I couldn’t agree more with Mark Tisshaw’s view that “stale Mercedes designs are underselling revolutionary cars” (Opinion, autocar.co.uk). I had a test drive in the new CLA 250+ EV recently (a superb

Whoever decided that drivers should have either practicality or performance clearly lacked vision. For much of its existence the estate car or stationwagon was just a practical workhorse. Aside from o

JAMES ATTWOOD Illya, shall we start with your Mini, given that it’s from 2001? ILLYA VERPRAET It’s significant on a number of levels. Originally it was meant to be just a car, but BMW built a whole br

My taste buds became attuned to the sweet tang of forbidden fruit via the Gran Turismo video game. Many a car fan of my generation waxes lyrical about how this game turned them into petrolheads, but t

Variety is the spice of life. If every carmaker sang from the same song sheet, the world would be a duller place. Therefore we should salute those who choose to zig where others zag. Those who swim ag

The M5 has long been the pinnacle of the BMW 5 Series range, and it has always been very good, but it has lost all of its subtle Q-car status in recent generations, it has become far more difficult to