Car and Van News

Toyota is to release a version of its Auris Hybrid family hatch with CO2 emissions cut to 84g/km.

The 6g/km shaving will enable the Auris to claim the lowest emissions figure in its class.

Honda has started taking £5,000 deposits for its new NSX supercar – two years before it arrives in showrooms.

The brand says that it is seeing unprecedented interest in the car, successor to the iconic original NSX manufactured between 1990 and 2005.

Kia is considering entering motorsport, and Touring Car racing is a prime candidate for a programme.

The brand’s UK boss believes such a programme would help differentiate Kia from sister brand Hyundai, which is in the process of returning to the World Rally Championship.

Porsche is to unveil the Mk2 version of its Panamera four-door model, including the first plug-in hybrid version.

The car will be revealed at the Shanghai Motor Show on 21st April and arrive in UK showrooms in July.

SEAT’s third-generation Leon is arriving in UK showrooms, complete with handles on its rear doors.

As such it is a change from its predecessor, which was a five-door hatch disguised to look like a three-door with its rear door handles hidden.

Fast-growing Hyundai will take the wraps from its latest concept at the Seoul Motor Show next week.

The HND-9 is described as a luxury sports-coupe and is the ninth concept to come out of the group’s R&D Center in Namyang, Korea.

The 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed will celebrate 20 years of the Sussex event that has become one of the world’s biggest historic motorsport extravangazas.

Announcing the highlights of this year’s festival, on 12th-14th July, founder and head of the event Lord Charles March says that it will be “our greatest hits”.