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Ray Massey reports from the Geneva Motoring Show

Ray Massey, motoring editor, brings the news of the Geneva Motoring Show 2014. He reports on the latest Audi's birthday car and the outbreak of furnishing wars.




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Would you ADAM and Eve it: Singer VV Brown adds her own stylish touch tto Vauxhall's super-mini

She is known for her individual style, so it should come as no surprise that singer VV Brown has partnered with Vauxhall Motors to personalise and design her very own Vauxhall ADAM car.




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Ray Massey mini test: Cat with all the cream

Motoring editor Ray Massey takes the Jaguar F-Type R Coupe 5.0 litre V8 (from £85,000) for a mini test and tells you the best and worst bits of his drive.




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Supercar buyers may as well be on a different planet

Mike Flewitt, chief executive of McLaren, was speaking this week about the challenge of keeping his international high-octane customers satisfied




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Novak Djokovic helps Peugot launch new 508 model

Wimbledon top seed Novak Djokovic was in car mode this week to help Peugeot take the wraps off it new 508 model




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Living on the edge: Ford reveals new SUV

Ford unveiled its smart new Edge fiveseater sports utility vehicle this week. The Edge will go on sale here next year from around £30,000




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Vauxhall is on a roll as they announce new super-mini

Vauxhall has just released details of the new, fifth-generation Corsa super-mini, set for its official launch at the Paris Motor Show in October




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Mazda 2 to hit showrooms this autumn, as sales of hot-hatch superminis soar

The Mazda 2 is the fourth member of a line-up that includes the CX-5 sports utility vehicle, the svelte Mazda 6 saloon and estate and the Mazda3 hatchback and fastback




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Electric dreamland: Ray Massey test drives the BMW i8 electric hybrid

BMW's i8 electric hybrid has just gone on sale. It takes smugness to a new level, but also makes electric cars look and feel supercool. Batteries and a plug are included. Ray Massey gives his verdict.




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'A scintillating and sophisticated drive': Ray Massey test drives the new Audi S3 cabriolet 

The Audi S3 feels smart, comfortable, sporty and grown-up, but also great fun says RAY MASSEY. The stop-start system also switches off the engine to save fuel.




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Volkswagen's sporty revised Scirocco is open for orders 

Prices start at £20,455 on the road for the 1.4-litre TSI 125 PS manual and rise to £33,795 for the mean-looking 2-litre TSI 280 PS R. First UK deliveries will be in October




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Jaguar Land Rover launches the Discovery Sport with a 2.2-litre SD4 four-cylinder diesel engine

Priced from £32,395 to £42,995, the baby 'Disco' goes on sale in January alongside the existing full-size sevenseater Discovery.




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Honda HR-V combines coupe-like design with the versatility and stability of a 4x4

Honda has revealed its new compact sports utility vehicle — the HR-V — which goes on sale next summer from £16,000.




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Renault unveils the new Espace, an elegant crossover people carrier

The car is largely based on the concept car revealed a year ago and both the five and seven-seat versions are designed for greater flexibility.




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Jaguar Land Rover unveils new XE sport at the Paris Motor Show

Land Rover Discovery Sport has also received 1,200 orders in three weeks. Chief executive Dr Ralf Speth said the cars are 'at the very heart of Britain's manufacturing renaissance'.




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Great British Bake Off's Paul Hollywood starts London to Brighton veteran car run

The event marks Parliament allowing motorists to drive without a man waving a red flag ahead in 1896. Hollywood drove a two-seater 1904 De Dion-Bouton




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Suzuki Celerio goes on sale with stability control, alloy wheels and dual jet engine

Suzuki's new global city car offers very low CO2 emissions of 99g/km, 'class leading luggage capacity' of 254 litres and its AGS system also allows a low-speed 'creep' facility




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Order books open for new Lexus RC F Coupe with powerful 471 bhp 5-litre engine

Acceleration from rest to 60mph in 4.5 seconds and a top speed of 168mph. The guiding principle, it says, was 'functional beauty'. The driver can also control wing deployment.




