BMW iX3: Everything you need to know BMW calls the new iX3’s fresh styling theme Neue Klasse – "new class" to English speakers – paying homage to the brand’s reimagination of the same name back in the 1960s. That’s about the only aspect of this electric SUV that’s retrospective because everything...

In retrospect it seems strange that it took almost two decades for the company's management to figure out that an estate-bodied version of the BMW 5 Series saloon would be a good idea, with neither of the first two generations having a Touring spin-off. It wasn’t until the third-generation (E34)...

The ‘Old Man’, Enzo Ferrari himself, always said that his company’s V12 engine defined the brand. He also said that when you buy one of his cars you pay for the engine and get the rest for free. On both counts, that’s never more so than here with the Ferrari 12Cilindri Spider. Discounting the outrageous...

It helps the BMW M5's cause that it's still powered by a V8 engine. BMW hasn't gone a similar route to the Mercedes-AMG C63 which saw its V8 swapped for a plug-in hybridised inline four-cylinder. Shudders. Instead, here you'll find a 4.4-litre twin-turbo unit behind its angular snout, matching the...

Like many car companies with chequered histories, Aston Martin is a company that's been reborn over and over again — and frequently so. It wasn't that long ago that we were introduced to the  Aston Martin DB11 which was the first in what was dubbed the firm's 'second century plan'. And yet little over...

If you wanted to buy a brand new, first-generation BMW 5 Series in March 1973 it would have set you back at least £3499. For reference, the average house price back then was was approximately £7500. Thing is, with inflation, that 1970s BMW 520 translates to around £58,500 today, which is over £6k...