Bmw i5 touring

With its heft and its hybrid powertrain, the latest M5 has been divisive from day one. Will living with one help us understand it?

HYBRID, HUMUNGOUS AND HEINOUSLY HEAVY, the G99 M5 Touring and its G90 saloon sibling have not exactly been welcomed with fully open arms. But the latest M5 is far from the first M product to spark con

YOU MIGHT HAVE seen on social media that the latest BMW M5 has suffered from a bit of fat-shaming, with memes comparing its weight to all sorts of heavy objects, from military vehicles to the Moon. Bu

BMW M135 £43,740 OTR/£54,050 as tested/£602 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: It’s about time BMW had a hot hatch worthy of the M badge again DRIVER: jethro bovingdon THE M135 LEFT ME QUITE unexpectedly. It was plan

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

Let’s get the (not quite so) obvious bits out of the way first: 2165mm, 1720kg and 576bhp. No, those aren’t the headline specs of the new Smart #5 but the differences in overall length, kerb weight an