Car and Van News

Reports that Honda is making a return to F1 by way of supplying engines to McLaren has come as news to The Japanese car company’s executives at the Geneva Show.

News filtered out from The F1 rumour mill but company insiders say there is nothing happening as far as they have heard.

What is it: Third generation of Mazda’s vital D-segment car

Key features: SKYACTIV technology, saloon/tourer versions, sharp styling

Even £225,000 cars can benefit from a freshen-up, as Bentley is showing with its Mulsanne grand tourer.

The Crewe marque’s flagship will debut new specifications at the Geneva Motor Show in March.

Bentley will debut its Continental GT Speed Convertible, described as the fastest four-seat drop-top in the world, at next week’s Detroit Motor Show.

The car is capable of a 4.1-second 0-60mph time and a top speed of 202 mph.

What is it: Load-lugging estate version of family car

Key features: Much bigger boot space, 1.7 diesel engine

The world’s automotive media has left the halls they crowded on Thursday and Friday and the Paris Motor Show has opened to the public this week.

But is Paris 2012 perhaps the new face of motor shows? What does the show say about today’s industry?

CarandVanNews brought you many of the headline-grabbers from the Paris Motor Show last week but there are still more to be found in the halls of the Paris expo, in the Porte de Versailles in the centre of Paris.

The show runs until 14th October and is easily accessible, particularly by Eurostar from the UK.