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HYBRID, HUMUNGOUS AND HEINOUSLY HEAVY, the G99 M5 Touring and its G90 saloon sibling have not exactly been welcomed with fully open arms. But the latest M5 is far from the first M product to spark con

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

YOU MIGHT HAVE seen on social media that the latest BMW M5 has suffered from a bit of fat-shaming, with memes comparing its weight to all sorts of heavy objects, from military vehicles to the Moon. Bu

It gives me no pleasure to say it, but the only true BMW M car of recent times to which I’ve felt a proper connection is the baby of them all, the M2. As an alternative to a Porsche Cayman for those i

The plug-in hybrid renaissance continues. What was once merely a transition technology apparently now represents, in the words of Audi boss Gernot Döllner, “the best of both worlds”. Which makes the n

Oxford’s zero-emissions zone is 80 miles away, matching the plug-in Merc’s claimed range. Game on.