Bmw i5 touring

THE idea of halo cars is nothing new. Fast flagships have been around for decades, fuelling sales of mundane models as customers aspire to one day own something with an M, RS or AMG badge on the boot.

I PLUGGED THE M5 IN FOR THE FIRST time this month. I hadn’t planned to, but after lapping a city-centre car park one Saturday, searching in vain for a vacant space, it dawned on me that the M5, being

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

A dalliance with the Mercedes-Benz E53 gives us a chance to reassess where our affections really rest.

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

PLUG-in hybrid cars, depending on who you believe, are either a wasteful technological dead-end or a sensible compromise and valuable stepping stone to pure-electric vehicles. The truth, as ever, is m