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BMW i5 Touring 2024 review: Quick, comfortable and desirable estate but motorways are its kryptonite

Published 24 May 2024
By Neil Briscoe
The new BMW i5 Touring estate is so close to being brilliant, but its range could be an issue on longer road trips finds Neil Briscoe.
BMW i5 Flow Nostokana art car

BMW art car has colour-changing electronic panels

The latest BMW art car is an i5 electric saloon with colour-changing technology and South African Ndebele designs.
Published 29 February 2024
BMW i5 M60

BMW's new 5 Series Touring and 348-mile i5 Touring

As with the latest 5 Series saloon, the Touring version will be offered with a choice of petrol, hybrid and electric powertrains.
Published 06 February 2024
BMW i5 eDrive40

BMW i5 electric saloon review

The new BMW 5 Series is being launched from the get-go in electric form, as the BMW i5.
Published 01 October 2023
BMW i5

All-new BMW 5 Series and i5 unveiled

BMW has taken the wraps off an all-new 5 Series, headlined by the first ever electric version, the i5.
Published 24 May 2023
Sunday Times Driving Letters - Jeremy Clarkson VW Arteon review

Best executive cars to buy

Executive cars need to deliver comfort and tech that's the talk of the company car park.
Published 18 April 2023

Best executive cars for £400-600/month

With the majority of new cars in the UK being bought on finance, luxurious, well-equipped models have never been within easier reach for buyers.
Published 11 February 2023

Me and My Motor: rock star Andy Fairweather Low

Andy Fairweather Low has spent a lifetime jamming with rock'n'roll legends, but he was never more nervous than the day he sat his driving test.
Published 05 August 2019

Me and My Motor: singer Shaggy

When his uncle was out, Shaggy taught himself to drive in his Ford Escort. "He never suspected a thing until I crashed it into a car one night."
Published 18 June 2019
Starsky & Hutch actor David Soul on his mission to restore a historic Chrysler

Interview: Starsky & Hutch star David Soul

Before the Starsky and Hutch star surrenders his celebrity gun and badge, David Soul has one more assignment he wants to complete.
Published 12 April 2019
Me and My Motor: Formula E champ Nelson Piquet Jr

Me and My Motor: Formula E champ Nelson Piquet Jr

Surprisingly, given he's the son of a three-time F1 champion, the Formula E driver Nelson Piquet Jr credits his mother for his racing genes.
Published 17 February 2019
Sunday Times Motor Awards 2018 - best family cars vote now to win a holiday in Dubai

Motor Awards: Vote for your best family car

Voting is open in The Sunday Times Motor Awards 2018. Here is a rundown of the Family Car of the Year contenders, as selected by our experts.
Published 24 August 2018
Me and My Motor: Adrian Chiles, radio and TV presenter

Me and My Motor: Adrian Chiles

“Why do I need a racing car? My main priority is the hi-fi,” says Adrian Chiles of his BMW 520d.
Published 13 June 2018