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Subaru BRZ set for Geneva
The new Subaru BRZ sports coupe will make its European debut at the Geneva motor show in March.

How to cut the cost of commuting
Driving to work alone by car is expensive, and often dull, so a growing number of motorists are choosing to share their commute.

Tata improves on emerging market sales
Owner of Jaguar Land Rover offsets weak performance in domestic Indian market to post 41% increase in third-quarter profits year on year

JLR sales up 22 per cent
Jaguar and Land Rover sales jumped 21.

New Twingo RenaultSport: official pics
These are the first official pictures of the facelifted Renault Twingo R.

Mazda CX-5 – pricing and spec
The new Mazda CX-5 will cost from £21,395 and is available to order now ready for delivery in the spring.

What’s in the Top Gear car park today?
A salty round of our stupendously puzzling car park guessing game

MAN warns on Brazil truck market slowdown
German automotive group expects sales to fall this year, as South America's biggest economy introduces tighter emissions standards

Spare me the schlock horror of Valentine's Day
I don't do romance: I'm married. And the great thing about long-term wedded bliss, along with what actress Mrs Patrick Campbell called "the deep, deep peace of the double bed after the hurly-burly of the chaise longue", is the grateful abandonment of ritualised displays of affection.

Journalists are just the public in their Sunday best
Stephen Fry opened the Bafta ceremony by welcoming the performers and "assorted media scum". No more veneer of civility. Of course, everyone must pay lip service to a free press but who in that room, deep down, did not agree with Yeats: "I hate journalists. There is nothing in them but tittering, jeering, emptiness?"

Inflation down but growth still in doubt
There's good news and bad news for the economy. The bad is that Moody's, the credit ratings agency, has put the UK on what it calls "negative outlook"; in other words, Britain may, if economic growth does not recover, lose its AAA credit rating. The good news is that the annual inflation rate, announced today, is falling. It is still way above the official target of two per cent, but 3.6 per cent is still better than the 4.2 per cent it was in December.

Inflation down but growth still in doubt
There's good news and bad news for the economy. The bad is that Moody's, the credit ratings agency, has put the UK on what it calls "negative outlook"; in other words, Britain may, if economic growth does not recover, lose its AAA credit rating. The good news is that the annual inflation rate, announced today, is falling. It is still way above the official target of two per cent, but 3.6 per cent is still better than the 4.2 per cent it was in December.

Bonuses for work in public service jobs are obscene
There can be no good reason why anyone paid a public salary of more than £100,000 a year should be paid even more for doing the job well. Such a salary implies exceptional work. The presumption that anyone doing such work will not be forthcoming unless induced by a postponed "incentive" bribe should be an insult to any profession. In any walk of life, the concept of high earners working hard only when goaded by greed makes little sense. In the public sector it is obscene.

Saab parts and servicing continue as normal

Silverstone Classic 2012: Ferrari F40 tribute
This year's Silverstone Classic on July 20-22 features the largest gathering of F40 supercars ever seen.

Silverstone Classic 2012: Ferrari F40 tribute
The Silverstone Classic on July 20-22 will feature the largest gathering of F40 supercars ever seen.

What we're driving: BMW 118d
BMW's latest 1-series is a big improvement on the previous model, says an impressed Erin Baker.

Hot Hyundai i40 planned
A performance version of the Hyundai i40 is under consideration alongside a

Alexander Dennis runs to its target timetable
Bus manufacturer's success is attributed to lean manufacturing, coupled with investment in product development, capital equipment and service levels

Alfa 4C to spearhead US relaunch
Alfa Romeo’s US relaunch will finally take place at the Detroit motor show in 2014.

Electric Morgan promises sideways fun
A manual gearbox on an electric car? Morgan says yes and that it's a lot of fun

PDK-only for next Porsche 911 GT3?
Porsche is seriously considering it, we hear

PH2: Nitro Noriyuki to BSB!
World Superbike legend Noriyuki Haga replaces injured Ian Hutchinson

PH Blog: Hopping continents in the new 3 Series
Part two, in which Riggers bites off more than he can chew

Infiniti Emerg-e images, er, emerge
Mid-engined sports car concept patent drawings leaked onto the net

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