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Special Spring offers and contract hire packages from Chevrolet
Chevrolet has announced a number of attractive offers and contract hire packages this spring. They include savings of up to £3,335 on the race-bred Cruze compact saloon, and massive savings on the Aveo and Spark superminis, all of which are offered with a five-year warranty as standard to retail customers. Chevrolet is offering an unbeatable deal on the Cruze saloon – winner of the 2010 British Touring Car championship driver’s title, and o... [more]
New Toyota Verso-S, small outside, spacious inside
Toyota has a great track record for maximising the room inside its small cars, as witnessed in models such as iQ, Aygo and Yaris. On the outside the new Toyota Verso-S is the smallest of the market’s mini-MPVs. But clever design and packaging mean that the space on offer inside is close to what you will find in a compact family hatchback. With Verso-S every detail has been addressed to make life on board more comfortable for occupants and to b... [more]
Ford C-MAX on sale from October 2010
Ford's all-new C-MAX will go on sale in the UK in October. Both the sporty but spacious five-seater and the Grand, a versatile seven-seater, come with a simplified two-series line-up – Zetec and Titanium. Prices start from £16,745 for the C-MAX Zetec and £18,745 for the C-MAX Grand Zetec. With almost two-thirds of UK buyers in this segment now seeking seven-seat flexibility, the Ford Grand C-MAX becomes the spiritual successor to today's mode... [more]
Allied Vehicle launches two electric vans and people carriers at the CV Operator Show
Allied Vehicles has launched two new electric vans and people carriers designed to help companies continue their urban deliveries without contributing to inner city pollution. The eBipper van and ePartner vans and cars provide zero emissions transport, combined with a practical payload and load area based on the already successful Peugeot Bipper, Partner and Tepee models. All eBipper and ePartner models have a range of 65 miles. The eBipper... [more]
Vauxhall Meriva rear-hinged back doors radically improve access and egress
The new Meriva, which will be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March this year, is the first Vauxhall to feature FlexDoors, showcased in 2008’s Meriva design concept. FlexDoors are rear-hinged back doors which swing open towards the back of the car at an angle of nearly 90 degrees, vastly improving the ease with which occupants enter and leave the cabin. Rather than having to step back, or to one side, as one would using a normal front-hin... [more]
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Fiat 500 MPV
The new 2012 Fiat 500 MPV has been caught in the open for the first time. Codenamed L-Zero by the Italian company, it's a larger and more practical people carrier version of the popular supermini. It will replace the current Multipla.
A compact five-seat people carrier based on the Fiat 500
The Fiat 500 dynasty is expanding once more. Recent additions include the Abarth and Cabrio versions, and now the 500L (the L stands for Large) is something completely different again. It's a compact five-seat people carrier, combining the passenger space of an MPV with the feel of a small SUV on the road and the restrained dimensions and efficiency of a B segment car. The 500L will debut at the ...
New Suzuki Models Shine at New Delhi Motor Show
The Suzuki Swift, New Zealand’s top-selling small car for seven years, is spawning spin-off concept and production variants. Both the Ertiga compact multi-people carrier (MPV) and XA Alpha concept SUV models are developments of the highly popular Swift.
Fiat 500L revealed
First pictures of the new Fiat 500L MPV have been released ahead of its debut at the Geneva Motor Show next month. The Fiat 500L - the L stands for 'Large' - is a larger and more practical people carrier version of the Fiat 500 on which it is based.
Dacia Lodgy might look dodgy... but ignore it at your peril
NOT exactly pretty, is it? You’re looking at the new Dacia Lodgy seven-seat MPV that Renault-owned Dacia will launch at the Geneva show in March.
The stinkers list - 10 model series that were less reliable than the previous model
When the likes of Jaguar, Porsche, Ford, GM, BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Volkswagen, Renault and Chrysler introduce a new model series, it is equally or more reliable than the model it replaces. Right? Wrong! New information has been released this week which indicates all of the above companies have replaced major models with less reliable models in the last decade - the worst three examples were 60 ...
Fiat 500L: World Preview At The Geneva Motor Show
GENEVA – Feb 2, 2012: Fiat presents the first official images of the 500L, the new model which will have its world preview at the International Geneva Motor Show on 6 March this year.
