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LIFE'S A BEACH FOR DODGE

The ‘sport’ of beach volleyball (this is largely a spectator sport, right – Ed?) will be coming to a city centre near you, thanks to US automotive manufacturer Dodge. And landlocked Milton Keynes is the unlikely venue for the first tournament.

STORY ADDED: 03/07/2008 >MORE
OVER 20 GLOBAL DEBUTS AT EXCEL MOTOR SHOW

Over 20 cars will make their global debuts at the upcoming British International Motor Show, which runs from 23 July to 3 August at ExCeL in London.

STORY ADDED: 27/06/2008 >MORE
LAND ROVER EXPORT AND INNOVATION AWARDS

The Lord Lieutenant for Warwickshire, Martin Dunne presented Land Rover with two Queen’s Awards for Enterprise at the company’s Gaydon headquarters in Warwickshire on 26 June.

STORY ADDED: 26/06/2008 >MORE
ANN SUMMERS TEAM TURNED ON BY SEXY SEAT

Oooh matron! Party planners at the UK’s largest lingerie and adult goods chain have found themselves a new toy. And, yes, they do have batteries but they are pretty much vibration-free. (Easy tiger – Ed.)

STORY ADDED: 20/06/2008 >MORE
THE CREDIT CRUNCH 'HUMMER' FROM DORSET

I remember feeling rather sorry for the people involved in launching a UK right-hand drive version of the HMMWV (Humvee) H3 last autumn. If ever there was a time to bring a sub-20mpg gas-guzzler to the market, that wasn’t it.

STORY ADDED: 17/06/2008 >MORE
GM UK LAUNCHES FLEET PORTAL

GM UK Fleet launched GM UK Fleet Hub this month, a one-stop interactive online portal providing the ability to view the entire range of vehicles and services offered to the fleet industry across all of General Motors’ UK brands.

STORY ADDED: 11/06/2008 >MORE
NEW CITROËN C5 FOR EMIS MANAGERS

One of the first fleet orders for the new Citroën C5 saloon has just been delivered to Egton Medical Information Systems Ltd (EMIS) for use by the company’s business development managers and regional directors, who provide their primary health-care customers with high levels of local support.

STORY ADDED: 06/06/2008 >MORE
DRIVE TOPLESS OR ALL COVERED UP

Summer’s here (yeah, right – Ed)… or maybe not! What better to hedge your bets than with a car that transforms from hard-top to open-top at the touch of a button?

STORY ADDED: 29/05/2008 >MORE
ROLLS-ROYCE RELEASES FIRST RR4 SKETCHES

The first glimpses of a new sportier model were unveiled by Rolls-Royce Motor Cars on 27 May. The design sketches reveal that the RR4 looks suspiciously like it’s designed to compete with VW’s Bentley marque.

STORY ADDED: 29/05/2008 >MORE
BUTTON ORDERS FIRST EUROPEAN HONDAJETS

How will F1 driver and budding entrepreneur Jenson Button get around when he’s not racing around a track? In a brand new HondaJet, of course!

STORY ADDED: 29/05/2008 >MORE
HIGHWAYS AGENCY SEEKING VEHICLE SUPPLIER

The government’s Highways Agency is seeking a new contract-hire supplier for its fleet of almost 200 patrol cars and associated support services, it announced on 22 May.

STORY ADDED: 27/05/2008 >MORE
NEW CALIFORNIA REVEALED

The first official photographs of the latest addition to the new generation of Ferraris have been published today – and the Ferrari California is a thing of beauty.

STORY ADDED: 13/05/2008 >MORE
BRECKLAND BEIRA
NEW BRITISH SPORTS CAR UNVEILED AT CANARY WHARF

Motorexpo at London’s Canary Wharf was the stage for the debut of a new British sports car on 9 June when Breckland Technology took the wraps off from its two-seat V8 soft top, the Beira.

The Beira is a hand-built, two-seat roadster with unique styling cues, based on proven GM architecture and powered by GM’s LS2, 6-litre V8 engine, tuned to produce just a whisper short of 400bhp.

Tipping the scales at some 1,400kg, the Beira’s impressive power-to-weight ratio ensures invigorating performance, according to Norfolk-based Breckland. The manufacturer promises a sub-five second sprint to 100kph, coupled with tremendous torque and a top speed limited to 155mph.

STORY ADDED: 09/06/2008 >MORE
FOCUS ON THE ALFA ROMEO BRERA S
A BRERA HONED FOR THE UK

Few sports cars are developed specifically for Britain’s roads but, this month, Alfa Romeo says it is planning for the new limited-edition Brera S to join the exalted ranks of what we might call true ‘driver’s cars’, reports .

After a year of intensive suspension and chassis development at motorsport specialist, Prodrive, Alfa has come up with a sports coupé that ‘subtly enhances all that is good about the original Alfa Brera, while bestowing it with outstanding driver feedback and handling’. Briefed to make the Alfa Brera S less of a long-distance tourer and more sporty on UK roads, the engineering team at Prodrive developed a unique suspension set-up.

Prodrive engineers tweaked spring rates and ride heights to match the reduced weights of the 2008 model year Alfa Breras. Then followed an extensive damper tuning exercise to achieve the desired ride/handling balance and steering response required by driving enthusiasts in the UK.

STORY ADDED: 29/05/2008 >MORE
ASTRA VXR NÜRBURGRING EDITION
VAUXHALL UNLEASHES RING LEADER

What’s this? I must have been watching too many episodes of Ashes to Ashes! The 1980s was surely the heyday of the hot-hatch… but not so far as Vauxhall is concerned, writes .

And to just to prove it, Vauxhall has pulled the wraps off a Nürburgring special edition of its Astra VXR. According to the GM subsidiary, this variant is ‘named after the car’s spiritual home, where much of its pre-production development was carried out’.

STORY ADDED: 06/05/2008 >MORE
JAGUAR XKR-S
THE CAT THAT GOT THE CREAM

The new XKR-S variant is a real Geneva show-stopper, says .

With an avalanche of unveilings, new launches and concept models at this month’s Geneva show, the Jaguar XKR-S is bound to stand out in British eyes. On sale this summer, the XKR-S is the lightweight sports coupé that Jaguar is hoping will conjure up a rare alchemy.

As the fastest production XK to date, the S variant aims to deliver a combination of high-speed performance, dynamic excellence and crafted luxury that will have well-heeled drivers slavering in anticipation of a run down to Cannes. The fact that the XKR-S will be limited to a total of 200 units and only available in the European market (in both left- and right-hand drive configurations) are factors designed solely to increase its appeal.

STORY ADDED: 04/03/2008 >MORE
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