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Dacia prepares for its UK market D-Day

Rated 4.5 out of 54.5

Mark Hamilton, 03 May 2012 05:15

Renault may have halved its UK product range and taken a profit tumble in 2011, but its budget car subsidiary Dacia has been growing strongly with its range of no-nonsense value-for-money cars. The Dacia Duster SUV has been winning plaudits for its cheap-and-cheerful blend of practicality and value,and leads the UK market launch next month. Dacia: Renault's developing market brand ...

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Dacia prepares for its UK market D-Day

Dacia prepares for its UK market D-Day

Rated 4.5 out of 54.5

Mark Hamilton, 03 May 2012 05:15

Renault may have halved its UK product range and taken a profit tumble in 2011, but its budget car subsidiary Dacia has been growing strongly with its range of no-nonsense value-for-money cars. The Dacia Duster SUV has been winning plaudits for its cheap-and-cheerful blend of practicality and value,and leads the UK market launch next month. Dacia: Renault's developing market brand ...

Chrysler 300C (2012) returns to the UK

Chrysler 300C (2012) returns to the UK

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Mark Hamilton, 02 May 2012 08:00

Chrysler UK has announced pricing and specification for the new-to-you Chrysler 300C saloon. Right-hand drive markets have had to wait for the new 300C, which first launched in 2011 at the Detroit Motor Show; it's on sale in North America as a Chrysler, and currently available to Continental customers as a Lancia Thema... Stylewise, the new 300C echoes the squat, angular look ...

News watch April 2012: today's auto industry news

News watch April 2012: today's auto industry news

Rated 4 out of 54

Sarah-Jayne Harrison, Ollie Kew, Tim Pollard and Ben Pulman, 30 April 2012 09:31

Welcome to CAR Magazine's news aggregator as we round up the daily stories in the auto industry. Top tip: news summaries are added from the top hour-by-hourMonday 30 April 2012• Kia posted global first quarter 2012 profits up 26%, with sales up 12% worldwide. 635000 new Kias found homes, 79000 in Europe (up 24.6% on 2011 in a total market which ...

Mercedes rethinks its names: new Merc badges explained

Mercedes rethinks its names: new Merc badges explained

Rated 4.5 out of 54.5

Georg Kacher, 17 April 2012 09:12

At Mercedes, the naming of new models is often trickier than the technology these vehicles convey. Under the current badging hierarchy, most mainstream models use familiar one-letter names like S-class or G-Wagen. So far, so logical. But as proliferation spread, the Swabians felt compelled to introduce two-letter badges, like CL and GL. When even that was not enough to distinguish ...

BMW X4 confirmed for production in 2014

BMW X4 confirmed for production in 2014

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Tim Pollard (artist's impressions by Christian Schulte), 16 January 2012 17:35

More details have emerged about BMW's forthcoming X4. As previously reported by CAR, the new 2014 X4 is in essence a baby X6 - a sort of squashed coupe-cum-4x4 to appeal to outward-going types. Now Frank-Peter Arndt, BMW's board member in charge of production, has confirmed the new BMW X4 will be built at Plant Spartanburg in South Carolina, USA. ...

Renault cuts back UK range, axes Laguna, Espace, Modus

Renault cuts back UK range, axes Laguna, Espace, Modus

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Ben Pulman, 19 December 2011 14:59

Renault UK today announced a dramatic shake-up of its range – it's axing all sales of the Laguna, Espace, Modus, Wind and Kangoo in the UK from February 2012. It's part of a big drive to improve profitability in Great Britain. It plans to stop the majority of its rental and Motability sales to improve profitability. Such sales are hugely ...

VW Phaeton - the new one coming in 2015

VW Phaeton - the new one coming in 2015

Rated 3 out of 53

Georg Kacher, 21 September 2011 14:01

A brand new Volkswagen Phaeton Mk2 will be launched in 2015, based on a new architecture being masterminded by cousins Audi. Dubbed VW631, the new VW Phaeton will be based on MLM Evo (modular longitudinal matrix) which makes provision for a plug-in hybrid option, an aluminium-intensive body structure and a much more advanced and less nose-heavy dynamic layout. Although VW ...

Audi R18 TDI dominates Le Mans 2011 test day

Audi R18 TDI dominates Le Mans 2011 test day

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Mark Hamilton, 26 April 2011 13:30

Le Mans echoed to the sound of racing cars on Easter Sunday as teams took part in the sole scheduled test day, and Audi's new R18 coupe dominated the LMP1 class. Le Mans 2011: classes and rules changes The Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO), the organisers of the annual 24-hour race, made several changes to the competition classes and technical specifications for ...

Mercedes to build CLS Shooting Brake

Mercedes to build CLS Shooting Brake

Rated 3 out of 53

Ben Miles, 09 November 2010 14:20

Mercedes has announced that the CLS Shooting Brake, which was shown as a concept at the Beijing motor show in April 2010, will go into production in 2012.  What’s the point of the Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake? Well, if you want a car that will turn heads around town – and find the E-class estate has a little too much room – ...

VW Amarok: Volkswagen pick-up comes to UK in 2011

VW Amarok: Volkswagen pick-up comes to UK in 2011

Rated 2 out of 52

Tim Pollard, 26 October 2010 15:12

Volkswagen will launch the Amarok pick-up truck in the UK in spring 2011. It’s the first time since the 1980s that a VW pick-up has been sold in Britain. VW plans to sell just a couple of thousand Amaroks a year in the UK in a full year; the big markets for this truck are utility-centric markets such as Australia ...

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