The big test: plug-in wagons

BMW 330e TOURING

£41,530/£52,165 as tested

Peugeot versus BMW isn’t a contest you’ll have seen often. That it’s taken the French maker’s most powerful and expensive car to draw the two companies together ought to illustrate the usual gap between their cars. And yet of the pair, passers-by only seem to have eyes for the 508 Peugeot Sport Engineered. Never mind drawing level with BMW in the desirability stakes, Peugeot’s leapfrogged it.

While we don’t comment on the looks of cars too often – you’ve got your own eyes and mind to work out what you think – we’ll just advise not looking at the 508 too closely. It’s a gorgeous device from a few paces away, but some of the finer detail is