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List price £46,160 Best price £46,160 MPG 44.8 CO2 144g/km For Great to drive; comfortable ride on adaptive suspension; high-quality interior; decent space in rear seats Against Looks won’t be for eve

The electric Mercedes CLA is hugely impressive. But now here comes the hybrid version of the shapely saloon

Year of manufacture 1971 Recorded mileage 107,000 Asking price £25,995 Vendor Bruce Greetham Classic Benz, Cotheridge, Worcestershire; 07359 660954; classicbenz.co.uk WHEN IT WAS NEW Price £3475 (1969

RATINGS = Thrill-free zone = Tepid = Interesting = Seriously good = A truly great car = new entry this month. Cars in italics are no longer on sale. Issue no. is for our most recent major test of the

CITROEN’S positivity about occupant comfort is laudable but – like the England cricket team or Rachel Reeves’ Budget – eventually it’ll make contact with a brutal reality, in this case British roads.

GTI, ST, Type R, GR: just some of the hallowed names that crop up in any discussion about hot hatch greats of the modern era, and deservedly so. But there’s one oft-overlooked contender that could hav