Kia’s been on an incredible run of form, but the new EV5 meets its match in the crowded field of established electric family SUVs

Price: £38,295 Powertrain: 71.2kWh battery, 1x e-motor, 160bhp 0-62mph: 10.6 seconds Test efficiency: 2.7 miles/kWh Official range: 256 miles Annual VED: £195 Vauxhall Vivaro Life Electric XL Ultimate

We have had small electric hot hatchbacks like the Alpine A290 and large ones like the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N but as yet nothing in the real heartland of Volkswagen Golf GTI-sized machinery. Cue the phrase

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IT’S THE NEW FLAGSHIP PLUG-IN hybrid seven-seater from Chinese newcomers Chery – rivalling the Peugeot 5008 and Skoda Kodiaq. The numbers are impressive – up to 2,021 litres of bootspace, 422bhp, 0–62