“ the new m135 has to deliver on that theoretical promise”

LATE last year, we pitted the freshly facelifted BMW M135 against the Audi S3 and while it was a close battle, the M-car emerged victorious. We praised it for delivering “plenty of power to put a smil

WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT Is this good enough to be the performance X3? The BMW X3 M is one of those cars that has a reputation for attracting a certain kind of buyer. But actually its buyer base is much b

£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

BMW has been building X3s for more than 20 years now, and the constant refinement of the formula to arrive at the fourth-generation model (codenamed G45) that we are testing here is evident in a lot o

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

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