Car News

Fiat eco:Drive moves into fleet

eco:Drive, Fiat’s awarding-winning in-car system that can save fuel and reduce emissions, has been introduced to the fleet market with the launch of eco:Drive Fleet.

Simply Ford - National Motor Museum

The first Beaulieu ‘Simply Ford’ event takes place on Sunday 2nd May and promises to be a great day out for all Ford enthusiasts. All Ford owners are invited to come to Beaulieu in their vehicle and become part of the event. Any model is welcome, from the new Focus RS to the old MK 1 or 2 Escort RS or even a Model T!

BMW 5-series voted ‘Most Highly Anticipated New Car’

BMW’s new 5-Series saloon, set to go on sale later this month is the most highly anticipated new car of 2010, new research has revealed.

New Lexus F-Sport models

Sharper looks and new high-tech on-board features are central to Lexus’s revision of its best-selling IS sports saloon for 2010.

New car CO2 emissions cut by biggest ever margin

Average new car CO2 emissions fell by their biggest ever margin last year with the impact of recession and the Scrappage Incentive Scheme boosting the continued influence of technological advances made by vehicle manufacturers, according to the annual New Car CO2 Report released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

Fiat tops CO2 reduction rankings

Fiat has once again set new standards in cutting carbon dioxide emissions, after both the Fiat brand and Fiat Group posted Europe’s lowest volume weighted CO2 emissions, according to JATO, the world leader in automotive advisory and research services.

Unichip ECU upgrade for 148bhp Impreza Diesel

Unichip Europe is delighted to announce the launch of a new performance enhancing plug and play ‘U-Connect’ piggy back Unichip upgrade for the 4wd 148bhp Subaru Impreza 2.0 Diesel.

Ogier completes a podium clean sweep for Citroen

The Citroen Junior Team crew took their second podium of their World Rally Championship careers and shared centre stage with two World Champions, rally winner Sebastien Loeb and Petter Solberg, who was second.

Snowboarder Xavier de le Rue wins Nissan Tram Face

Nissan athletes Xavier de Le Rue (FRA) and Aurelien Ducroz (FRA) yesterday dominated the Nissan Tram Face, the penultimate stop of the 2010 Freeride World Tour.

Peugeot UK’s Meeke & Nagle take a fine win in Brazil

Peugeot UK's IRC Champions Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle secured maximum points towards their title defence last weekend when they cruised to victory in Brazil's Rally Internacional de Curitiba, round two of this year's Intercontinental Rally Challenge.

Loeb & Elena score fourth consecutive win at Rally Mexico

Sebastien Loeb and Daniel Elena grabbed their fourth consecutive win in Mexico at the weekend - taking the lead in the 2010 Driver’s World Championship in the process. Petter Solberg (second) and Sebastien Ogier (third) occupied the other places on the podium - both of them driving a Citroen C4 WRC.

Green light for evolution version of the Audi R8 LMS

With the delivery of the first customer cars, Audi AG’S GT3 customer sport programme has reached the next phase. By mid-April, 20 Audi R8 LMS vehicles will have been handed over to the teams that are planning to run the GT3 race sportscar in various national and international racing series and in the two 24-hour races at the Nürburgring and at Spa-Francorchamps in the 2010 season.