Renault megane e-tech

£47,570 OTR/£50,160 as tested/£842 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: Because this is exactly the crossroads so many of us live at: need space, want fun, can’t be bothered with an SUV DRIVER: CHARLIE ROSE SO, HERE WE

Can three CAR readers resist our 5’s prodigious charm?

£78,700 OTR/£93,362 as tested/£870 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: Does this most modern saloon have a place in modern Britain? DRIVER: SAM PHILIP A WINTER ALPINE JAUNT GIVES the big PHEV 5er a chance to demonstra

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

MILEAGE 4002 WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT To discover to what extent this heavily VW-derived EV is really a Ford It was the closest thing I can remember to a completely wasted journey. I set off from home in

£39,995 OTR/£39,995 as tested/£550 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: Woah hang on there – is the Prius now cool? Or completely pointless? DRIVER: Ollie Kew THE MOST RECENT GOV.UK FIGURES counted 381,000 taxis on UK