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Fleet and business users will be the target for Kia dealers as they open order books for the all-new D-segment Optima saloon. The diesel-engined version of the all-new Optima goes on sale at prices from £21,495-£28,895 in January and will joined later in the year by the brand’s first plug-in petrol-electric hybrid (PHEV) to be sold in Europe. The latest Optima ...

Fiat dealers will sell an all-new two-seater convertible from 2016 for the first time since the left hand drive Barchetta was discontinued in 2005. The new 124 Spider roadster was unveiled at the Los Angeles Motor Show this month, almost half a century after the original 124 Spider made its debut in 1966. The 124 Spider is the product of ...

Infiniti has unveiled the QX30 crossover, the second part of a product offensive expected to provide the Nissan luxury brand’s dealers with a major volume boost in 2016. Unveiled simultaneously at motor shows in Los Angeles, USA and Guangzhou in China, the QX30 is a sister to the Q30 hatch, a car that when it arrives in showrooms early in ...

With the Kadjar only making its showroom debut in September 2015, Renault was a latecomer to the C-segment crossover sector, one of the fastest growing market segments in the world. However, as it turned out, the brand has the advantage of skipping a generation and drawing upon the same underpinnings of the latest generation Nissan Qashqai, the car which created ...

Land Rover has confirmed it will launch a convertible version of the range Rover Evoque with UK showroom sales starting in March 2016. The new Range Rover Evoque Convertible is expected to add 10% to volumes of a car that has become the biggest-selling Land Rover model. Dubbed the world’s first luxury compact SUV convertible by its creators, the new ...

Toyota has revealed details of the all-new Prius hybrid ahead of its UK showroom debut in March. The fourth-generation version of the Prius goes on sale at prices starting from £23,295. Central to the new model are improvements to the hybrid system, which combines a 1.8-litre 99PS petrol engine and an electric motor of 69PS. Fuel economy and CO2 emissions ...

Hyundai Motor will use its top-end Genesis model as the basis of a new luxury brand which will see it launch six new models by 2020. The group has yet to confirm when its new sub-brand will go on sale in the UK. Genesis will be a standalone brand and will compete against Lexus and Infiniti in the luxury sector. ...

The new Mini Convertible will make its showroom debut in March priced from £18,475. The latest member of the third-generation Mini line-up, which follows the three and five-door hatch variants and Clubman, features a new electrically-powered roof that will fully open or close in 18 seconds, at speeds up to 18mph. Mini adds that the mechanism has been improved to be ...

The Hyundai i20 has won the 2016 the Northern Ireland Car of the Year Award. Other category winners at the awards, sponsored by NIIB Finance, included the Mazda2 (Small Car), Seat Leon (Family Car), Suzuki Vitara (Lifestyle SUV), Audi RS3 (Sports Performance) and the Mazda6 Tourer (Executive Car of the Year). The latest generation Hyundai’s i20 was launched in January ...

One of the key cars in Hyundai’s transformation from a quirky Korean brand to a mainstream volume player is the i30. Launched in March 2015, it has the aesthetics of a car designed and built for European tastes and has consequently been a big seller for the brand and its dealers. After a week in the car it’s easy to ...