Best fast estate cars in 2025

Starting our list is a rather frightening EV. By frightening, we don’t mean the BMW i5 M60 Touring will peel back your eyelids whenever you tap the throttle or put you through a hedge backwards whenever there’s a puddle. It remains perfectly civil and docile around town but if the notion does take you, there’s a mighty 601PS and 795Nm to play when in Sport mode. Otherwise, it has a respectable 524PS.

Underneath the i5’s silky bodywork are two electric motors, one on each axle, and it has BMW’s four-wheel drive. Engage launch control, and the i5 M60 Touring will smash 0-62mph in just 3.8 seconds en route to a limited top speed of 143mph. If you want to go faster still, there's a hybrid BMW M5 Touring landing in the UK soon putting out a whopping 727PS.

But back to the i5 Touring, you needn’t worry about boot space as it has 570 litres, a figure that’s larger than most of its electric rivals except the Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer. Fold the rear seats flat, and this expands to 1,700 litres. 

The Volvo V90 does a fine job of hiding what’s under its skin. There are no large spoilers, air dams or grooved splitters here, just a car dressed in exquisite attire. The entry-level T6 Plus trim is no slouch with 354PS on tap - it still has all-wheel drive and will hit 0-62mph in 5.5 seconds. 

Spending an extra £8,000 gets you the Ultra — the name’s a bit of a giveaway. Before you get too excited, note it doesn’t have a thumping eight-cylinder lurking under its long bonnet. Instead, there’s a turbocharged and supercharged four-cylinder engine that’s also aided by a 65kW rear electric motor. When everything is working together, the V90 T8 produces 454PS. 

Like the T6, top speed remains capped at 112mph although the 0-62mph drops to 4.8 seconds. Pop the boot, and you’ll find a 551-litre area although this extends to 1,517 litres with the rear seats lowered. 

At one point, Audi offered an RS6 Saloon, but times have since changed and the focus remains, for now, on the Avant. These have been boosting around country roads and chewing up motorways since 2002 with the Audi RS6 growing mightier with each generation released. 

We’ll concentrate on Audi’s extra special version of the car, GT. It’s easy to spot a GT thanks to its red and white livery - a nod to the 1989 Audi 90 Quattro GTO - and retro wheels. Mechanically, the GT has the same 629PS 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 and eight-speed automatic gearbox as any other RS6. 

The differences here lie in the suspension and there are some rear differential tweaks. The air suspension has been binned in favour of passively damped adjustable coilovers, the anti-roll bars are 30% stiffer at the front and 80% at the rear. Sound good? Put your bank card away as all 660 have sold. 

Still, you can have the £117,420 RS6 Performance. It might not be as exclusive or share the stunning livery as the GT, but it’ll still get from 0-62mph in 3.4 seconds before hammering on to its limited 174mph top speed. Derestricted, it’ll push 200mph. 

In its standard form, the Porsche Taycan Sport Turismo still has 408PS, a figure that’s more than enough for most. However, if cash allows, you can climb into supercar-baiting territory. 

To understand what’s available, we’ve broken down Porsche’s current offerings: the 4S delivers 544PS, the GTS has 700PS; then there’s the 884PS Turbo and finally the Turbo S, with 952PS. As you can see, there’s no ‘slouch’ option here. 

Spend £162,100 on the range-topping Turbo S and you’ll get a 162mph top speed, a 0-62mph time of 2.3 seconds while 0-124mph comes in at 7.8 seconds. There’s a bit of a catch, however, as you don’t always get 952PS but instead 775PS. The extra power is unlocked via an ‘overboost’ setting when using launch control. 

Behave yourself, and you’ll get between 329 and 375 miles on a single charge. Similarly, it has a reasonably-sized 405-litre boot which expands to 1,171 litres with the rear seats folded flat. 

Dreams of a production BMW M3 Touring filled the heads of fast estate enthusiasts for decades, and although few people built their own M3 Touring guises throughout the years, BMW never did so itself until now - and what a car it is. 

Its 530PS and 650Nm come from the same 3.0-litre twin-turbocharged six-cylinder that’s found in the M3 saloon. 0-62mph takes just 3.6 seconds and it’ll barrel onto a limited 155 top speed. Feeling brave? You can opt for the M Driver’s Package which will increase this to 174mph. 

One thing we liked was the 10-stage traction control system that sends up to 100% of the power to the rear wheels. There’s also a drift analyser and lap time feature with the M Drive Professional pack, something that’s best reserved for private track skids. 

Likewise, 500 litres of luggage can be carried in its boot, not masses more than what the M3 saloon offers, but its access is more versatile with its low lip, and large opening. Fold the 40:20:40 rear seats and this rises to 1,510 litres. 

