Car and Van News

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.

New-to-the-UK Chinese brand Great Wall has launched an offer on its Steed that doubles its warranty.

Anyone who buys the 4×4 double-cab pick-up before 30th June will be offered a six-year/125,000-mile warranty.

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.

Jaguar has unveiled the latest incarnation of its XJR, the fastest and most powerful version of the large saloon yet offered.

Shown to invited media ahead of this week’s New York Auto Show where it will make its public debut, the XJR has 541bhp from its 5-litre supercharged V8 engine.

Ford’s hot hatch Fiesta ST arrives in showrooms at the end of the month, with more than half of the entire European production heading for the UK.

According to Ford UK’s Product marketing manager Alan Wood 600 pre-orders have already been taken for the 137mph Fiesta in Britain, with dealers expecting 5,000 sales.

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.

Audi is to produce a five-door version of its S3 performance model, promising 295bhp from its 2-litre turbo four-cylinder engine.

The Audi S3 Sportback will launch at next month’s Geneva Motor Show, just as rival Mercedes-Benz reveals its ‘hottest hatch’ A45 AMG.