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New British company David Brown Automotive unveils first handcrafted car. It looks like an an Aston Martin DB5 and it’s based on the Jaguar XKR, but the stunning Speedback is a classic GT car for 2014. Powered by Jaguar’s mighty 5-litre supercharged V8, via a six-speed auto box, the car …

Volkswagen is celebrating the 40th birthday of its most successful car – the Golf. More than 30 million Golfs have been sold and it’s currently on its seventh pioneering generation. Golf Mk I The first series production Golf rolled off the assembly line in Wolfsburg on 29 March 1974. Designed …

Get set for the warmer weather with advice from the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM). The IAM recommends seven ways to prepare your car for the spring: 1) Now is a good time to give your car a spring clean. Salt is corrosive and will cause rusting if left on …

Cheshire salt mine launch location for Mercedes’ new GLA crossover German car giant Mercedes-Benz chose a salt mine in Winsford, operated by Salt Union (the UK’s largest supplier of rock salt for use on icy roads in winter) to take the wraps off its new GLA crossover. Journalists were transported …

First public trials of Toyota’s revolutionary i-Road electric three-wheeled “personal mobility vehicle”. Consumer testing has started in Tokyo and will run to to early June, with 10 of the single-seater vehicles taking to the city streets. Their mission – to find out how it shapes up in the cut-and-thrust of …

TV star and model Melanie Sykes has taken delivery of a sporty Abarth 500C. The new presenter of BT Sport’s MotoGP TV, who’s previously owned a Fiat 500C, wanted another, but with the added performance the 140bhp Abarth can offer. “Having owned the Fiat 500C before, I knew I wanted …

The iconic Subaru Impreza is back on sale in the UK from May 1. A combination of a more favourable exchange rate and customer demand has led to the decision to make the Impreza available again after a year out in 2013. Subaru says the latest version, the Impreza RC, …

Bentley releases first official picture of its much-anticipated luxury SUV. Bentley’s teaser image only shows the front end of the SUV which the car marker claims will be the “most luxurious and powerful SUV on the market”. The radical departure for Bentley is due to hit showrooms in 2015 and …

Get your skates on if you want to own one of only 10 right hand drive Citroen DS3 Cabrio Racing specials. The rally-inspired DS3 is now on sale, but out of 100 examples worldwide, just 10 examples are coming to the UK. Citroën says the limited edition “combines sporting performance, …

Snapshot of UK’s 31.9m cars revealed in biggest auto industry survey As ever, the annual UK automotive census from The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has kicked stacks of fascinating facts… There are now 31,917,885 on our roads – a rise of 436,000 in the last year, thanks …