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A new star on ice RAY MASSEY tests the new Land Rover Discovery Sport 

RAY MASSEY tests the new Land Rover Discovery Sport on the snowy roads of Iceland. With an impressive seven seats avilable and fantastic flexibilty this car is perfect for families.




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The latest niche Mercedes is unveiled and will be on sale in the UK from June 

It's Mercedes-Benz's its answer to rival BMW's X6 sports utility vehicle. It will be launched at the Detroit Motor Show next month. The new GLE Coupe is to get sporty styling and improved suspension.




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BMW to take extreme step and unveil the entire new range of next generation 6 series at North American International Auto Show 

Including the new BMW 6 Series Convertible, Coupe and Gran Coupe. The cabriolet will go from rest to 62 mph in just 5.5 seconds. All petrol models will have a sports tuned exhaust system.




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The Skoda Fabia is named Car of the Year at awards ceremony organised by What Car? 

The Czech company beat rivals BMW and Range Rover to win the title. The original Skoda Fabia won the award 15 years ago as well. Since VW took over the firm, Skoda has shed its joke reputation.




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Honda unveiled long awaited new NSX supercar this week at Detroit Motor Show

It's a petrol electric sport hybrid with aerodynamic low slung features. It has a combination of the 550bhp twin-turbo V6 engine at the rear and two of its three electric motors fixed on the axle towards the front.




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I'm in eighth heaven! RAY MASSEY takes a look at the new Volkswagen Passat Estate

The Passat has been around for 42 years, the first model came out in 1973. The estate car is the fourth biggest-selling VW in the UK. The new model has keyless entry and heated seats.




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BMW's new compact people carrier, the 2 Series Gran Tourer, is the first premium compact to offer up to seven seats

Built with flexibility in mind, it also has a sliding second row of seats. There is a choice of five turbocharged petrol and diesel engines. It is also the only car in its class to team four wheel -drive with seven seats.




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Ford's fresher focus: Ray Massey test drives the new 5-door Focus Zetec

The company have put a great deal of attention to detail into the new model of the Zetec which is both effortless and nimble to drive. Ford have listened to their customers and simplified the car's interior.




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Aston Martin to lead the British supercars at Geneva Motor Show next week with the new two-seater Vulcan

The new two-seater Aston Martin Vulcan will set you back £1.8million. The V12 engine is the equivalent of eight Ford Fiestas. The Vulcan will reach top speeds of 200mph and 0-60mph in three seconds.




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James Bond's favourite car-maker has unveiled the radical new family-friendly Aston Martin DBX at Geneva Motor Show

The new prototype is a two-door 'crossover' aimed at young families but the final version will be a four-door petrol-electric hatchback crossover. It includes a permanent integrated child seat.




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Mitsubishi's new XR-PHEV II prototype is selling fast as a company car thanks to it's massive tax advantages

The Outlander PHEV can be charged overnight at home, run on electric-only power or operate in hybrid mode, switching between petrol and electric power, depending on which is most efficient.




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New 'green' BMW X5 xDrive40e can be recharged at home and switches between petrol and electric power while on the move

Just as George Osborne ratcheted up company car tax for thousands of motorists, German giant BMW unveiled its new 'budget buster' — its first mainstream plug-in petrol-electric hybrid SUV.




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Jaguar launches its new second-generation XF compact sports saloon with high-wire drive over London's Docklands

In a stunt worthy of the latest Bond film Spectre — for which the firm is supplying many of the cars — the XF (pictured) was revealed in a dramatic stunt high over the Royal Dock in Canary Wharf.




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Honda makes a splash as it unveils new-look Civic prototype in garish green at the New York Motor Show

The good news is that the five-door hatchback version will be built exclusively at the Swindon factory. Honda announced the Wiltshire works would benefit from a £200million investment.




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Feel that breeze: Ray Massey gets the roof off the new third-generation Audi TT Roadster 2.0 and puts it to the test

Ray Massey drove the fully stocked four-wheel-drive 2-litre TFSI, which was adept at whipping around the Cotswolds in style. The range starts at £31,995 and the Audi can cost as much as £50,000




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MGs new Cumberhatch The suave British actor has been drafted in to be the company's face in the Far East 

Cumberbatch was at the Shanghai Motor Show for the unveiling of the MG GS It will go on sale in Britain late next year.




