Outbreak of sanity

ESSENTIALS Volkswagen Golf GTE Price: £40,140 Powertrain: 1.5 4cyl plug-in hybrid, 268bhp 0-62mph: 6.6 seconds WLTP efficiency: 196mpg Official EV range: 81 miles Annual VED: £620 Toyota Prius Excel P

List price £31,995 Target Price £29,106 MPG 565.0 CO2 12g/km For Great value for money; long electric range; plush, spacious interior with lots of kit Against Compromised visibility at junctions; MG’s

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

THE OCTAGONAL BADGES on the nose and rump of my MG HS are steeped in history. For those who don’t know, the initials ‘MG’ stand for Morris Garages, which was set up in 1924 to breathe on Morris cars i

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.

Imagine the launch of a fictitious new car. It’s a luxurious-feeling two-seat roadster, an electric vehicle with two motors generating a total output of 503bhp. It has an electrically operated folding