Nissan invests in UK Qashqai production

Nissan is investing £22 million in one of the main lines at its UK factory in order to boost production of the popular Qashqai crossover.

Customers have to pay up for white cars

Figures from residual value experts cap hpi show that customers had to pay a premium of at least £250 for white paint on eight out of the top 10 new car models ordered in 2015.

Facelifted Mercedes CLA diesel achieves 89g/km

Mercedes is giving the CLA and CLA Shooting Brake a facelift involving new bumpers, a diamond radiator grille in black as standard and new light-alloy wheels.

Volvo opens UK order books for the S90 and V90

Volvo has opened the UK order books for its new S90 saloon and V90 estate models. All models in the initial line-up are diesels, and prices start at £32,555 for the S90 and £34,555 for the V90.

Leasing companies drive take-up of plug-in cars

The latest quarterly survey carried out by the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) of its leasing members found that almost one in 20 (4.7 per cent) of all new leased cars registered in the final quarter of 2015 was a plug-in, well-ahead of the market penetration achieved across all new registrations, which stood at 1.3 per cent.