8/10AudiS8 £70,785 – £104,590Screw ‘high-performance’ SUVs. Get one of these instead, and pretend you’re a Parisian assassin
8/10Mercedes-BenzCLS£50,830 – £76,520Same waft, just with added style. A fine long-distance GT, if ever there was one.
9/10BMW5 Series£37,375 – £56,425It's comfy, it drives well, it's got performance *and* eco options... There's really not much to criticise
8/10BMW5 Series£37,375 – £56,425Typically BMW for its sheer composure on the road and fine refinement.
7/10JaguarXF£34,725 – £52,125The class-leading dynamics have been preserved and the new interior is in a different world, but whether it's enough to reverse the model’s drift towards market indifference is moot
8/10BMW3 Series£30,690 – £48,920Rivals keep it from a better score, but the new 3 is still one of the benchmarks for this class
