Audi a5 e-hybrid

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

COMPANY CARS REMAIN a hugely important part of the UK’s motoring landscape; indeed, almost one in six new cars that hit the roads last year did so as part of a company car fleet. And a significant pro

AUDI A6 BUYERS ARE already spoilt for choice; as well as petrol and mild hybrid diesel-powered versions, there’s also a wholly separate electric model that shares the same name. And now, on top of tho

Engineers don’t like plug-in hybrids. It’s the ‘two engines rather than one’ factor, and all that extra associated ballast. Marketing types have always liked them, though – dare I say, because they un

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

Other than enraging lexicological pedants and boosting car makers’ coffers, what’s the point of SUV-coupés? They generally cost a bit more than their conventional SUV siblings yet offer slightly less