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If you’re ever confused by the glut of numbers and letter that most cars have after their names these days, you’re certainly not alone.
The extension of electronic aids makes for a mind-boggling array of acronyms and initials; the explosion of financing arrangements serves to make the proposition seem impossibly difficult to navigate, and how many people really understand the difference between power and torque anyway?
If you don’t know your horses from your torques, your CVTs from your VVT, or your PCP from your BCH our jargon guide is here to help.
Shelby SuperCars - manufacturer of the world's fastest production car - is planning to introduce an electric version of the 250mph+ SSC Ultimate Aero, with a charge time of only ten minutes and 200-mile range. | 23/01/2009
Mini has been named the cleanest manufacturer in the UK as emissions across the industry fall by four per cent. | 23/01/2009
Porsche has made a number of revisions to the 911 GT3 RSR for 2009. | 23/01/2009
Seat has unveiled the Leon Twin Drive Ecomotive concept - a plug-in hybrid that can run from a small petrol engine or electrical power. | 23/01/2009
Ford scooped four awards as the new Fiesta was named Car of the year and best supermini, while Ford’s Mondeo won two awards, for best family car and best estate car. | 23/01/2009
The new Mini One Clubman will be unveiled at the International Geneva Motor Show on 3 March 2009, prior to the entry-level model Clubman going on sale from £13,290. Orders can be made now.
The all-new Cadillac CTS-V performance saloon – apparently the most powerful Caddy ever – is available to buy from February 2009 from £56,495 on-the-road.
Skoda is introducing the new Limited Edition Octavia vRS as an exclusive 500 run of the performance model with sporty additions based on 2009 vRS.
A dramatic rise in the amount of used cars bought by dealerships, and accompanying rise in used values, is not indicative of an upturn in the market - according to valuation experts EurotaxGlass’s.
The new Alfa Romeo MiTo three-door supermini is inspired by Alfa’s £130,000, 8C Competizione supercar (sold until 2010) and goes on sale in the UK from 24 January designed to appeal to a young, image conscious audience.
Euro Car Parts has acquired Pinco 1555 Ltd, including all 53 of LSUK's 53 branches, together with subsidiaries M I Diesel Products, Protech Automotive (UK) and Yeovil Rewind.
Around 400 people a day risk damaging their car by misfuelling, and filling up with gas is a mistake that could cost thousands. So what do you do if you´ve filled up your diesel car with unleaded petrol?
Fuel protests similar to those that brought the UK to a halt in 2000 are being planned by a breakaway group of disaffected hauliers, according to press reports.
Euro Car Parts has put out a statement on the closure of LSUK, stating that a closure of the business was unavoidable due to a 'lack of support'.
LSUK, thought to have been rescused by Euro Car Parts, has been unexpectedly closed by the new owners with the loss of over 600 jobs.
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