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Kia’s electric e-Niro crossover model is set to go on sale on April 1st. With plug-in car grant reductions the car will retail for £32,995. Just one highly specified model is to be offered and will join hybrid and PHEV versions of the Niro, which have made 65,000 European sales in two years, 11,000 of them in the UK. Since ...

Mercedes will begin deliveries of right hand drive E Class plug in hybrids next spring with prices starting from £47,500. This is for the entry level E 300e, which is being sold in saloon only guise and is powered by a 211hp. 2.0 litre turbo petrol engine, mated to a 122hp, electric motor producing 440 Nm of torque. When using ...

When the first Ford Focus replaced the long-running Escort in 1998, it proved a major success, becoming the UK’s best-selling car for several years. In recent times, however, the smaller Ford Fiesta has dominated the top of the UK car sales charts. In 2017 the Focus relegated to third behind one of its direct rivals, the Volkswagen Golf. With the ...

To date, Skoda has sold 4.1m units of the Fabia since it was first launched at the Frankfurt motor show in 1999. Four years after the launch of the new, third-generation model (2014), Skoda has released a facelifted version of the compact hatchback. With this being a revision, the design of the previous Fabia is clear to see, although the ...

The Paris motor show, or Mondial l’Auto, will be held from 4-14 October. The show is one of the most important in the automotive year, rivalling Geneva, Frankfurt, Tokyo and Detroit in importance. While a series of major brands (inc. VW, Volvo, Ford, Infiniti, Nissan, etc.) will not be in attendance, others will take the opportunity to show a series ...

Mazda has announced that the new Mazda6 saloon and Tourer will be available in the UK from 20 July. This is the second revision of the existing 6, which remains on the same ‘GG’ platform. But across the vehicle there have been upgrades to the powertrain and cabin, plus revised exterior styling. Looking at the powertrain, the range-topping SKYACTIV-G 2.5-litre ...

SsangYong has introduced a 7-year and 150,000 mile warranty on its Musso pick-up. The new warranty applies to new Rexton from 1 July and can be applied retrospectively to all new Rextons sold since launch. It can also be applied to all other models purchased since January 1st 2018 at a cost of £500. The warranty covers all the major ...

Toyota is planning to reintroduce the Camry nameplate to the UK after a 14-year absence. The all-new, eighth-generation Camry Hybrid will take over from the out-going Avensis as the company’s D-segment offering. The addition will increase Toyota’s European hybrid line-up to eight models, ranging from the compact Yaris to the RAV4 SUV. The Camry has been the best-selling passenger car in North ...

A total of 17 boats with 324 crew sailed all or part of the way in the first Whitbread Round The World Race in 1973 – ’74. Since then, there have been 12 editions of the gruelling event, the latest of which started in 2017 from Alicante, Spain. Over 11 legs and nine months, each of the seven teams have ...

Three years ago, Rolls-Royce announced that it would indeed go ahead with development of a super-luxury entrant into the SUV market. After all, why not? There was no need to be shy if Bentley and Lamborghini were already creating waves with the Bentayga and Urus. Three years later and Rolls-Royce has released the first details of the new Cullinan hyper-luxury ...