into. It’s something that car makers have been doing for years, an

ESSENTIALS Hyundai Ioniq 9 Long Range Ultimate AWD Price: £71,995 Powertrain: 2x e-motors, 110kWh battery, 303bhp 0-62mph: 6.7 seconds Test efficiency: 2.6 miles/kWh Official range: 376 miles Annual V

These are two extremely expensive family cars. There’s no getting away from that fact. As you witness them on these pages, they’re both in their top trim levels with their most potent powertrain optio

Get the least powerful one.’ My younger self would have baulked at such mature counsel and perhaps not recognised the person doling it out. But in the ever-widening world of electric SUVs, it’s the ad