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  Vauxhall Vivaro-e Life: emissions-free MPV launched
  The final entry in the French PSA Group’s trio of all-electric MPVs has arrived. Following on from the recently announced Peugeot e-Traveller and Citroen e-Spacetourer is this – the Vauxhall Vivaro-e Life. Based on the Vivaro-e...
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  Updated SEAT Ateca majors on safety tech
  SEAT has refreshed its popular Ateca SUV, bringing its styling in line with the all-new Leon as well as improving safety, technology, and efficiency across the board. The refreshed model is...
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  Citroen E-SpaceTourer: The ultimate ring (road) taxi?
  No, we’re not referring to the Nurburgring this time, but this Citroen e-SpaceTourer might be the one of the most silent ways of shuttling groups of people around inner-city ring...
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  Electric Peugeot e-Traveller MPV revealed
  It seems every car company is launching or broadening its electric car portfolio at the moment, with the battery powered Peugeot e-Traveller people carrier being one of the latest. As its...
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  Hyundai Santa Fe goes hybrid for 2020
  As the Hyundai Santa Fe enters its 20th year of production, the Korean car manufacturer has seen fit to give its popular SUV a serious overhaul. The updated model joins...
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  Fresher face and new tech for updated Kia Picanto
  The third Kia model in recent weeks to receive a mid-life upgrade is its smallest – the Picanto city car. The latest Picanto gains plenty of new technology including a...
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  Dacia to customers: ‘Have three months on us’
  In a bid to get customers back into showrooms (or virtual showrooms) Dacia is offering to pay the equivalent of the first three monthly payments of a customer’s finance agreement. Dacia...
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  Renault’s ‘Drive Now Pay Later’ offers a three-month payment holiday on new cars
  Renault is offering customers the prospect of driving a new car with nothing to pay for the first three months, in a bid to get people into re-opened showrooms. The new...
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  Car dealers now open for business
  As part of the ongoing relaxing of social restrictions, car dealerships have re-opened, allowing buyers to pick up a new car after more than two months of being closed. Dealers...
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  Facelifted Citroen C3 now available to order
  Citroen has announced UK prices and details for its updated C3 – with customer deliveries being promised for August 2020. Prices for the new model, which has the company’s latest...
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  Ford Puma range gets automatic transmission and new Vignale model
  The Ford Puma range, which went on sale early in 2020, has been expanded with a pair of new engine variants, a new automatic transmission and the range-topping ST-Line Vignale...
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  BMW: more hybrid engines for 2020
  BMW is heralding the dawn of a new normal – and the easing of lockdown restrictions around the world – by announcing a vast array of model improvements across its...
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  Are used car values going to recover in 2020?
  Britain has been in lockdown for months, with the car market severely affected by travelling restrictions. How does this situation affect car values, and how are they likely to change...
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  Facelifted BMW 5 Series gets a mild grilling in 2020
  Despite ballooning in size over the generations, the BMW 5 Series remains excellent to drive compared with its rivals such as the Audi A6 and Mercedes-Benz E-Class. Having been on...
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  New look for Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe and Cabriolet
  Just as night follows day, Mercedes-Benz has announced facelifts for its E-Class Coupe and Cabriolet ranges, a few weeks after similar refreshes were confirmed for the E-Class Saloon, Estate an...
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  Brit-themed facelift for MINI Countryman SUV
  The largest model in MINI’s range, the Countryman, has been given a mid-life facelift with sleek new design features, equipment upgrades, improved engines and new options for personalisation. It follows...
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  Kia Rio updated for 2020 with new engines and tech
  Things move fast in the supermini world, so Kia has given its Rio a mid-life update in a bid to keep it up-to-date with the front of the pack. The...
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  Euro NCAP introduces tougher tests from 2020
  With so many cars achieving five-star ratings, and those that don’t largely failing to do so because of the technology rather than the crash protection, Euro NCAP‘s meaning has changed....
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  SsangYong Tivoli facelifted for 2020
  It may be one of the lesser-known compact SUVs, but the SsangYong Tivoli has served buyers looking for something well-equipped and utterly dependable since it went on sale in 2015. Five...
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  Lid lifted on all-new Porsche 911 Targa
  Step forward aficionados of Stuttgart-built sports cars: your skills are required to confirm that this is in fact the all-new Porsche 911 Targa. Based on the eighth-generation 911 – known internally...