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BMW has unveiled the new 3-series Touring estate. It goes on sale on 22 September 2012 in UK dealers, priced from £26,180. Although not a big seller globally - it accounts for just 6% of 3-series sales globally - the Touring is popular in Britain, where it makes up 15% of all Three sales. We're the third biggest market, after Germany ...

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BMW 3-series Touring estate (2012) first official pictures

Tim Pollard, 14 May 2012 09:37

Hyundai i30 Tourer estate (2012) first official pictures

Tim Pollard, 23 February 2012 07:00

Hyundai is on a roll with its Tourer estates. Have you ogled the svelte-looking i40 wagon recently? Many at CAR have, and Mark Walton will in fact run one as his next long-termer. Today the Koreans unveil their next practical estate car: the new Hyundai i30 Tourer wagon. It's a polished, slick affair, judging by these first photographs issued ahead of its debut ...

BMW M550d xDrive (2012) - the diesel M saloon

Tim Pollard, 26 January 2012 09:49

BMW has launched its first diesel M car: the new M550d xDrive in saloon and Touring estate forms. It's part of a strategy to fill the gap between the exclusive M GmbH division cars and the top-end cosmetic M Sport trim lines with a new range of M lite: BMW M Performance Automobiles. Developed by the engineers responsible for the ...

Volvo XC60 Plug-in Hybrid concept car (2012) first pics

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Tim Pollard, 04 January 2012 11:43

Volvo will showcase its latest plug-in hybrid technology in the new 2012 XC60 Plug-in Hybrid concept car at next week's Detroit auto show. The Swedes have been developing a range of plug-in hybrid cars, using both petrol and diesel. The hybridised V60 which goes on sale in Europe later in 2012 uses diesel, whereas the new SUV drinks from the ...

VW Passat Alltrack (2012) first official pictures

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Tim Pollard, 23 November 2011 06:00

The poor man's Audi A6 Allroad? The new Volkswagen Passat Alltrack follows a well-trod path to create a more rugged estate car with some of the accoutrements of an SUV. Set to be unveiled at the 2011 Tokyo motor show at the end of November, the new Passat in wellies will arrive in UK dealers in July 2012. The order ...

Fisker Surf (2011) at the Frankfurt motor show

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Tim Pollard, 15 September 2011 15:01

Fisker showed off its new Surf station wagon at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show this week. As correctly revealed by CAR Online, Fisker's Frankfurt surprise was a more practical version of the Karma range-extener hybrid. Fledgling brand Fisker calls the Surf 'the world’s first electric luxury/sports automobile for an active and eco-friendly lifestyle'. Founder Henrik Fisker describes it as a ...

Choice of UK police cars massively slimmed down

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Tim Pollard, 22 October 2010 11:03

Car enthusiasts will soon be able to relax a little after it was announced that the range of police cars approved for use in Britain is being slashed. Those backward glances in your mirror will now be a simpler mental process. This week’s Government spending review will purge many of the wilder police cars favoured by some constabularies, as they ...

Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer estate (2010) unveiled

Tim Pollard, 16 June 2010 00:01

Vauxhall has slid the covers off the new Astra Sports Tourer – a mini-me, shrunken Insignia estate for less money. The two share plenty of character and were both penned under GM Europe's design boss, Mark Adams.Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer: the lowdownThe new 2010 Astra estate puts the ultimate accent on cool looks over practicality, and its vital stats suggest ...

Mercedes Shooting Break concept (2010)

Tim Pollard, 19 April 2010 23:00

Mercedes is this week – volcanic ash cloud notwithstanding – due to unveil this new Shooting Break concept car at the 2010 Beijing auto show. It's a barely disguised show version of a sporting CLS estate. Think a Mercedes wagon for picky types who find the E-class Estate a tad too sensible.Stuttgart is being unusually candid about this car's provenance, ...

Ford Focus Estate (2010) at Geneva motor show

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Tim Pollard, 01 March 2010 17:41

Ford has shown off the new estate version of the Focus family on the eve of the 2010 Geneva motor show. The new Focus wagon is one of 10 bodystyles planned off Ford's new global C-segment architecture.The new third-gen Focus family doesn't come to the UK until spring 2011, and although the estate is likely to make up only a ...

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