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Alfa Romeo is honouring its sporting heritage by launching high performance Quadrifoglio Verde versions of the MiTo and Giulietta.

One of the highlights of the upcoming Geneva International Motor Show is sure to be Volvo’s new Concept Estate.

Following the launch of the Fabia Monte Carlo a few years ago, Škoda has decided to add the trim grade to its Citigo, Rapid Spaceback and Yeti ranges as well.

Jaguar isn’t doing much wrong at the moment and the new XFR-S Sportbrake looks set to continue the trend.

The new Extreme version of the Vauxhall Astra VXR / Opel Astra OPC certainly lives up to its name.

Next month’s Geneva International Motor Show will see Škoda unveil the new Octavia Laurin & Klement.

The new limited edition Suzuki Swift SZ-L takes the existing SZ3 model and adds a few cosmetic upgrades.

As expected, the all-new Citroën C1 city car is virtually identical to the recently-unveiled Peugeot 108 .

The electric motorcycle market is about to get another contender. Canadian company Lito Green Motion is beginning production of its Sora following a development process that has lasted a few years.

Production of the all-new Nissan NT500 chassis-cab truck has begun in Avila, Spain. Offered with gross vehicle weights from 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes, it replaces the Atleon and sits above the NT400 Cabstar in Nissan’s European commercial vehicle range.

The petrol GTI and diesel GTD have been longstanding members of the Golf range. Now they’re going to be joined by the plug-in hybrid GTE.

A KTM has won the Dakar Rally’s motorcycle class thirteen consecutive times. Now privateers have the opportunity to emulate that success, as the Austrian firm has just introduced the 450 Rally Replica.

Honda has launched two special versions of its CR-V in the UK. Called the Black Edition and White Edition, they’re based on the existing SE-T trim grade.

The first thing to know about the unusual Lotus C-01 motorcycle is that Group Lotus has had no involvement in its development. Rather, the Lotus name has been licensed to German firm Kodewa which is running the project in collaboration with Holzer Group.

There are probably many prospective city car buyers who’d like urban-proof protective body cladding, while others might fancy a full-length electric folding canvas roof. Vauxhall / Opel must believe that enough people want both together, because they feature on the new Adam Rocks trim grade.

Fiat has created a Cross package for its Dodge Journey -based Freemont MPV, a model that’s not marketed in the UK.

Don’t be deceived by the look of the new Citroën C5 CrossTourer. Despite SUV-inspired design details such as the brushed aluminium bash plates and black plastic cladding, it’s no off-roader.

The new tough-looking Fiat Panda Cross is definitely going to be one of the coolest city cars available when sales begin in the autumn.

Land Rover is extending its Range Rover Evoque range with the arrival of the well-appointed Autobiography and Autobiography Dynamic variants.

In the late 1980s Land Rover realised an additional model was needed to fill the growing gap in its range between the ever utilitarian Ninety / One Ten and increasingly luxurious Range Rover. The result was the Discovery, which the company launched twenty-five years ago into a market segment that had already attracted several Japanese rivals.