Car News

MINI Yours: Personalisation becomes an art form

By offering a huge range of style, comfort, convenience and technology options, MINI has always been ahead of the pack at encouraging owners to personalise their cars.

Production of new Toyota Avensis starts at Burnaston

The start of production of the new Avensis at Toyota’s Burnaston factory brings some welcome good news for Britain’s manufacturing industry.

New Nissan GT-R 2012 model

Nissan has announced the launch of the 2012 model year Nissan GT-R. The new model goes on sale 24 November in Japan and arrives in European showrooms from early 2012.

Citroen’s lowest CO2 emitting diesel model: C3 e-HDi 70 Airdream

Citroen has announced the introduction of its most CO2 efficient conventionally powered model to date - the new C3 e-HDi 70 Airdream EGS VTR+.

Land Rover in Action exhibition week

This November will see an exciting exhibition featuring the work of Land Rover's six Global Humanitarian & Conservation Partners; International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Born Free Foundation, Biosphere Expeditions, China Exploration & Research Society (CERS), Earthwatch Institute and Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).

Ford leads UK’s October market with increased car sales and share

Ford extended its UK market lead in October with increased car sales and market share compared with October 2010.

How Mazda’s Digital Servicing Record adds value

Cars with full service histories are worth more and are easier to sell, according to new research carried out by ICM Research– which shows that a full service history on a car could increase its value by 26 percent.

FALKEN confirms ALMS campaign with 2012 Porsche GT3 RSR

Tyre manufacturer Falken has announced it will return to the ALMS (American Le Mans Series) next year with a 2012 specification Porsche GT3 RSR run by Derrick Walker. 2011 drivers Wolf Henzler and Brian Sellers also expected to return to the squad.

Volkswagen adds another green award to its trophy cabinet

The Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion has added a further environmental award to its trophy cabinet, having been named Green Vehicle of the Year at the 2011 ACFO Fleet Awards.

Vauxhall’s all-new 155mph Astra VXR revealed

Hot on the heels of the recently launched GTC, these are the first official pics of the new Astra VXR, which goes on sale next year and is set to become one of the most powerful cars in its class and the fastest production Astra in Vauxhall’s history.

Volkswagen starts testing programme with Polo R WRC

Volkswagen has successfully started the tests with the new Polo R WRC. Dr Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Volkswagen Board of Management for Technology, and the two-time World Rally Champion and Dakar winner Carlos Sainz (Spain) completed the first test kilometres in the vineyards of Veldenz near Trier, the location that normally plays host to the ADAC Rallye Deutschland, without any problems today.