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ESSENTIALS Volkswagen Golf GTE Price: £40,140 Powertrain: 1.5 4cyl plug-in hybrid, 268bhp 0-62mph: 6.6 seconds WLTP efficiency: 196mpg Official EV range: 81 miles Annual VED: £620 Toyota Prius Excel P

Engineers don’t like plug-in hybrids. It’s the ‘two engines rather than one’ factor, and all that extra associated ballast. Marketing types have always liked them, though – dare I say, because they un

‘Keep It Simple, Stupid’ isn’t just a management slogan; it also describes what’s happened to the engine line-up of the latest Kia Sportage. Freshly updated, our favourite family SUV drops the mild hy

TO mark 50 years since the original Mk1 Golf GTI appeared, VW has revealed one of the fiercest special editions of the iconic hot hatchback in its history, the new Mk8 Golf GTI Edition 50. While VW GT

Family-friendly Q-cars are a dying breed, so much so that the new 261bhp, four-wheel-drive petrol version of the Skoda Superb stands all but alone. Old rivals like the Peugeot 508 PSE SW are no longer

Our pick 1.5 TSI eHybrid 204 Elegance List price £47,540 Target Price £39,229 MPG 731.1 CO2 9g/km For PHEV’s outstanding efficiency and electric range; hushed and comfy cruiser; vast boot; smart inter