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Maserati Quattroporte (2013): the first official pictures

Rated 3 out of 53

Tim Pollard, 06 November 2012 12:30

Maserati has unveiled the new 2013 Quattroporte – the luxury sports saloon which has been the mainstay of Modena since the current car's launch in 2004. The new Maserati Quattroporte will be shown at the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, with left-hand drive sales starting in spring 2013. However, right-hand drive UK sales of the new QP ...

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Maserati Quattroporte (2013): the first official pictures

Rated 3 out of 53

Tim Pollard, 06 November 2012 12:30

Maserati has unveiled the new 2013 Quattroporte – the luxury sports saloon which has been the mainstay of Modena since the current car's launch in 2004. The new Maserati Quattroporte will be shown at the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, with left-hand drive sales starting in spring 2013. However, right-hand drive UK sales of the new QP ...

VW Golf (2012) - prices for new Mk7 Golf from £16,330

Rated 2 out of 52

Tim Pollard, 03 October 2012 16:38

Volkswagen today announced prices for the new Mk7 Golf. It'll start from £16,330 on-the-road - and the good news is, that's cheaper than the outgoing Mk6 Golf which today kicks off at £16,425. CAR's been saying for some years that the new MQB architecture underpinning the new VW Golf, and indeed the rest of the VW Group's mid-sized cars from ...

Bentley's new boss confirms SUV back to drawing board

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Tim Pollard, 27 September 2012 15:20

Bentley's new chairman and CEO, Dr Wolfgang Schreiber, confirmed today that the EXP 9F - the controversial SUV shown at the 2012 Geneva motor show - would be heavily redesigned before going on sale. CAR greeted the EXP 9F with the headline 'I'm a Bentley designer, get me out of here' in our Geneva show issue. Ironically, head of design ...

Lotus CEO fired - Dany Bahar won't return to Lotus

Rated 4 out of 54

Tim Pollard, 07 June 2012 18:32

Lotus chief executive officer Dany Bahar was tonight ousted from his job as the boss of Group Lotus. The Nofolk sports car maker's new Malaysian owners, DRB-Hicom, issued a terse statement confirming Bahar's departure. As CAR earlier reported, Bahar had been suspended following an investigation into his expenses. It seemed unlikely that he'd ever return after such a public dressing-down ...

Alfa Romeo roadster to be twinned with Mazda MX-5

Rated 4.5 out of 54.5

Tim Pollard, 23 May 2012 09:19

Mazda and Fiat today announced a new deal to develop future sports cars jointly. A new affordable Alfa Romeo roadster will be built - in Japan - from 2015. The non-binding memorandum of understanding covers the development and manufacturing of a new roadster for the Mazda and Alfa Romeo marques based on Mazda’s next-generation MX-5 rear-wheel-drive architecture, according to the statement ...

Lotus CEO Dany Bahar on the crisis at Lotus Cars

Rated 4 out of 54

Tim Pollard, 17 April 2012 09:34

Lotus chief executive Dany Bahar has laid bare the business position at Lotus Cars since the takeover of parent company Proton by Malaysia's DRB-Hicom. Norfolk's sports car maker has been buffeted by rumours of financial crisis and looming collapse since development was frozen by the new owners (click here for our coverage of the crisis at Lotus. CAR scored an interview with Bahar at ...

News watch March 2012: today's auto industry news

Rated 4 out of 54

Tim Pollard, 30 March 2012 09:11

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-hour Friday 30 March 2012• Fiat is suffering from its decision to suspend new product innovation during the recession, argues ANE. It is losing ground on account of delays to its Punto range, which ...

Toyota prices the new GT 86 RWD coupe at £25k

Rated 4 out of 54

Tim Pollard, 03 February 2012 09:00

Toyota has quashed all the rumours about how much its new GT 86 rear-wheel drive sports car will cost: the price has been confirmed at £24,995 in the UK. Some speculation had suggested the price might soar nearer £30k on account of the unfavourable yen exchange rate. But Toyota GB today confirmed the GT 86 will start at £24,995. Click ...

Lotus owner Proton tries to quell sale rumours

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Tim Pollard, 01 February 2012 16:37

The Malaysian owners of Lotus have taken the unusual step of quashing rumours circulating of an impending sale of its British sports car division. Several newspaper articles have suggested that the new owners of Proton may divest its loss-making Lotus subsidiary. The ownership structure of Proton has changed in recent weeks, after the Khazanah Nasional Berhad sold its entire stake ...

Renault looking to 'relaunch the 5 below Clio'

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Tim Pollard, 13 January 2012 14:30

Spurred on by the success of BMW's Mini, Fiat's 500 and VW's Beetle, Renault is actively considering the relaunch of the 5 to slot below the Clio, CAR has learned. However, a new Renault 5 would not be a retro car, according to senior sources in Paris. 'We have no retro cars in our plan,' said our mole. And this ...

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