Car News

Citroen’s lightweight seat structure - high levels of ‘perceived quality’

A lightweight seat structure offering a 2.2kg reduction in weight and increased levels of ‘perceived quality’ has been launched in Citroen’s new C3.

Opel intends to close Antwerp facility

As Opel moves quickly on its way towards a viable future, the company announced today the intent to wind down its manufacturing plant in Antwerp, Belgium in the course of 2010.

Vauxhall’s ecoFLEX range tops buyers’ green lists

It’s a very happy New Year for the fleet team at Vauxhall, with the highly successful ecoFLEX low-emissions range of cars reporting record sales for 2009.

Dani Sordo & Kimi Raikkonen get to grips with Arctic snow

Citroen Racing Technologies will enter two C4 WRCs on the Arctic Lapland Rally from 28th-30th January. The cars will be entrusted to Dani Sordo/Marc Marti and Kimi Raikkonen/Kaj Lindström. Coming just two weeks before Rally Sweden, round one of the 2010 FIA World Rally Championship, the Lapland event will provide a valuable testing opportunity for Citroen and two of the French team’s crews.

Kia looks to plug-in future with Ray concept at Chicago show

As Governments and motorists keep up the interest levels in an electric-car future Kia Motors Corporation has revealed the first preview rendering of its latest concept car – called Ray – which will make its global debut at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show next month.

Ford Mondeo named top fleet car

Industry website, FleetDirectory.co.uk created a shortlist of popular fleet cars based on some of the top car searches performed on sister website, ContractHireAndLeasing.com.

Fastest GT Academy 2010 players must register for National Finals

With the GT Academy 2010 Time Trial set to close at midnight (GMT) on Sunday (24 January), Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has issued a reminder to the fastest 30 players from each territory that they must register their details should they wish to proceed to stage two of the competition, the National Finals.

Nissan Cube squares the residual value circle

Small cars don’t have to mean big depreciation, not if they take the right angle… Now that the Cube has gone on sale in the UK, Residual Value experts have made their assessments and delivered the good news – Nissan’s quirkiest city car is a Residual Value winner.

Solid start for Skoda UK on Rallye Monte Carlo

Skoda UK Motorsport stuck to its plan and made a solid start to its 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge campaign today, when its star driver Guy Wilks completed the opening day of the Rallye Monte Carlo in 10th position.

Lexus LFA is the “must have” supercar

In the three months since it was unveiled to the public at the Tokyo motor show, the Lexus LFA has been greeted by critical and public acclaim worldwide.

Your country needs you!

The countdown has started to the end of the GT Academy Time Trial and the online action is extremely competitive. At stake is a prize that will make a dream come true - the opportunity to swap your PlayStation3 for the controls of a real Nissan 370Z racing car and compete for a whole season in the European GT4 Cup.