Nissan has announced its LEAF electric car is now available from £189 a month, a price that includes the lease of the battery (£70). The offer is available to customers who choose the entry level Visia model, which is priced at £15,990 (after the £5,000 government grant), and Nissan calculates that the monthly fee is [...]

Chevrolet has made a number of design and specification changes to its Captiva model range. The new SUV will now feature LED tail lamps and chrome exhaust tips at the rear, with different fog lamps and  a re-designed grille up front. The car now also offers keyless entry and start as standard, while buyers can [...]

Vauxhall has comprehensively revised its Insignia and now offers engines with carbon dioxide emissions from 99g/km. There are changes to the exterior that include a new grille, but the biggest styling changes are inside with a reworked centre console. Vauxhall says it has listened to customers who said there were too many buttons, so the [...]

Fans of electric vehicles will have another battery-powered car to consider from this summer onwards. An import deal has been agreed for Mia-Electric’s range of electric vehicles to be sold in the country. The dedicated EV vehicle manufacturer produces both cars and commercial vehicles from its site in Cerizay, France. Already on sale across Europe, [...]

Following its record month for sales in May, Kia has more good news to report, after passing half a million UK registrations. The 500,000vehicle sales date back to 1991, when the Korean manufacturer entered the UK market. To date, sales in 2013 for Kia are 30,441 vehicles, an increase of more than 10% on the [...]

Visitors to July’s Goodwood Festival of Speed will be among the first people to see the new Škoda Octavia vRS in the flesh. The Czech manufacturer has announced that the fastest production Octavia ever produced will make its worldwide debut at the event, which takes place in July. The performance figures for the new Octavia [...]

In what the Japanese manufacturer is calling a ‘comprehensive round of improvements’, Nissan has revealed details of its next Micra. There is a new design, front and rear, as well as upgrades to the vehicle’s interior, and improved standard equipment levels. Choose the right model and you will get Nissan’s latest communications centre, featuring a [...]

A recall involving more than 25,000 vehicles has been announced by Kia. The Korean manufacturer has identified the possibility of faulty brake light switches on 25,192 cars built between 2006 and 2011. Some checks in Kia’s research department have discovered that, in some cases, the fault may lead to the light not illuminating, or not [...]

MINI has announced that it is bringing its all-wheel-drive technology, ALL4, to more models. By deploying the system on its Cooper Countryman and the Cooper Paceman, the manufacturer will offer ALL4 on a total of 10 variants. Already standard in the John Cooper Works Countryman and Paceman, ALL4 will be an option on the ‘standard’ vehicles [...]

  BMW has revealed details of its third generation X5, which promises improvements in every aspect of the vehicle. Beyond the cosmetic changes inside and out – including the ability to seat seven – the real story of the new X5 is the improved level of equipment available to buyers. Drive Dynamic Control now comes [...]