Car and Van News

Peugeot believes that its 2008 has the right ingredients to become the best-selling B-segment crossover.

The brand believes the car can outsell Renault’s new Captur and take customers away from the segment-leading Nissan Juke.

The new Range Rover Sport will cost from £51,500 when it arrives in showrooms in the Autumn.

Order books are now open for the car, which its creators describe as Land Rover’s most technology-packed vehicle to date.

Peugeot hopes to boost the UK’s love-affair with its hot hatches with the arrival of the new 208 GTI in the next few weeks.

The UK is expected to account for 20 per cent of all sales of Peugeot’s latest pocket rocket – the most powerful GTI yet from the French manufacturer.

Prospects for the growth of electric car use in the UK have received a major boost with the Government announcing a new £37m programme of grants.

Under the scheme any electric car user wishing to install a charging point at their home address will be able to claim back 75 per cent of the cost.

Infiniti has unveiled its Q50 saloon – successor to the current G series and the car Nissan’s luxury brand expects to take on the BMW 3 Series.

The brand has high hopes for the new model, described by Chief Creative Officer Shiro Nakamura “as a new benchmark of Infiniti’s sedan leadership.”

What is it: All-new version of C-segment family hatch

Key features: Hybrid model, new look, better quality, UK built

Honda once heralded its entry to the diesel market by saying that it hated diesels.

Now, however, the brand claims to have an industry-leading four-cylinder turbodiesel engine.