Car and Van News

Car dealers are out of date and car manufacturers should directly engage with their customers instead.

That’s the view of former car company head Martin Leach who wonders why an industry that invests trillions of dollars in designing and manufacturing vehicles then “does its best not to be involved with the end user”.

BMW is to sell its new i range of cars through 46 of the brand’s UK dealers.

On stream at the end of this year they will initially show off the first two members of BMW’s electric sub-brand.

Peugeot has opened order books for its 2008 crossover, with a starting price of £12,995.

The new extension to the brand’s line-up will arrive in showrooms on 18th July.

Volkswagen is to add its R-line trim level to the Passat range.

A new turbo and supercharged 1.4-litre TSI petrol engine will also join the line-up.

Volkswagen is reviving a classic performance version of its Beetle model, and offering it to UK buyers for the first time.

The GSR model was first sold on the European market four decades ago.

Citroën has added the Relay to its range of LCVs equipped with a fuel and emissions-saving stop-and-start function.

The mid-sized van is now on sale in two versions following its unveiling at last month’s CV show in Birmingham.

The average values of used vans rose in April for the third consecutive month.

Used car values, however, are continuing to slide, down for four months running.