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15 of the fastest accelerating estates you can buy today
Estates are good cars. Fast ones, better yet. Here are the fastest ones you can buy in Britain right now
BMW M340i xDrive Touring - 0-62mph in 4.6 seconds
If you thought you’d come here to find an army of stretched German cars... then you’re darn right. Kicking us off is BMW’s semi-skimmed M3.
Advertisement - Page continues belowVolvo V60 Polestar Engineered - 0-62mph in 4.4 seconds
Oh, so that’s why the British Constabulary purchases Volvo estates by the bucket loads. Credit where it’s due though, this is the only non-German in attendance.
Audi RS4 - 0-62mph in 4.1 seconds
That the hot RS4 is right at the back of the pack shows just how spoilt for choice you are in this segment at present. Long may it continue.
Advertisement - Page continues belowMercedes-AMG CLA45 S Shooting Brake - 0-62mph in 4.0 seconds
While we may not understand why the CLA45 Shooting Brake exists, it does sell well. So there must be something good about it, not least its four-second sprint to 62.
BMW i5 M60 xDrive Touring - 0-62mph in 3.9 seconds
Not quite M5 levels of performance, but the electric equivalent (sort of) does still put on a good show when needed.
Mercedes-AMG E53 Estate - 0-62mph in 3.9 seconds
This isn’t even the most powerful E-Class estate around, and somehow it still wound up here. Give someone else a chance, aye Merc?
Alpina B3 Touring - 0-62mph in 3.9 seconds
The first of two Alpinas featured, and while not quite as fast as the M3 Touring, it does at least look better. A sub-four-second sprint to 60 isn’t exactly slow, either.
Advertisement - Page continues belowAudi S6 Avant e-tron - 0-62mph in 3.9 seconds
We’ll stop the German superiority jokes now so we can appreciate just how dominant they are in this segment, and the S6 Avant e-tron is a brilliant example of just that.
BMW M5 Touring - 0-62mph in 3.6 seconds
After far too long, the M5 Touring has finally returned. Though the new car is slower than the outgoing version (thanks to all that added weight), a 3.5s sprint to 62 is still plenty potent.
Advertisement - Page continues belowMercedes-AMG E63 S Estate - 0-62mph in 3.5 seconds
OK, it’s getting tiring now. This is the third entry from this lot, and you’ll be pleased to know it’s the last… sike.
Audi RS6 - 0-62mph in 3.6 seconds
The textbook definition of 'really very fast estate', you can’t not love Audi's all-conquering wagon. Not least because the RS6 can shame plenty of Italian stallions at their own game.
Alpina B5 Touring - 0-62mph in 3.6 seconds
While most of these cars are limited to the usual 155mph, the 5 Series-based B5 BiTurbo Touring keeps gathering momentum to a massive 202. Also very, very cool.
Mercedes-AMG C63 S E-Performance - 0-62mph in 3.4 seconds
The backlash to Merc ditching the C63’s thrilling V8 for a four-cylinder was… massive. But numbers don’t lie.
BMW M3 Touring - 0-62mph in 3.3 seconds
We waited years for an M3 Touring, and when it finally arrived, it did not disappoint. Its mouth still does, though.
Porsche Taycan Turbo S Sport Turismo - 0-62mph in 2.4 seconds
Probably the most rounded EV money can buy at present, and the only zero-emission estate to snap the sub-three-second 0-62mph time (by some distance). But for how long?
