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China’s best-known automotive export brand, MG, is now unashamedly gunning for the UK car market’s big fish. Right now, our shores typically support between five and eight manufacturers with 5% market

MODEL TESTED BMW XM 50E Price £112,820 Power 469bhp Torque 516lb ft 0-60mph 5.0sec 30-70mph 4.4sec Top speed 155mph (claimed) Average economy 24.3mpg Electric range 57 miles CO2 emissions 100-106g/km

THERE WAS A UNIVERSAL SIGH of disappointment when the BMW 1-series switched to front-wheel drive in 2019 for its F40 generation. No longer was it a uniquely tail-driven hatch with a longitudinal engin

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

Automotive history repeats itself time and again. The ‘premium’ cars that tend to hit the big time are those with a real breadth to their CVs – that do a range of things well, rather than one thing br

While it isn’t like the maker of a Teutonic limousine to leave much to chance, there is evidence that the creators of the latest 7 Series – which, following a long-delayed arrival on BMW’s demo fleet,