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With 313PS and 39mpg, the Audi SQ5 TDI is the new top model in the Q5 model series and also the first S model with a diesel engine.

The SARTRE (Safe Road Trains for the Environment) project, involving seven European partners, has been successfully finalised during 2012.

A sporty new exterior design, lowered suspension for a dynamic ride on the all-new Mini Paceman, set for UK launch in March 2013.

National Grid has chosen the Toyota Yaris as the preferred car for its UK trainee engineers, taking delivery of 100 vehicles.

Vehicles powered by hydrogen will be a regular feature of the transport scene around Swindon over the coming years thanks to a new two-and-half year project.

Kia will reveal the third instalment of its second-generation cee’d family, the all-new pro_cee’d three-door hatchback, at the Paris Motor Show on 27 September.

The new car finance market grew by 48% by value and 42% by volume in July when compared with July 2011 – the strongest monthly growth so far this year.

The new Chevrolet Trax is set to have its world premiere at the Paris motor show on September 27, representing Chevrolet’s first entry to the fast growing small SUV segment.

The Peugeot 3008 HYbrid4, the first full hybrid diesel-electric crossover in the world, is now available with even lower CO2 emissions, reduced to just 91g/km.

The new Volvo V40 R-Design will be launched at the 2012 Paris Motor Show.