PLUG-IN HYBRIDS
1 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT
Our pick
1.5 TSI eHybrid 204 Life
List price
£44,105
Target Price
£39,426
MPG
755.2 CO2 9g/km For Spacious interior and boot; cheap to run as a company car; great motorway cruiser
Against Could be sharper to drive; not enough physical controls;
Volkswagen’s so-so reliability record
WHAT CAR? SAYS ★★★★★
THE VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT may have been around for five decades, but the fact that the latest iteration ranks highest in this category shows how well the model has moved with the times. You can have it with mild hybrid petrol power, but it impresses most in plug-in hybrid form. The version we recommend is the less powerful of the two PHEVs available; it has plenty of punch and a huge official electric range of 81 miles, making it cheap to run as a company car.