With the annual Geneva car show cancelled for the first time since the Second World War era, carmakers are going virtual in a bid to wow the hordes who would otherwise descend on the Swiss city to get a closer look at the latest models.

If BMW boss Harald Krueger has a flaw, it’s that he lacks confidence and isn’t much of a showman — criticisms that nobody has ever levelled at the heiress Paris Hilton.

German car giant BMW insists it did not "seek or receive" any assurance from the Government on post-Brexit trade before deciding to build a fully electric version of the Mini in the UK.