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05/01/2010 Range Rover chosen as the car of the decade by AutoCar.co.uk readers
If you want to buy a Range Rover then you are in good company,  AutoCar readers recently voted the Range Rover as their car of the decade. The Range Rover saw of competion from 18 of the best cars of the decade as selected by AutoCar experts. In second place was the Lotus Elise, then came the Bugatti Veyron and Nissan GT-R in joint third. Other notable placings in the survey went to the Lotus Elise-based Vauxhall VX220 Ford Focus, Audi R8, Rolls-Royce Phantom, Tata Nano and MkII Toyota Prius.

04/01/2010 Dodge Journey improves efficiency for 2010
Good news for Dodge Journey fans, it has improved its CO2 emissions and therefore dropped a tax band. The 2.0-litre diesel manual has decreased its emissions by five grams per kilometre, moving from tax band H to G,  saving £25 of vehicle excise duty, and the 2.0-litre diesel automatic model decreased by 10 grams per kilometre, saving £40 of vehicle excise duty and moving from Band J to I.  The frugal 2.0-litre diesel engine will return up to 44.8 mpg on a combined cycle.

30/06/09 Motorexpo.... The show like no other?
June (4th to 14th) saw Motorexpo visit London's Canary Wharf. There was an impressive list of exhibitors, with a good showing from the top marques and no less than 16 vehicles making their debut. Visit Motorexpo for more detail on the exhibition and future ones planned. See our pick of pre-owned cars from these marques: Aston Martin, Bentley, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz.

24/04/09 Honda committed to Diesel Power for Europe
Honda was a latecomer to the car diesel engine scene but the arrival of the i-CTDi engine in recent years set a benchmark for smoothness in a diesel. Honda have now confirmed their commitment to diesel with the announcement of a new Diesel Engine factory in Japan which will further enhance their capacity in the Diesel Car sector. Find a good selection of Diesel Hondas for sale here.
31/03/09 Fast Mini Convertibles
Did you ever wonder it is like to drive a MINI convertible at 145mph with the hood down? George Fowler at the Daily Star has the answer.
24/03/09: BMW Reducing Emmisions
The good work that BMW has been doing to reduce emmisions on their Cars has been acknowledged at the 'Fleet News Awards 2009'. BMW won 5 of the possible 11 product awards.

- The MINI range won ‘Best Residual Value Star’
- The BMW 1 Series was awarded ‘Best Small Premium Car’
- The BMW 5 Series was awarded ‘BMW Executive Premium Car’
- The new BMW 7 Series won its first UK award, ‘Best Luxury Car’
- The BMW X5 was awarded ‘Best Large SUV’.

A very impressive and well deserved result for BMW. Our online database has a large selection of these award winning BMW for sale, find your's now.
20/03/09: New Toyota Verso
The new compact 7 Seat MPV leads on safety. Due to be released in April, the new Verso will feature Electronic Brake Distribution (EBD), Brake Assist (BA), Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) and Traction Control (TA) to name just some of the safety features. The new car has also been designed to achieve a five star rating in the Euro NCAP test. The Verso has always been a safe performer. 

 

While the new model is exemplary, the existing Verso represents a good car to buy and you will find a great selection in our Toyota for sale section.
16/03/09: New Citroen C3
The new Citroen C3 Picasso is available in April. The new C3 mini MPV from Citroen is a great looking car and makes the current class leader (the Vauxhall Meriva) look positively dowdy....
11/03/09: White Volvo C70 convertibles
are pretty rare, we only had two available in our car search database this morning, they are however going to get a lot more common as Volvo has just launched a special edition 'ICE WHITE' C70 Coupe-Convertible. This new car is powered by an economical 2.0D engine and features £2,350 of extra but is priced at £500 less than the model on which it is based.