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MG IM5 Performance AWD Review: Porsche Taycan Pace for Half the Price?

MG IM5 Review
With 742bhp, four-wheel drive, four-wheel steering and charging speeds that border on the unbelievable, the MG IM5 promises supercar performance for family-car money. Surely there must be a catch?

Let’s get one thing straight right from the outset. This is not the MG you think it is. Forget bargain hatchbacks. Forget sensible family SUVs. Forget everything you know about MG because the IM5 is operating on an entirely different plane. In fact, if somebody covered the badges and asked you to guess what this was, I suspect very few people would say MG. And to be fair it does look generic Chinese EV. But here’s what you need to know: this thing is utterly bonkers.

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New Aion V First UK Drive Review: The 317-Mile Chinese EV SUV You Shouldn’t Ignore

The new Aion V arrives in the UK as a spacious electric family SUV with 317 miles of range, a £36,450 starting price, huge rear-seat room and an eight-year ownership package that includes warranty, servicing, roadside assistance and MOT cover

The new Aion V has landed in the UK, and I got an early first drive at SMMT Test Day at Millbrook, where some of the latest cars are laid out like an automotive buffet and you try not to come away with indigestion, or an existential crisis about how quickly the car industry is changing. This is Aion’s new electric family SUV, and while the badge may still be unfamiliar to most British buyers, the proposition is anything but vague: 317 miles of WLTP range, £36,450 OTR, around 204PS, lots of equipment, loads of space and one of the most interesting ownership packages currently being offered on any new car in Britain. 

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New Nissan Micra Review: It’s an EV… But Does It Still Have a Spark?

New Nissan Micra Review
The all-new sixth-generation Nissan Micra returns as a fully electric supermini with Renault 5 underpinnings, retro-futuristic styling and up to 257 miles of range from under £22,000

The Nissan Micra has always been one of those cars that quietly got on with the job. It was never glamorous, rarely outrageous, and yet somehow became deeply woven into British motoring culture. Your mum had one, your driving instructor had one, your mate learned to heel-and-toe in one, and somewhere out in the sticks, there’s probably still a battered K10 surviving on sheer stubbornness and WD40 fumes. But now the Micra enters a whole new era because this all-new sixth-generation model is fully electric, thoroughly modern, heavily digitised and, perhaps most surprisingly of all, good value and rather likeable.

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Kia PV5 Passenger Review: The Cool Electric Van That Thinks Beyond Cars

Kia PV5 Passenger Review
The Kia PV5 Passenger is futuristic, spacious and deeply practical, but the five-seat launch version feels like the story has started before the best chapter has arrived

This is the Kia PV5 Passenger, and no, I don’t normally review commercial vehicles, but this one sits in that interesting space between van, MPV, taxi, family bus and rolling sci-fi appliance. Kia calls it a Platform Beyond Vehicle, or PBV, which sounds like marketing nonsense until you understand the idea. Because electric vehicles use a flat skateboard-style platform, Kia can build different bodies on top of it: a proper van, a passenger version like this, a chassis cab for conversions, and potentially all sorts of specialist versions in future. You know, I’ve been taking about this flexibility for years – looks like manufacturers are finally starting to exploit it.

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2026 MG4 EV XPower Review – 434bhp Electric Hot Hatch for £33,995

All-wheel drive, 0-62mph in 3.8 seconds and hot hatch money – the updated MG4 EV XPower might just be the biggest performance bargain in Britain

There was a time when 0-62mph in under four seconds was the preserve of Italian exotics, Porsche Turbo badges and something with at least eight cylinders and a bank manager on speed dial. Now, apparently, it is the domain of a five-door electric hatchback wearing an MG badge and priced from £33,995. To put that 3.8-second sprint into context, the next closest mainstream EV to get you there as quickly is something like a Volvo EX30 Twin Motor at 3.6 seconds – and that will cost you roughly £10,000 more.

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Toyota C-HR PHEV GR Sport (223bhp) Review: Everything You Need to Know Before Buying

The Toyota C-HR has grown up, plugged in and gone premium – but does the range-topper still have the spark that made the original so memorable?

I’ve always had a soft spot for the Toyota C-HR. When the original arrived, it felt like a small act of rebellion from a brand better known for playing things safe. It was sharp, angular, unapologetically different, and crucially, it didn’t try to hide its personality. Better still, in its early years you could even buy one with a petrol engine and a manual gearbox, complete with rev-matching. A crossover that actually wanted to be driven. That alone made it stand out.

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1986 Toyota AE86 Corolla GT Coupé Review

Does the legend of the ‘Hachi-Roku’ from the mid-80s live up to the reality of driving one in 2025? Here’s my full review of the Japanese icon!

Remember the 1980s? When the world ran on optimism, synth-pop and questionable fashion choices? I mean, I personally sported a pastel green blazer in crinkled material with roll-up sleeves and shoulder pads large enough to land Airwolf on. But you know what? Best decade ever in my not-so-humble opinion. Especially for music, movies and motors.

So imagine my delight when Toyota handed me the keys to something straight out of that era: their own 1986 Toyota Corolla GT Coupé, better known to you, me and every manga-obsessed drift fan on earth as the AE86 Hachi-Roku.

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2025 Isuzu D-Max V-Cross Review – The Pickup That Flexes Hard!

Is it fast? No. Is it Cheap? No. Does it make sense? No. Do I want one? Yes!

I get a truck and I’m a kid with a Tonka Toy again. Okay, I won’t bash it into the table leg or drop it from the kitchen counter, but I still want to drive it with a big grin on my face. So when Isuzu asks if I would like to review the 2025 Isuzu D-Max V-Cross, despite the fact that I reviewed this generation of the pickup twice just a few years ago… I found myself struggling to decline. 

Full transparency, I didn’t so much want to review it, as I just wanted to rock around in it! And when it turned up, I wasn’t disappointed, because they sent their Instagram special. A D-Max that had driven into the accessories warehouse and come out wearing EVERYTHING! More on that in a bit. 

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Polestar 3 Review – £85k Family SUV with a Bowers & Wilkins Concert Hall Inside

The Polestar 3 is the Swedish brand’s most complete car yet, blending luxury SUV practicality with Scandinavian minimal design

The Polestar 3 is the car that feels like the brand has been building towards since its rebirth. The Polestar 2 gave it a foothold in the EV world, while the Polestar 4 grabbed headlines with its blistering pace and its radical deletion of the rear window. But this is the responsible grown-up of the family.

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