Alex Robbins

United Kingdom

Motoring Journalist at Freelance

Freelance car journo walking more than 200 miles in support of @missionmotorspt.🚶 Please sponsor me at: https://t.co/4eaQJztOIw

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Articles

This Chinese electric car might look cute, but it's far too expensive

2 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Alex Robbins

Rebranded and restyled, this five-door hatchback brings quirky charm and generous kit, but struggles to turn novelty into substanceThe Funky Cat is no longer funky. Or, for that matter, a cat. GWM's oddly named - and even more oddly styled - electric hatchback has been rebranded with the aim of making it the butt of fewer sniggers. It's now called the Ora 03 - a name that will fit better when GWM launches the larger Ora 07 four-door saloon later this year.
Mini Aceman review: This electric car is having an identity crisis and not worth the value

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Alex Robbins

This EV slots between the Hatch and the Countryman, but was that a gap in the range that needed filling?
This electric car is having an identity crisis and not worth the value

1 week ago | msn.com | Alex Robbins

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What’s the best plug-in hybrid to replace my electric car?

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Alex Robbins

Our expert advises on the best plug-in hybrids on the market
What’s the best plug-in hybrid to replace my electric car?

1 week ago | msn.com | Alex Robbins

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This heavy plug-in hybrid can't compete with its predecessor

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Alex Robbins

The Touring version of the latest 5-Series would be better served with either a petrol or an electric motor, not bothYou can't always get what you want. So sang the Rolling Stones, of course, and those lyrics were ringing in my ears as I climbed aboard the 530e Touring. That's because it wasn't all that long ago that BMW 5-Series Touring buyers wanted only a diesel engine.
Used Tesla Model 3 electric car buying guide

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Alex Robbins

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Used Tesla Model 3 electric car buying guide

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Alex Robbins

Despite a backlash against the firm's owner, Elon Musk, its smallest car makes a great used buy and is much in demand in the UKIt's hard to believe that only five years ago the Tesla Model 3 barely existed on UK roads. Such has been its immense impact that these days you'll encounter one as often as once you'd have previously seen a Ford Focus or a . It isn't too hard to see why.
Six 1990s convertibles from only £1,000 for spring and summer fun (and the one to avoid)

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Alex Robbins

Ah the Nineties. Oasis, the Spice Girls, Cool Britannia, football coming home, boot cut jeans - and cabriolets. These days it's difficult to find new convertibles, but in the Nineties you could barely move for the things; seemingly every manufacturer made a chopped-down version of one of its popular hatchbacks and cute roadsters became cool once again.
Pleasant, practical and no fussy touchscreen (plus it's diesel)

4 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Alex Robbins

A lusty six-cylinder diesel engine gives this large family hauler a charm and responsiveness that match its practicalityAnd so, to the eldritch forests of south-east Berkshire, a land ruled by the great seven-seat SUVs, which stalk the lanes of Windsor Great Park and lurk in the undergrowth, their capacious boots waiting to swallow any luckless Labradoodle that may stray within six feet.