Car and Van News

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.

What is it: Latest version of Ford’s pocket rocket

Key features: New Ecoboost engine, clever chassis, budget price

Ford has taken the wraps off its Transit Courier van during the CV show at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre.

The fourth and final member of the new Transit range is also the smallest, though with what Ford describes as class-leading loadspace.

Volkswagen dealers in the UK have opened order books for the latest Golf GTI, and revealed it will be available in two power levels.

Alongside the stock 217bhp model, a GTI Performance version will be offered with 226bhp on tap.

Kia has unveiled its second-generation Soul supermini at the New York show, and predicted it could become the brand’s MINI.

That’s according to Tom Kearns, who headed the design team that created the new Soul.

Ford is making much of its light commercial van derivatives at motor shows these days.

Following on from the Los Angeles and Detroit shows in the US, the Blue Oval’s Tourneo range features large at Geneva.

Volvo is taking the unprecedented step of introducing six revised models simultaneously at the Geneva show.

Achieving the wide-ranging revision has, however, meant changing the production lines overnight.