A week with a supercar

£254,200 OTR/£XXXXX as tested/£5,077 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: What has a hybrid makeover – and Mulliner buffing – added to the world’s best grand tourer? DRIVER: Ollie Kew “THIS IS AN EXPERIENCE RESERVED fo

You become detached from reality quite quickly at an event such as the Supercar Driver Secret Meet, which took place at Silverstone on 17 June. Lamborghini Murciélago? Yawn. Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren?

With its wide body, chassis tech and power, the CLE 53 is clearly positioned above the BMW M440i, Audi S5 and Mercedes’ own C43, but it’s not as fast as an M4 or the upcoming RS5 and CLE 63. For those

JUST HOW FAR HAVE WE COME SINCE THE 1980s? The hatchback I’m driving has 324bhp coursing through its front wheels. Deployed with a modicum of skill and mechanical sympathy, that’s sufficient to launch

Conditions were perfect. It was a warm, dry afternoon and we were yards from a lightly trafficked and derestricted German autobahn. I joined from the sliproad, saw there was nothing in front, checked

Mercedes-Benz hasn’t had the easiest time navigating electrification, working out how much of it is appropriate and most notably how to apply it to AMGs without sacrificing engagement. Amid a line-up