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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

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Mark Hamilton, 03 May 2012 05:15

Chrysler 300C (2012) returns to the UK

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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

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 ...

Audi Q5 facelift (2012) first official pictures

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Tim Pollard, 24 April 2012 23:00

Audi is upgrading its Q5 mid-sized SUV with a mid-life facelift for 2012. A facelift for the Q5? But it looks exactly the same! Look harder. The Q5 is buffed and polished here and there, although we grant you that we had to look twice to spot any differences at all. And that's because a lot of the change is ...

Mercedes rethinks its names: new Merc badges explained

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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 ...

Win a year driving BMWs: CAR's amazing competition

Ben Pulman, 13 April 2012 14:21

****THIS BMW COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED**** For more BMW content click here Have you entered CAR's competition to win a year driving brand new BMWs? Time is running out - we close the competition at 11.59pm BST this Thursday 12 April 2012. It's a doddle to enter and only takes a couple of minutes to fill in the form below. ...

Mercedes GL-class (2012) first official pictures

Ollie Kew, 11 April 2012 10:20

After churning out a brand-new ML and tweaked G-class, Mercedes’ 4x4 range update continues apace with the new GL. The new 2012 Mercedes GL-class doesn’t look like it’s got any smaller… Correct. The Stateside favourite is still more ‘XL’ than GL, reaching more than five metres in length and two metres wide. The burly body needed to carry seven people in comfort ...

Skoda Yeti Urban special edition (2012) first pictures

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Tim Pollard, 28 March 2012 11:10

Skoda is launching a special Urban edition of the Yeti baby crossover packing £2450 of extra equipment at no cost over the equivalent SE spec. The new Yeti Urban is based on the two-wheel drive model with a choice of the 104bhp 1.2 TSI or the 2.0-litre TDI diesel with 109bhp. Skoda Yeti Urban Edition: the lowdown This UK special ...

Hyundai Santa Fe (2012) first official pictures

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Tim Pollard, 26 March 2012 14:02

Hyundai will unveil its new Santa Fe SUV at the New York motor show in April 2012. The Koreans have committed to the Santa Fe name for its full-sized SUV, following on from its DM codename. That's no surprise: Hyundai has shifted 2.6 million Santa Fes since launch in 2000. Hyundai issued a couple of teaser shots a few weeks ...

VW Passat Alltrack 4motion (2012) goes on sale

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Tim Pollard, 19 March 2012 10:01

Volkswagen is launching its own cut-price rival to those mud-loving Allroad models from Audi in May 2012 – the new Passat Alltrack 4motion. It's a Passat estate in a Barbour and green wellies, its ride height hoiked up and with 4motion all-wheel drive boosting traction for soft-roading and pulling horseboxes over slippery grass. VW quotes a two-tonne towing capacity – ...

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