There’s a confession due up front. I’ve long carried a baked-in scepticism toward Chinese vehicles — shaped by years of average plastics, clunky ride quality, and a healthy dose of badge snobbery. Not helped by the disastrous release of the JAC Truck range several years ago. But I’ll admit it: the GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV…

Since the first Daimler-Benz (or was it Renault?) wheezed out of a shed to usher in the age of motorised transport — performance has been tethered to the limits of internal combustion. Each new engine found a little more power, a bit less thirst — inching forward with every generation. Then along came electric vehicles…

There was a time when “MG” conjured visions of small, cheeky roadsters zipping down country lanes like wasps with attitude. These days, Chinese owned MG has ditched the history, bulked up, slipped on a sensible jacket, and entered the family SUV market with the HS—a mid-sized chariot built more for childcare runs than chicanes. The HS…