Smooth movers

Despite BMW having gone on to produce bigger, better-selling and longer-range EVs, there is still plenty of love for its first mass-produced one, the i3 – and no small amount of lament that Munich has

NEUE KLASSE. IN recent years, BMW has shown off a couple of concept cars that use this name. And you don’t need an A-Level in German to realise that it translates to ‘new class’. But given the stepcha

THE 2025 Auto Express New Car Awards are upon us, and we’re struggling to remember a year that proved to be so tough at the top. It’s a reflection of just how well so many car manufacturers – both new

Other than enraging lexicological pedants and boosting car makers’ coffers, what’s the point of SUV-coupés? They generally cost a bit more than their conventional SUV siblings yet offer slightly less

OF the big three German manufacturers, BMW is the one whose EV family has really flourished. Although Audi has shown flashes of brilliance, and Mercedes struggles to balance tech with aesthetic design

THE COOPER S WAS A SOGGY effort and this isn’t any better. You can forgive a hot hatch appalling ride but when it’s on top of a transmission that’s hard to gel with, an uninspiring soundtrack and impr