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WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT To see if a sub-£27,000 price tag really does give you all the car you’ll ever need We Brits love a bargain. Seeking them out has become our cost-of-living-crisis national pastime

IF ever there was a car with a name that matched its intent, the Dacia Bigster is it. If you need more space than the brand’s Duster offers, then the Bigster fits the brief for a few thousand pounds e

WITH the lower end of the market covered by the likes of the Sandero supermini, Jogger seven-seater and Spring electric city car, the only way was up for the expansion of Dacia’s range. Enter the Bigs

The Dacia Bigster is a Dacia Duster, but bigger; sometimes naming cars doesn’t have to be complicated. It’s a slightly silly name, but we’ll get used to it. Being named after a household cleaning tool

THE ELROQ IS DESPERATELY hard to fault. And believe us, we’ve tried. Basically a shrunken Enyaq, it looks tremendous, drives neatly, is efficient and roomy, balances tech and switchgear, and still dar

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