Split loyalties

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.

THE COOPER S WAS A SOGGY effort and this isn’t any better. You can forgive a hot hatch appalling ride but when it’s on top of a transmission that’s hard to gel with, an uninspiring soundtrack and impr

I PLUGGED THE M5 IN FOR THE FIRST time this month. I hadn’t planned to, but after lapping a city-centre car park one Saturday, searching in vain for a vacant space, it dawned on me that the M5, being

COMPANY CARS REMAIN a hugely important part of the UK’s motoring landscape; indeed, almost one in six new cars that hit the roads last year did so as part of a company car fleet. And a significant pro

‘INJECTION’ is a word that conjures up unpleasant thoughts for many of us, so perhaps it’s no surprise that BMW ditched the ‘i’ suffix (which stands for ‘fuel injection’) for this latest version of th

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