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Toyota is about to launch the Prius Plug-In hybrid in the UK and today confirmed it'll cost £27,895. Clever tech comes at a price - the regular Prius costs from £21,560. The price of the plug-in Prius hybrid would be even higher without the Government's £5000 grant. Take that incentive away, and the Prius Plug-In's price swells to £32,895. Crikey. ...

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Toyota Prius Plug-In (2012) priced from £27,895

Tim Pollard, 10 April 2012 12:50

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 – ...

Seat Toledo concept car (2012) first pictures

Tim Pollard, 02 March 2012 10:00

Seat will whisk the covers off the new Seat Toledo concept car at the 2012 Geneva motor show. Stand by for some confusion: the old Toledo was a supersized MPV with a dodgily designed boot, but the new 2013 model will follow the much more conventional three-box design showcased here. As you can tell by the ready-to-roll interior and surprisingly ...

Ford B-Max (2012) - first photos of the production car

Tim Pollard, 01 February 2012 09:39

Ford will slide the covers off this production B-Max mini MPV at the 2012 Geneva motor show. It's little changed from 2011's B-Max concept car. The B-Max essentially replaces the fuddy-duddy (but quite strong-selling) Fusion in Europe and is one of the key reasons why we're not getting the EcoSport baby SUV shown at the Delhi motor show in January ...

VW Jetta Hybrid unveiled at 2012 Detroit show

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Tim Pollard, 09 January 2012 16:15

Volkswagen unveiled its second hybrid production car at the 2012 Detroit auto show: the new Jetta Hybrid, which goes on sale in November 2012. The hybrid Jetta is aimed predominantly at the north American market, although it is likely to be sold in other markets over the coming years. VW Jetta Hybrid: the technical lowdown The first hybrid from Wolfsburg ...

Ford Mondeo/Fusion unveiled at 2012 Detroit show

Tim Pollard, 09 January 2012 05:00

Ford unveiled its new 2013 Mondeo at the Detroit auto show - the new Mondeo is in fact now a Fusion in Euro drag. Under the One Ford rules, most major car projects are in fact global affairs, so the Mondeo follows in the footsteps of the Focus, also unveiled in Detroit two years ago and brought to Europe a ...

Cadillac ATS (2012) compact exec unveiled at Detroit show

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Tim Pollard, 09 January 2012 02:13

Cadillac took the wraps off the new compact Caddy, the ATS, at an event on the eve of the 2012 Detroit auto show. The new Cadillac ATS is essentially a BMW 3-series rival meeting all the design and engineering criteria of the larger Cadillacs. Cadillac ATS: what's new The ATS is like a baby CTS - the Art and Science ...

Chinese car maker Geely to launch in UK in 2012

Tim Pollard, 06 December 2011 10:32

Chinese car maker Geely – better known for its ownership of Volvo – will launch in the UK in late 2012. Parent company Geely International Corporation has struck a deal with Manganese Bronze Holdings to be its distributor in the UK market. MBH is the parent company of The London Taxi Company, which manufactures the iconic black cab in Coventry. ...

Saab 9-3: is this the new 2013 hatch?

Tim Pollard, 01 November 2011 10:04

Is this the new Saab 9-3? Contained in Saab's business plan submitted to the Swedish National Debt Office was this grainy image of what purports to be the new 2013 9-3. If it is indeed a model of the finished 9-3, then it shows that the 2011 Phoenix concept car was influential in guiding what should become Saab's best-seller. But ...

BMW 3-series (2012): first official pictures of the new F30

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Tim Pollard, 14 October 2011 16:15

BMW today slid the covers off the new 3-series. Dubbed F30 in BMWspeak, this is an important car for Munich, selling in six-figure numbers across the world. One in five BMWs sold globally is a 3-series. The new 2012 3-series family will be available as a saloon (F30) first, with a 3-series Touring estate (F31) and 3-series Coupe (F32), Convertible ...

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