The compact executive estate class is highly competitive. Both the Mercedes-Benz C-Class Estate and Audi A4 Avant are excellent cars but we think the BMW 3 Series Touring is quite possibly the best of the bunch - especially now it's been brought bang up to date with sharper looks and a new infotainment...

If you’ve already read our review on the excellent new Mercedes E-Class saloon , then you could be forgiven for thinking the estate variant is more of the same only with a bit more space. And you’d be right – although there’s much more to this premium German estate than its capacity to devour your...

A key rival to the estate versions of the Ford Focus and Volkswagen Golf, the Corolla Touring Sports is one of the few family cars to be sold completely diesel-free. This means Corolla buyers get the choice of a 1.2 petrol engine or two petrol hybrids.  The Corolla Touring Sports won't set many pulses...

We say 'competition' but there isn't really anything that's a direct rival for the Citroen C5 X. It's the brand's flagship model (a modern-day Citroen Citroen XM or CX , if you like), part hatchback and part large saloon car with a bit of SUV thrown in for good measure. You might be considering...

Launched in 2021, the Mercedes-Benz C-Class Estate is one of the newest options in the executive estate car market. This sets the bar high in terms of expectation, but the C-Class Estate is a strong contender, packed with plenty of technology. The main rivals for the Mercedes-Benz C-Class Estate...

The fourth-generation Skoda Octavia vRS is the hot hatch version of one of our favourite family cars , the ever-popular Octavia .  Skoda's always done things a little differently when it comes to hot hatches though. Who remembers the original diesel-powered Fabia vRS ? And it's a similar story...