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Seat Leon (2012): the new spy photos

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Tim Pollard, 22 November 2011 11:12

This is the new 2012 Seat Leon a year ahead of its planned debut. Our spy photographers caught the new family hatch on test on the Continent. Although Continental countries will probably be able to buy a new Leon at the back end of 2012, UK buyers will have to wait until 2013 before it rolls into Seat showrooms. So ...

Volvo V30 (2012): Volvo's Golf rival scooped

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Tim Pollard, 11 November 2011 09:17

This is the new Volvo V30, a new model tipped to slot between the C30 hatch and V50 estate. Volvo top brass freely admit they cocked up when they launched the C30 as a three-door coupe-style hatch when most buyers demand the practicality of five doors. So the new model - yet to be officially named but loosely dubbed V30 ...

Ever wondered how they test winter tyres in summer?

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Tim Pollard, 10 October 2011 10:38

Our man with the long lens at the Nurburgring got more than he bargained for recently. During the recent blazing hot Indian summer, he spied a car covered in snow. After a double-take and a quick pinch, he rattled off a few photos of the snow-covered BMW 1-series as it trundled past in the late summer sun. Artificial snow? At ...

BMW Family Activity Sports Tourer (2013) scooped

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Tim Pollard, 01 July 2011 10:35

We've just scooped the new BMW FAST. That's FAST for Family Activity Sports Tourer - one of the new breed of front-wheel drive BMWs. Our new spy photos reveal a taller, upright monobox, proving that the BMW genre is stretching into new segments. Insiders have told CAR the BMW FAST is a 'sports van, a dynamic people mover with an ...

Mercedes A-class (2012) new spy photos

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Tim Pollard, 20 June 2011 14:53

We've been telling you for some time that the new 2012 Mercedes A-class would be more of a Golf rival than a tallboy mini-MPV on stilts. Now we've got the proof: new spy photos scooping the new A-class in the metal. This spy shot confirms the new W176 family A-class will be repositioned as a much more conventional hatchback to ...

VW Beetle (2011): spy photos of the icon reborn

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Tim Pollard, 08 October 2010 09:57

Volkswagen will relaunch the iconic Beetle In early 2011. The VW Beetle coupe – scooped here in our latest spy photos – arrives first, followed by the cabriolet later in the year.The original rear-wheel-drive Beetle sold 21.5 million units over 65 years. Its successor, the front-drive New Beetle launched in 1998 in the United States, soon became the darling of ...

Seat Leon (2011) the new spy photos

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Tim Pollard, 14 September 2010 10:14

This is purportedly the new Seat Leon – and it's coming sooner than you might think. Although hiding under a very heavy disguise, this is a test hack for the new Leon which we hear is being readied for launch in 2011.It's hard to see much under the sack cloth rags worn by this prototype, as it boards a lorry ...

Vauxhall Astra three-door (2011) new spy photos

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Tim Pollard, 22 June 2010 06:13

CAR's spies have caught the new three-door Vauxhall Astra out on test 18 months ahead of its debut. Although the Astra Sport Hatch replacement will be unveiled at the 2010 Paris motor show this autumn, we understand it won't appear in Vauxhall showrooms until later in 2011.Why the long delay? GM's bout in bankruptcy protection put certain projects on the ...

Ford Focus (2011): the testing continues

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Tim Pollard, 20 April 2010 09:40

Ford continues to test the new Focus ahead of launch in spring 2011. Our man with the long lens caught this prototype – intriguingly still disguised despite having been unveiled at the start of 2010 – on test in Germany, as the engineers continue to hone the settings for the Euro-spec hatch.Why's the new Focus disguised then?Blame the hyper early ...

Alfa Romeo Giulietta (2010) interior spy photos

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Tim Pollard, 26 January 2010 10:25

Alfa Romeo issued three photographs of the new Giulietta hatchback just before Christmas 2009 – but the only interior photo was a limited, rear-facing shot. Fortunately, our nosy spy photographers have bagged a brace of scoop photos inside the new Giulietta's cabin giving us a flavour of the interior style. The new 2010 Alfa Giulietta replaces the slow-selling 147 as ...

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