We get it. Not everyone has a spare £90,000 to drop on the ultra-quick M3 Touring. Of course, it’s a fabulous machine, but it might be a bit too extreme for many. If you found yourself nodding at those statements perhaps the M340i xDrive is for you instead. 

It doesn’t have the M3’s brawn but it’s still awfully fast and is nearly £20,000 cheaper. 0-62mph arrives in 4.5 seconds while top speed remains limited at 155mph. Its twin-turbocharged B58 3.0-litre straight-six engine produces these grand numbers, developing 379PS and 500Nm.

On the open road, it feels usable, balancing comfort with oodles of mid-range shove. You also get a boot that's just as big as it is on any other BMW 3 Series Touring.

We’ve waved goodbye to the Mercedes V8 for now but fear not as it'll return in 2026. For now, there’s the turbocharged 3.0-litre E 53 PHEV that develops 449PS. Being a plug-in hybrid there’s also a 163PS motor, meaning a total of 593PS. 

Its 4Matic+ all-wheel drive system helps put 750Nm to the tarmac, and an electronically controlled centre differential can also shove 100% of its torque to either axle. This means it’ll have your back in slippery conditions or when you’re pressing on. 

Tick the AMG Performance Package option, and you’ll get a locking rear differential. This also adds Race Start (launch control), upping power to 612PS and its top speed to 168mph from 155mph. 0-62mph also drops from 4.1 to 3.8 seconds.

Use the PHEV bit, and you’ll benefit from a 28.6kWh battery that’s good for 59 miles and charges at 60kW (DC). 10 to 80% takes just 20 minutes and the car will return around 31.7mpg - not a bad figure considering the performance offered. 

It’s worth remembering that because of the battery - hidden under the boot floor - the E 53’s boot capacity is 460 litres. For context, the standard ICE E-Class offers 615 litres. 

Of course, there’s also the smaller C63 S, but this has an even smaller 320-litre luggage area and a notable step in the boot floor.

Some time ago, the Skoda Octavia vRS was a bit of a can-do car tailored to a vast audience. If fuel efficiency was important, there was a PHEV guise. Pulling a caravan? The diesel would do the trick, or if neither bothered you, there was the petrol variant. 

Unfortunately, the diesel and hybrid models have been discontinued, leaving just the petrol. The 2.0-litre petrol might not have as much torque as its axed diesel counterpart, but it does produce a reasonable 370Nm and 264PS. 

Like many nippy VAG products, it feeds its power to the front wheels via a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox. 0-62mph takes 6.7 seconds, and the top speed is 155mph. Skoda also claims it’ll manage 40mpg although this will be but a pipe dream if you indulge in its sporty character. 

There’s a lot of space inside the Octavia for taller passengers and a gigantic 640-litre boot. We feel the Volkswagen Golf R Estate deserves a mention here too as its boot space rivals the vRS’s at 611 litres. It only costs £5,500 on top and you get more power, but the vRS does a good job slotting into family life and will also provide giggles at the track. 

Unlike its more expensive siblings, the E 53 Estate and C 63 Estate, the Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 S Shooting Brake gets a larger 505-litre boot thanks to the lack of plug-in hybrid gubbins. It's not the only AMG version of the car, as also the £51,430 CLA 35. This produces 310PS and because it’s a mild hybrid, there’s an extra 14PS available. In this trim, the CLA delivers great performance, but the range-topping CLA 45 S offers that bit more. 

There’s no mild hybrid stuff here. The turbocharged 2.0-litre feeds 426PS and 500Nm to all four wheels, meaning 0-62mph lands in at 4.1 seconds and it’ll hit 168mph if given enough room, figures that aren’t far off its more powerful kin. 

There’s roughly £18,000 of a difference between the CLA 35 and 45 S, something worth considering if you want the fastest version sat on your driveway. 

An interesting proposition indeed; it would seem the German and Swedish giants aren’t the only ones fighting for the ultimate fast estate spot, but now Peugeot is too. 

The Peugeot 508 Sports Engineered has been delivering thrills since 2021, while real-world mpg reports show upwards of 70mpg thanks to plug-in hybrid assistance. 

Power comes from a turbocharged 1.6-litre engine which produces 365PS and 520Nm. 0-62mph takes just 5.2 seconds, 50-75mph arrives in three seconds, and it's limited to 155 mph. Likewise, there’s one electric motor per axle and Peugeot claims it’ll do 34 miles on a single charge.

Like many of the cars on our list, its bodywork screams ‘fast car’ with its yellow accents, road-hugging physique, and floating front and rear splitters. 

Popping the boot also reveals a 530-litre area but fold the rear seats down and this expands to 1,780 litres. Prices start at £53,825 for the saloon while the estate costs £55,025.