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Mini has given the Countryman baby SUV a mid-life facelift two years after launch. Key changes include a smarter interior, a range of new colours and cleaner engines. So what's new on the 2013 Mini Countryman? Blink and you might indeed miss the modestly upgraded Countryman faux-by-four. Most of the changes have been lavished inside the soft-roader's cabin: there are ...

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Mini Countryman updated – details of the 2013 facelift

Tim Pollard, 01 November 2012 09:44

VW Golf (2012) - prices for new Mk7 Golf from £16,330

Tim Pollard, 03 October 2012 16:38

Volkswagen today announced prices for the new Mk7 Golf. It'll start from £16,330 on-the-road - and the good news is, that's cheaper than the outgoing Mk6 Golf which today kicks off at £16,425. CAR's been saying for some years that the new MQB architecture underpinning the new VW Golf, and indeed the rest of the VW Group's mid-sized cars from ...

Bentley's new boss confirms SUV back to drawing board

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Tim Pollard, 27 September 2012 15:20

Bentley's new chairman and CEO, Dr Wolfgang Schreiber, confirmed today that the EXP 9F - the controversial SUV shown at the 2012 Geneva motor show - would be heavily redesigned before going on sale. CAR greeted the EXP 9F with the headline 'I'm a Bentley designer, get me out of here' in our Geneva show issue. Ironically, head of design ...

VW Golf GTI concept (2012) first pictures

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Tim Pollard, 27 September 2012 12:50

Volkswagen surprised the Paris motor show attendees with this production-ready Golf GTI concept car shown today. Although dubbed a concept, everything looks and feels like a showroom ready hot hatch. Expect to see the real thing at next spring's 2013 Geneva motor show. The new model takes the conservative polish of the new Golf Mk7 and applies just enough visual aggression ...

Suzuki S-Cross concept (2012) first pictures

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Tim Pollard, 27 September 2012 11:48

Suzuki will launch the S-Cross crossover in late 2013, as a Golf-sized 4x4 to succeed the SX4. It's a bigger vehicle than today's SX4 and marks the end of the collaboration with Fiat which spawned the Sedici. The Italians will now turn to inhouse partner Jeep while Suzuki develops the new S-Cross itself. It'll be built at the firm's plant ...

Hyundai i20 WRC car, ix35 Fuel Cell and i30 3dr (2012)

Tim Pollard, 27 September 2012 07:00

Hyundai sprung a trio of surprises at the 2012 Paris motor show - by launching the i20 WRC rally car, a three-door version of the i30 hatchback and an ix35 fuel-cell car ready for sale in just a few months' time. Three world debuts for Hyundai at Paris motor show 2012: the i20 WRC rally car The headline-grabbing launch on ...

Peugeot RCZ R and facelift (2012): first pictures

Tim Pollard, 12 September 2012 09:24

Peugeot will show an RCZ R concept car at the 2012 Paris motor show - signalling its intention to turn its good-looking coupe into a more serious sporting drive. The show also marks the arrival of an RCZ facelift for the rest of the range, bringing the two-door into line with the new family face. The RCZ R will go ...

Vauxhall Cascada (2012) - first photos of new cabrio

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Tim Pollard, 05 September 2012 09:01

Vauxhall today confirmed it will launch a new convertible called Cascada in 2013. Although based on the running gear, it's actually longer than an Audi A5 Convertible – launching Vauxhall and Opel back into the full-size cabrio market for the first time since the 1930s. The new Vauxhall Cascada is 4.7m long, 70mm longer than an A5 cab and 225mm ...

Fiat Panda 4x4 (2012) first official pictures

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Tim Pollard, 30 August 2012 18:01

Fiat's Panda has donned its wellington boots to create the Panda 4x4, the only baby SUV in the city car A-segment. It's one of the premieres bound for the 2012 Paris motor show. It's the third-generation of Panda 4x4 and appears some 30 years after the original. Why does Fiat persist with it? Because it sells strongly in the Alpine ...

Vintech P550 Tribute – Porsche 550 reborn (2012)

Tim Pollard, 14 August 2012 10:04

French company Vintech will show this classy P550 Tribute coupe at the 2012 Pebble Beach concours this week. No prizes for guessing that it's inspired by Porsche's pert 550. The P550 Tribute is a carbon-bodied two-seater due to be shown at the The Quail: A Motorsports Gathering on 17 August 2012. What else do we know about the Vintech P550 ...

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