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Nissan takes over from Ford with new four-year deal as the main motoring sponsor of the UEFA Champions League 

It's been an electric week for motoring. A fleet of 100 electric vehicles was ferrying VIPs at the UEFA Champions League in Berlin last Sunday where Spain's FC Barcelona triumphed over Juventus.




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Goodwood Festival of Speed begins on Thursday with more than 600 cars from past and present, including Honda Civic Type-R

The festival will feature cars from yesteryear, today and tomorrow. Since 1993 automotive extravaganza has become the nation's motor show. All major car makers brass will be attending.




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Maria Sharapova sparks 'car-wars' in a Porsche as Jaguar celebrates its first year as the official car of Wimbledon

As British Jaguars delivered guests to the annual WTA pre-Wimbledon Party, the Russian tennis star squeezed in a sneaky drive of the Porsche Boxter Spyder.




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Volvo XC90 named Car Of The Year at the Auto Express Awards

Having test-driven one for a week, I'm impressed with Volvo's exceptionally striking, high-tech and nimble XC90 sports utility vehicle.




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Funky, Tardis-like and efficient: Honda announces prices for new hatchback supermini launching in September

Just in time for next month's new 65 plate, Honda has announced prices for its funky new third-generation Jazz, which goes on sale from £13,495.




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Reliable and fun, this 4x4 has got the phwoar factor! Jaguar unveils the F-PACE, its first family friendly sports car

Jaguar has unveiled its first sports utility 'crossover' vehicle, the F-PACE. The five-door five-seater is designed for families who need child seats in the back. It goes on sale next year, priced from £35,000.




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Powerful, luxurious and exclusive: New models by Rolls-Royce and Bentley lead the charge at next week's Frankfurt Motor Show

The world's two foremost luxury car makers, Rolls-Royce and Bentley, will lead the charge of top British marques at next week's Frankfurt Motor Show. Bentley this week unveiled its first 4x4.




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Star-studded car launches and jaw dropping stunts: Jaguar Land Rover shakes rivals with a display of cars from the Bond films

Jaguar Land Rover left its German rivals shaken and stirred with a star-studded James Bond car launch and a jaw-dropping stunt at this year's Frankfurt Motor Show.




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Ford's stupendous new GT supercar looks set to challenge Ferrari in the race for peak performance

The new model is predicted to sell for a quarter of a million pounds. The two-seater was designed by Scot Moray Callum and unveiled at the Detroit Motor Show ahead of going into production.




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Renault to release new 'Kadjar', crossover vehicle, in hopes of drawing customers away from Nissan's top-selling Qashqai

French giant, Renault, will release new model to Brits in autumn although it will go on sale on the continent in the summer. Renault bosses say it's aimed at those with an adventurous spirit.




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BMW reveals eco-friendly i8 batmobile that can go 300 miles on a tank

The modified i8 coupe was developed with Toyota. It can travel 300 miles on one tank of hydrogen, with refueling taking about five minutes.




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Toyota celebrates 50 years of sales in Britain: From a few dealers importing cars from Japan to two local factories

Amazing to think that Toyota is celebrating its 50th anniversary of sales in Britain.




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Action Mobil Global XRS 7200 is ideal for people who like holidaying in warzones

The massive camper van, produced in Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer, Austria, has a 720-horsepower engine and comes with a £585,000 price tag.




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Furious owners, retesting and betrayal: Ray Massey addresses the Volkswagen cheating scandal and its effects

What a week. And it's not over yet by a long chalk. The scandal sparked by Volkswagen caught cheating on its diesel emissions in America has a fair way to run




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Land Rover Defender challenged Kahn Designs' 6-wheel monster for size

Dubbed the 'Flying Huntsman' by the team of British engineers who created it, the Defender Double Cab Pickup went on show at an exhibition in Peterborough earlier this month with more to follow.




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It's gull-winged, all-electric and might even come with a flux capacitor: Tesla unveils a new sports utility vehicle

Charge up your flux capacitors! We're going back to the future with Tesla Motors' unveiling of its gull-winged, all-electric sports utility vehicle.