Car and Van News

Renault’s Captur small crossover will cost from £12,495 when it arrives in UK showrooms on 1st July.

The price is designed to strike a blow for Renault’s newcomer, being £500 lower than the class-leading Juke from sister brand Nissan.

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.

What is it: Budget supermini, backed by Renault

Key features: Spacious, quality far above basement price

Kia’s all-new pro_cee’d three-door hatch will cost from £17,495 to £20,595.

Order books are now open for the car which will sit in showrooms alongside the five-door cee’d hatchback and cee’d Sportswagon estate.

MINI could get a performance-focused sub brand, just like the long-established M division at parent company BMW.

According to MINI product and planning manager Dave Tuckett, the brand would focus around the John Cooper Works (JCW) road and competition cars offered by MINI.

New Euro NCAP crash tests on the Toyota Aygo and its Citroën and Peugeot city car sisters have produced disappointing results.

The recently facelifted models scored only three stars – well below the top five-star rating that is today commonplace in the industry.