Testing, testing

THE X5 laid a lot of the groundwork for the modern SUV when it launched in 1999. More than 25 years later we still think it’s one of the strongest models in BMW’s line-up. With the next-generation Neu

Mileage 4202 List price £53,405 Best price £49,665 Price as tested £61,260 Test economy 40.8mpg I’M USUALLY A fan of road trips. However, it turns out that a 5am start is enough to dampen my enthusias

TIMES ARE TOUGH FOR THE AVERAGE enthusiast in 2025. Cheap hot hatches have pretty much died out, affordable sports coupes are no more and everything that’s left seems to be getting ludicrously expensi

BMW can’t be accused of failing to give its difficult pupil every chance to fit in. The six-cylinder, rear-wheel-drive M135i (later M140i) was a tough act to follow for its transverse-engined successo

WHILE the BMW 3 Series is into its seventh generation as a saloon, the Touring estate is only on its sixth incarnation, because a wagon version of the original 3 Series was never produced. The current

MILEAGE 5725 WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT To see how much progress BMW has made with its entry hatch between generations I t’s almost amazing that I have written seven reports on the same car and not felt the