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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

YEARS ago, BMW sold a 3 Series in coupé, convertible, saloon and estate forms, but in summer 2013 the first two were spun off as a separate line. Back then the 4 Series came in coupé and cabriolet for

The crucial new BMW i3 will arrive next year as the first fully electric member of the 3 Series family, bringing a range of more than 500 miles – and company boss Oliver Zipse has promised that it wil

Price new: From £18,950 Price now: £16,000-25,000 Engine: 1.8-litre, four-cylinder petrol Gearbox: Fivespeed manual Power/torque: 118bhp/165Nm 0-60mph: 5.8 seconds Top speed: 126mph HAD Lotus not come

Big changes are afoot at BMW. The electric Neue Klasse, complete with minimalist styling and button-free iDrive, is looming, and from the spy shots it seems like the next combustion-engined 3 Series w

It’s a quarter of a century since the last Issigonis-shape Mini was built, ending the run of Britain’s most enduring people’s car. We mark 25 years with an alphabetical trawl of Mini facts and figures