Motoring

Kia joins the scrap to keep sales buoyant

Kia joins the scrap to keep sales buoyant

Scrappage is just about grinding to a halt and if you look at the figures there have been one or two firms that have seen real benefits from the scheme.

As you might expect, Ford has been up there among the big performers and so, too, has Hyundai. Ford sold almost 33,000 cars under scrappage while Hyundai topped that. For Ford, that accounts for around 10 per cent of its sales while for Hyundai it's massively more than half and a real distortion of its true performance.


Review: Lexus RX450h

Review: Lexus RX450h

Efficiency is the name of the game with this car, although not to the degree that you will be led to believe if you rely on the official fuel figures.

Review: Skoda Octavia 1.4 TSI

Review: Skoda Octavia 1.4 TSI

And the car that really shows all that is best about Skoda is surely the Octavia, tested by S&B Motoring in several guises as the model has progressed.


 

You can't fail to be impressed by the Lexus RX450h

You can't fail to be impressed by the Lexus RX450h

Whether or not you agree that hybrid cars are a good idea, and in our house it’s still a topic of hot debate, you can’t fail to be impressed by the Lexus RX450h.

SMC Renault's new 'online dealership' website

SMC Renault's new 'online dealership' website

SMC Renault is launching a new website this week and is hoping to build on the success of its previous site which achieved an average of more than half a million hits per month.


 

 

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