Kia primes soul ev’s successor

Kia’s been on an incredible run of form, but the new EV5 meets its match in the crowded field of established electric family SUVs

IT’S THE NEW FLAGSHIP PLUG-IN hybrid seven-seater from Chinese newcomers Chery – rivalling the Peugeot 5008 and Skoda Kodiaq. The numbers are impressive – up to 2,021 litres of bootspace, 422bhp, 0–62

We have had small electric hot hatchbacks like the Alpine A290 and large ones like the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N but as yet nothing in the real heartland of Volkswagen Golf GTI-sized machinery. Cue the phrase

With EVs in particular, less is often more. With no engine noise, driving a fast EV slowly yields much the same experience as driving a slow EV fast. Driving fast can be fun, something Hyundai’s N mod

Where in the world a car manufacturer chooses to assemble its models can have enormous significance. With various tariffs, grants and popular opinion dependent on a car’s place of origin, it can reall

BYD’s explosive model expansion over the past 24 months might have caused you to forget about the Atto 3, the first car the brand brought to the UK. And it was a hit, with a combination of price, rang