Bmw raises the bar

IT’S fair to say that the new BMW iX3 is a pretty big deal for the German marque. It’s seen as the first car of a new era for the company, much like the arrival of the BMW 1500 in the sixties, which i

UK deliveries of the first of BMW’s much-anticipated Neue Klasse of EVs have begun – and Munich’s hope is that the first time you see a Mk2 iX3 on the road, you won’t react with an ‘oh’, an ‘ah’ or ev

‘CURRENT THINKING’ – THAT’S the best way to describe electric vehicles. The automotive world is totally focused on making the very latest models move using electrons instead of fossil fuels, and the m

ESSENTIALS Volvo EX90 Twin Motor Ultra Price: £93,860 Powertrain: 106kWh battery, 2x e-motors, 450bhp 0-62mph: 5.5 seconds Test efficiency: 2.7 miles/kWh Official range: 375 miles Annual VED: £620 BMW

With EVs in particular, less is often more. With no engine noise, driving a fast EV slowly yields much the same experience as driving a slow EV fast. Driving fast can be fun, something Hyundai’s N mod

Few other types of cars are more desirable than premium SUVs. Occupying the £50,000 to £70,000 price bracket between family SUVs and luxury cars, these upmarket models can have either combustion or el