Audi a5 e- hybrid

COMPANY CARS REMAIN a hugely important part of the UK’s motoring landscape; indeed, almost one in six new cars that hit the roads last year did so as part of a company car fleet. And a significant pro

The plug-in hybrid renaissance continues. What was once merely a transition technology apparently now represents, in the words of Audi boss Gernot Döllner, “the best of both worlds”. Which makes the n

AUDI A6 BUYERS ARE already spoilt for choice; as well as petrol and mild hybrid diesel-powered versions, there’s also a wholly separate electric model that shares the same name. And now, on top of tho

Engineers don’t like plug-in hybrids. It’s the ‘two engines rather than one’ factor, and all that extra associated ballast. Marketing types have always liked them, though – dare I say, because they un

ESSENTIALS Volkswagen Golf GTE Price: £40,140 Powertrain: 1.5 4cyl plug-in hybrid, 268bhp 0-62mph: 6.6 seconds WLTP efficiency: 196mpg Official EV range: 81 miles Annual VED: £620 Toyota Prius Excel P

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