8/10Alfa RomeoGiulia£33,010 – £63,565Alfa's rebirth gets off to a flying start. RWD Giulia is a sign of good things to come
8/10Mercedes-BenzC-Class£31,415 – £78,112Meet the new C-Class, same as the old C-Class: comfy, techy and classy
8/10AudiS8 £70,785 – £104,590Screw ‘high-performance’ SUVs. Get one of these instead, and pretend you’re a Parisian assassin
8/10BMW3 Series£33,470 – £47,970Rivals keep it from a better score, but the new 3 is still one of the benchmarks for this class
7/10Hyundaii40£22,740 – £28,940Hyundai arrives to worry the Ford Mondeo – and the impressive i40 certainly does that.
7/10Mazda6£24,130 – £33,810Another good Mazda from one of the very few car companies – any company, come to that – which simply doesn’t make a bad product
6/10LexusES£34,980 – £45,460A saloon car for people who don’t really care about/enjoy driving, but quite like big mpg and a nice stereo
6/10LexusIS£33,005 – £44,305Every Lexus trait wrapped up in a tight 3 Series sized package. Superb design, forgettable to drive, probably quite nice to own.
