Audi a6 avant

£254,200 OTR/£282,000 as tested/£5,077 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: What has a hybrid makeover – and Mulliner buffing – added to the world’s best grand tourer? DRIVER: Ollie Kew IT’S 5AM, AND YOU JOIN ME AT hom

Nobody does a five-cylinder quite like Audi. Or should that be nobody did a five-cylinder quite like Audi? Fiat, Mercedes-Benz, Alfa Romeo and others have dabbled, and Volvo was a past master, but now

IN THE HEART OF AFFALTERBACH IN the mid-2000s, Mercedes-AMG threw everything it had into the development of its first bespoke engine: the 6.2-litre M156 V8. Its generous outputs and raucous soundtrack

This is the latest generation of the E-Class Estate, Mercedes’s upmarket load carrier. We’ve been driving the E 450 d, a very powerful mild-hybrid diesel with four-wheel drive. It’s heavy enough to ri

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List price £47,670 Best price £47,670 MPG 218.5 CO2 29g/km For PHEV’s outstanding efficiency and electric range; hushed and comfy cruiser; vast boot; smart interior Against Pricier than some rivals; a