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24 April 2012Beijing Auto Show 2012
Carmakers eye the world's fastest growing market
read moreEnzo Ferrari museum opens
Il Commendatore's birthplace is home to new museum devoted to his passion.
read moreBeijing motor show: full A-Z guide
The Beijing motor show has played host to a raft of new, exciting and controversial metal.
read moreRoyal Enfield Bullet revival
The Royal Enfield Bullet has roared back to life in India enjoying unprecedented sales
read moreFord reaches investment grade rating milestone
Fitch upgrades the carmaker by one notch to triple B minus, marking a milestone in the carmaker's bid to recover from the financial crisis
read moreMr Money: car insurance is still too expensive
The cost of cover is rising - our resident money-saving expert has first hand experience
read moreBeijing 2012: Eterniti Artemis
The ‘Super SUV’ arrives packing more than 600bhp and a £252,000 price tag
read moreIt’s never been so easy for the rich to get richer
They looked so bedraggled. I have never seen such a desolate demo as the Occupy protest outside St Paul’s cathedral last autumn. As I stumbled through the damp encampment, I could hear no what-do-we-want chant. As with all the protests against the bankers’ bonuses and the festering inequality in Britain, you felt that you were hearing an expiring whimper of impotence rather than witnessing the start of a giant protest movement.
read moreBeijing motor show: weird and wonderful
The number of blatant 'clones' of western manufacturers' cars may have been down on recent years, but the Beijing motor show still featured some designs that had more than an air of familiarity to them.
read moreMr Osborne’s big week on the economy
Today's March public borrowing figures will be some relief to the Chancellor: while higher than expected, they mean he just hit his overall borrowing target of £126?billion for the last financial year. The bigger test comes with tomorrow’s economic growth figures for the first quarter of 2012. They will be at best low; if the economy shrank, it will mean we are officially in recession again. Bank of England figures yesterday showing a collapse in banks’ lending to businesses do not bode well. The growth figures could not come at a more delicate time for the Government, after weeks of post-Budget wobbles and with key local and mayoral elections next week.
read moreTested: Mazda CX-5 hits 61mpg
The Mazda CX-5 is a well-rounded small 4x4 with sporty looks and performance but low running costs. It's a real contender in this growing class.
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