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PLUG-in hybrids: the best-of-both worlds or the devil’s work? Given its Fire Red paint and matt black 21-inch alloys, the X3 30e M Sport is a dead-ringer for South Park’s Satan, but fuel efficiency is

China’s best-known automotive export brand, MG, is now unashamedly gunning for the UK car market’s big fish. Right now, our shores typically support between five and eight manufacturers with 5% market

DUTCH E-BIKE PRODUCER Tenways has become known for producing an appealing range of hybrid e-bikes. Up until now these have all been belt driven single-speed models – ideal for the famously flat countr

B YD is the latest Chinese car brand to have decided that the most effective route to making money in Europe is via a mid-sized, £50,000, all-electric crossover. And so, here to try to force its way i

Automotive history repeats itself time and again. The ‘premium’ cars that tend to hit the big time are those with a real breadth to their CVs – that do a range of things well, rather than one thing br