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Eco-friendly variants of Volkswagen's two seven- seaters are now in showrooms Volkswagen has added its two seven-sweaters to its ever-growing Bluemotion line-up. The range is super-economical on fuel and low on carbon dioxide emissions. Newly…

Costs from £9495 and packed with kit. Click 'read full article' for video of the iQ in action. This is the new iQ, Toyota’s take on the ultra-frugal city car. On sale now, it features…

Plunging second-hand prices and a strong Euro has Irish buyers clamouring for UK cars. Value-conscious Irish drivers are buying cars from Northern Ireland or Britain in their thousands. The strength of the Euro (which Ireland…

Road tax changes next year, hitting big, thirsty-engined cars, but helping eco-models. Find out here what you'll be paying. How much will you pay in road tax next year? The answers are here. It’s all…

Freelanders and Passats that switch off when halted in traffic begin sale next year. Stop-start technology, where vehicles turn themselves off whenever halted in traffic, is being adopted by two more makes – Volkswagen and…

Japanese car-maker displays latest five-door city model at today's Paris Motor Show. This is the new Suzuki Alto, latest of the ever-growing number of small cars primed to attract buyers changing down to smaller cars….

Two new low-CO2, cheap to tax Pandas join the Italian car maker's model range. Fiat has launched two lower-CO2 variants of its Panda city car. Each is based on existing petrol-engined models but both now…

Official figures show a marked decrease in deaths, taking them lower than for decades. Good news: fewer people are now killed on the UK’s roads. Department for Transport statistics, just released for 2007, show 2946…

In our second report from our used-car listings, we find off-roaders at low, low prices. Just how cheaply can you pick up an off-roader nowadays? The answer is ‘very’. A hunt through what’s listed for…