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The inconvenient truth about electric car sales

HERE’S some shocking news you probably weren’t expecting – sales of electric cars have gone through the roof! That’s the message from the De...

The best BMW for BMWness is the...

ENJOYED a brief but brilliant bit of petrolhead bonding the other day. Heading home over the M62 I got overtaken by a chap in an E30 BMW M3 ...

Updates announced for the BMW 1-Series

BMW has treated its baby model to more powerful LED headlights as part of a gentle facelift for the model. Along with the brighter new light...

Why the BMW M3 deserves its brutal reputation

THE original BMW M3 is a sort of automotive Al Pacino. Despite having a sophisticated side, you can’t help looking at it and concluding it’s...

The jury's out on the new five-door MINI

I AM reserving judgement on the latest MINI until I get myself behind the wheel. Over the past 13 years we’ve had a MINI convertible, a MI...

Why this special edition BMW M5 will be one to remember

BMW has celebrated the 30th anniversary of a performance car institution by unveiling its most powerful production model ever. The BMW M5 30...

Mid-life facelift for BMW X3 confirmed

A NEW version of BMW’s X3 will go on sale across the UK later this summer, it has been announced. The off-roader has been treated to an exte...

Seven cars shortlisted for European Car of the Year 2014

SEVEN very different cars have all been shortlisted in a contest to find Europe’s favourite automotive arrival from the past year. Judges of...

Alpina D3 - the diesel saloon to outrun a sports car with

A car claimed to be the world’s fastest production diesel has just been launched in the UK. The Alpina D3 Bi-Turbo, to give it its full nam...

Audi - the tailgater's wheels of choice these days

Did you hear about the new species scientists discovered the other day? Apparently, there’s a new type of shark , which has emerged in a rem...

Future classics - my top ten tips

SUPPOSE you’ve got motoring’s equivalent of Mystic Meg’s crystal ball. What do you reckon it’d reveal as being the classic car stars of tomo...

The BMW X4 just isn't a proper off-roader

THEY don’t make ‘em like they used to. It’s probably the most overused cliché in the classic car book, but in the case of one off-road encou...

BMW M5 drifter: master or madman?

IRONICALLY, it was just after I'd renewed my membership of the Institute of Advanced Motorists that I came across this controversial cl...

If the Ford Mondeo is brilliant nobody will notice

HERE'S a bit of a motoring prediction for 2013. If Ford's new Mondeo is any good not one of you will bat an eyelid. Which is a shame...

Fire up the... BMW 3-Series

THE problem with BMW's 3-Series is you don't really need to read a road test to decide whether one should take pride of place on you...

BMW Z4 gets the Zagato treatment

YOU know when you see the evocative slashes of the Zagato badge on a car's flanks that you're in for a bit of a visual treat. The It...

BMW engines that go bump in the night

MIDNIGHT, just outside Cologne. It's the later side of late and - having landed less than half an hour earlier at Cologne-Bonn Airport, ...

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