Automatic Reviews

One of the best all-round, reasonably priced EVs you can buy today

The B-Class is now a genuine contender – if an expensive one – in the family hatch sector.

Not as much fun as a Focus Estate, but more comfortable, practical and very well thought out. Looks the part, too.

Skoda might just have turned things on its head. You’d now recommend an Octavia over a VW Golf or Seat Leon

Peugeot ditches MPVs, does crossovers instead. Seven-seat 5008 is the biggest yet

Solid, gimmick-free all-rounder that’s slightly less good at everything than a Golf, but cheaper for it.

This is among the best compact estates on sale (partly because it isn’t really compact at all).

Kia improves things yet again. Refinement, styling and interior quality are nearly as good as anything out there. Nearly…

Go ahead if you like the look of it. If you don't, endless rivals are about as good

The Kia Cee'd is the car that lobs the paving slab of reality into the windscreen of preconception. It might be a straight clone of a Toyota/Ford/VW hatch, but it’s a damn good one.

Not the most rounded family estate, but the big Pug oozes desirability. Much cooler than a 3 Series

A beautiful, entertaining and fundamentally different hatch.

The Peugeot 508 SW is a better car than the Citroen C5 Tourer it shares its chassis with.

C-HR handles well and looks quirky, but hybrid and infotainment systems let the package down

Connectivity and interior layout takes priority over how it drives. For some, that'll be perfect

A capable machine, but more GT than hot hatch. Think mature rather than arm-wangly Italian

A perfectly able family hatchback that brings absolutely nothing new to the sector. Why, Nissan?