Estates

LONG BEFORE THE SUV explosion, estates were the go-to cars for families who prioritised comfort and interior room, but whose lifestyles required greater practicality than the usual saloon could offer.

AT FIRST GLANCE, the idea of a diesel-electric plug-in hybrid seems as logical as Mr Spock: zero-emissions motoring around town, and the efficiency of, well, a diesel car on longer drives. Why, then,

GENUINE BARGAINS ARE hard to come by, but the MG HS Plug-In Hybrid (PHEV) is exactly that. It’s a family SUV with an official electric range of 75 miles; that’s more than you get with the rival Ford K

PERFORMANCE: This is the manufacturer’s claimed acceleration time for a car, and is measured from 0-60mph or 0-62mph (0-100km/h), in seconds. ECONOMY/EMISSIONS/RANGE: Combined WLTP economy in miles pe

IF YOU WANT to explain the BMW M3 Touring, daredevil Evel Knievel probably put it best when he said: “I’m not a jack of all trades; I’m a master of many.” Indeed, while the M3 Touring doesn’t overly c

The demise of the family estate appears to have been exaggerated. Volvo, having flirted with killing the format off, is back in the game; the German premium clique, plus Peugeot and Skoda among others