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Land Rover has unveiled the fourth generation Range Rover, describing the all-new car as the last word in 4×4 luxury and performance.

The new Range Rover is pitched directly at a burgeoning £100,000-plus market, its makers saying that despite straightened economic times for many there is plenty of demand for high-end luxury in many parts of the world.

Ford has announced plans to introduce a small SUV to rival the Vauxhall Mokka.

The newcomer will be called the Ecosport and will be available towards the end of next year.

Ford has announced a new model blitz in an effort to overcome what the brand has dubbed ‘brutal economic and business conditions’ affecting sales in many parts of Europe.

The bold plans include a new Mondeo, a refreshed Fiesta, a full line-up of SUVs, the introduction to Europe of the iconic Mustang – including right-hand drive – and major changes to the market-leading commercial vehicle range.

Volkswagen might regard the Golf as its “most important model” and a “global phenomenon”, but in global sales terms it is now playing second fiddle to the Passat.

VW CEO Dr Martin Winterkorn described the Golf as such during the reveal of the seventh generation version in Berlin on Tuesday.

Volkswagen will be quick to add further models to the new Golf line-up unveiled in Berlin on Tuesday night.

A replacement for the iconic Golf GTI will be available in April 2013 – just three months after the UK arrival of the mainstream three and five-door models.

Jaguar Land Rover will have established a foothold in all the major cities in the world that it wants to be in within three to four years.

That’s according to global sales and service director Phil Popham, who has overseen a 40.5 per cent increase in group sales in the first six months of this year compared with 2011.

Jaguar is in the midst of a product revolution that will increase the number of customers it is able to reach, the kind of cars it will build and the way it will build them.

The four-wheel-drive XF and XJ, introduced at the Moscow show and destined for America, China, Russia and the Alpine regions of Europe, are just the start of a policy to meet local needs through a more flexible model strategy, says brand head Adrian Hallmark.