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Citroën DS3 THP 150 review
The stylish new DS3 certainly has myriad paint options but does it mark a return to the idiosyncratic design for which the French marque was famed?

Scrappage to be extended
The UK's scrappage scheme will be extended until the end of March, Autocar has learned.

Tesla Roadster hits UK with right-hand drive
The electric Tesla Roadster sports car is now on sale in the UK with right-hand drive. read more

Prius caught up in Toyota recall crisis
Japanese transportation ministry orders the carmaker to investigate complaints of defective brakes on the Prius petrol-electric hybrid

New Kia Sportage revealed
Kia has announced details and pictures of its new Sportage crossover SUV. read more

Striking Virgin F1 car revealed
Virgin Racing has revealed its first Formula One car, the VR-01.

Ferrari goes 'green' with hybrid
A Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano hybrid prototype is set to make its world debut at next month's Geneva motor show. read more

Snow driving: the Ken Block way
This is not just any old Ken Block video. It’s Ken Block’s inaugural outing in his new Ford Fiesta Rally. And what better way to test it out than by driving it on the ice. read more

Tesla Roadster now in RHD
Tesla’s all-electric Roadster is now available in right-hand drive.

McLaren gets Gulf’d
Digital artist renders a race version of McLaren’s MP4 12C. We approve

Worst German sales for 20 years
New car sales in Germany fell to the worst level in 20 years following the end of the country’s scrappage incentive scheme.

Alonso sets pace in Valencia
Fernando Alonso is setting the early pace in his first outing for Ferrari on day three of this year’s first Formula One test in Valencia.

BMW/PSA in new engine tie-up
BMW and PSA Peugeot Citroen will continue to jointly develop four-cylinder engines for next-generation models.

Audi A7 spied
Audi’s luxury A7 coupe has been spied in winter testing ahead of its launch later this year.

Peugeot's 207 S16 rally special
Peuegot has released a special edition 207 to celebrate Kris Meeke’s Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) championship win last year.

Volvo C70 facelift car review
Volvo is proud of its C70. It was the world’s first four-seat convertible with a retractable hardtop when it launched in 2006. And for 2010 it has a new look.

Citigroup flags Asia revenue growth
Vikram Pandit, Citigroup chief executive, re-affirms the bank's commitment to expand its Asia-Pacific footprint amid expectations that revenue growth in the region will exceed 10 per cent this year

Race cars for the road
Although many cars claim to be 'racing cars for the road', very few actually have anything in common with their competition siblings.

Honda raises full-year profit outlook by 71%
Japanese carmaker, buoyed by aggressive cost cutting and a partial rebound in global demand for its cars, expects full-year net profit of Y265bn – almost double last year's level

New Kia Sportage revealed
These are the first official pictures of the new Kia Sportage, which will be unveiled at the Geneva motor show next month.

Toyota's woes lead to 16% slide in US sales
Toyota's US sales sank 16 per cent in January from a year earlier as the carmaker acknowledged safety defects in millions of its vehicles, while Ford and General...

Frozen Shanks
Things are getting dirtier for Shanks, the waste management group trying to squeeze more brass out of Carlyle. Not two months after pooh-poohing the US private equity...

Spyker seeks to reassure on Saab deal cash
Spyker Cars has moved to quash doubts about its $400m deal to buy Saab Automobile from General Motors amid questions over how the small-scale Dutch sports car maker is...

Toyota recovers after accelerator remedy
Shares in Toyota climbed 4.5 per cent yesterday after the Japanese carmaker outlined steps to fix potentially sticky accelerator pedals in millions of recalled...

BMW and Peugeot in car venture
The carmakers said they will be exploring the joint development and production of automobile components amid extending their co-operation agreement on four-cylinder engines

Toyota plans Euro throttle fix
The parts needed to fix the estimated 1.

Pope steps into Fiat plant debate
Pope Benedict has spoken out against the planned closure of a Fiat plant in Sicily.

Citroen C-Cactus 'too radical'
The Citroen C-Cactus concept car will reach production in a different form, after customer clinics questioned the car’s back-to-basics interior.

Why Alfa is struggling
Alfa Romeo is an accountant’s nightmare at present, building six models based on three different platforms, spread across sales of just 100,000 units.

New Spider key to Alfa revival
A true replacement for the classic Alfa Romeo Spider is among a run of all-new models being prepared by the firm to secure its future and prevent it from being wound up in the year of its 100th anniversary.

HGVs face motorway restrictions
New proposals from the government would aim to ban all buses and HGVs over 3.

Insurance fraudsters fined £400k
Almost 60 insurance fraudsters have been ordered to pay just shy of £400,000 in compensation.

Ferrari's used warranty extension
Ferrari Approved Used buyers will get a two-year warranty on selected cars as standard from now on.

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