Wild hybrid

BMW M135 £43,740 OTR/£54,050 as tested/£602 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: It’s about time BMW had a hot hatch worthy of the M badge again DRIVER: jethro bovingdon THE M135 LEFT ME QUITE unexpectedly. It was plan

WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE, THEN? A PAIR OF TWIN TESTS or a four-car group test? Perhaps confusingly it’s both. It used to be that 600bhp-plus and 200mph was the exclusive preserve of God-tier exotics. But

These are challenging times for Mercedes-AMG. Its four-cylinder plug-in hybrid C63 has flopped commercially, prompting a frantic back-pedal announcement that V8 power will return in the CLE 63 coupé (

The plug-in hybrid renaissance continues. What was once merely a transition technology apparently now represents, in the words of Audi boss Gernot Döllner, “the best of both worlds”. Which makes the n

The Honda Civic Type R and Audi RS3 have a long history in this sort of fight, but now the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N is trying to muscle in

PEOPLE like fast estate car. Models such as the Audi RS 2 Avant, Volvo 850 T-5R and even the recent BMW M3 Touring have gained cult status, while brands continue to combine practical bodies with big p