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The BMW 5-series has been facelifted, although you’d be hard pressed to tell on the outside. The most significant changes are under the tweaked skin... So what’s actually been changed? The biggest news is that there’s a new model – the BMW 518d – powered by a 143bhp/265lb ftversion of the 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbodiesel. It’s offered in the saloon and Touring ...

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BMW 5-series facelift (2013) first official pictures

Damion Smy, 19 May 2013 11:00

Skoda Superb facelift (2013) first official pictures

Ollie Kew, 03 April 2013 13:45

This is the new 2013 Skoda Superb, which sports completely redesigned front and rear bodywork, and more frugal powertrains than the outgoing car. What's new under the bonnet of the 2013 Skoda Superb? Stop-start tech and a kinetic energy recovery system (which takes the strain off the engine's alternator by using braking to charge up a capacitor) cuts fuel consumption by up to 19% ...

Happy Christmas to all CAR magazine readers!

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Tim Pollard (artist's impression by Christian Schulte), 24 December 2012 01:00

Here's wishing all CAR magazine and online readers a very happy Christmas. Thanks for your support in 2012 - we're grateful for your contributions and posts, insightful letters and forum blogs over the past year. CAR Online will continue to operate over the Christmas period, so come back daily for more motoring news, reviews, blogs and scoops over the next week. ...

Mercedes E-class facelift (2013): first official pictures

Ollie Kew, 13 December 2012 10:08

The four-eyed Mercedes E-class is dead. Ushered in with this facelifted-for-2013 version of the executive express stalwart are refreshed looks, better engines and new safety systems. Mercedes claims the new E-class is the cleanest in the executive class, and that much of the car's gadgetry will also be seen on the upcoming S-class limo. Talk me through the 2013 Mercedes E-class facelift ...

Jaguar offers all-wheel drive - but not for UK

Ollie Kew, 16 August 2012 17:00

Jaguar has confirmed four-wheel-drive models will join its range once again, for the first time since the AWD X-type was killed off back in 2009. The first 4wd Jaguars will be the XJ and XF ranges. They'll be petrol-powered only, and just in saloon form for now, but don't get too excited if you're a UK customer: Jaguar has no ...

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 ...

BMW 520d EfficientDynamics (2011) first official pictures

Jack Constantine, 04 July 2011 15:14

Company car choice will be made even more difficult in September 2011 with the launch of BMW’s new 520d EfficientDynamics saloon with some extraordinary economy and CO2 emissions figures of 119g/km and 63mpg. BMW 520d EfficientDynamics: how it’s so clean The 520d ED is fitted with a longer final drive ratio to reduce revs at motorway cruise speeds, low-drag alloy ...

Renault Latitude (2010) first official pictures

Gareth Evans, 08 June 2010 09:55

These are the first official pictures of the new Renault Latitude, a car out to steal sales from Skoda’s Superb. It's aimed at emerging markets, rather than Europe. So the Renault Latitude isn’t a replacement for the Laguna? No. Instead this is a completely fresh model, slotting in above the Laguna and becoming the flagship saloon in Renault’s range – ...

Jaguar XF – the 2010 police version for Plod

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Tim Pollard, 28 April 2010 17:40

This is the first police-spec Jaguar XF – bound to an orderly life of patrolling the motorways around the Midlands area encircling Jaguar's HQ. The local constabulary has bought seven 271bhp 3.0-litre Diesel S models in police trim.What's changed to make the XF a police car?Not much out of the ordinary. It's much easier to spot than a demarked police ...

BMW 5-series (2010) photos and video of new F10

Ben Pulman, 23 November 2009 19:00

>> Read our full three-page news story of the new 2010 BMW 5-series. There's video at the foot of this page, scroll through to p3 for audio clips of the new 5-series engineers and engines The BMW 5-series saloon – it’s finally here. Internally dubbed F10, it's the sixth-generation BMW 5-series and will be unveiled at the Geneva motor show ...

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