Car and Van News

Audi is launching an in-car application that will help drivers of its cars find the cheapest fuel on sale.

The Fuel Prices service will be available from this month initially on the A3 and A3 Sportback, and will then be rolled out to other models.

Chevrolet has launched its Trax, the brand’s first small SUV but according to its makers continuing a long heritage.

The brand claims to have invented the SUV with the Carryall Suburban of 1935.

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.

Vauxhall has unveiled its Cascada cabriolet and new versions of the ADAM small car at Geneva, as the brand’s UK boss warns of potential price rises in showrooms.

According to Vauxhall chairman Duncan Aldred the sudden drop in the value of the pound is causing headaches for UK carmakers and importers, squeezing the margins they can make on selling new cars.

Vauxhall is working on further fashion-led small cars to sit alongside its newly-launched ADAM three-door hatchback.

However the brand says it has no intentions to emulate the wide range of derivatives BMW has created based on the MINI.

Volkswagen will open order books this Spring for its Golf R Cabriolet, described as the first-ever open-top R model and the fastest-ever production open-top Golf.

The R Cabriolet is powered by a four-cylinder 2.0-litre engine producing 261bhp, connected to a standard six-speed DSG gearbox.

Electric cars will not be the future of the automotive industry – because drivers will always fear them running out of charge.

That’s the view of Stefan Jacoby, until recently chief executive officer of Volvo.