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Bentley has revealed a brand-new GT3-spec Continental GT racing vehicle ahead of the 2018 racing season. The newest Continental GT3 is based on the new facelifted road-going model, which goes on sale next year. It has been established by Bentley Motorsport in Crewe, with technical support from the M-Sport rally team that runs the world championship-winning Ford Fiesta world Rally Car. Advertisement - short article continues below • New Bentley Continental GT review It is powered by 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 however with engine administration from Cosworth for extra racing grunt. Unrestricted, it creates 550bhp as well as the aluminium body implies…

The investment, which will begin in 2015, will help reduce CO2 emissions as well as creating new jobs in the process. Around £200 million has been allocated to extending the £5,000 government grant offered to encourage more people to buy an electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle. An additional £32 million will go towards boosting recharging infrastructure, placing rapid charge points – able to charge a vehicle in as little as 20 minutes - along all motorways and A-roads by 2020. Cities throughout the UK will also be encouraged to create innovative ‘low emission’ plans, which could see them win a share of…

Land Rover has exposed a revised Freelander range, crowned by a £35,995 Metropolis edition bursting at the seams with additional kit. New basic devices on board the Freelander Metropolis includes top-spec ‘Windsor’ leather upholstery, thicker carpets, electrically adjustable front seats, 19-inch alloy wheels, a panoramic glass roofing system as well as a heated steering wheel. Advertisement - short article continues below Factory-fit innovation includes touchscreen sat-nav, premium 825-watt surround-sound hi-fi, plus xenon headlamps with LED running lights. The Freelander Metropolis is essentially a replacement for the previously range-topping Freelander HSE Lux. The other four designs in the Freelander household get…

Euro NCAP has published an octet of five-star security scores for different new models, a lot of of them being crossover SUVs. The all-new SEAT Arona recieved top marks, with the mini-SUV scoring extremely in the adult occupant section with 95 per cent, while pedestrian security was determined at 77 per cent. Advertisement - post continues below SEAT’s parent company Volkswagen also scored extremely highly, with the Polo hatchback and T-Roc crossover both getting the full five stars, while sister-brand Skoda also gained five stars of approval with its Karoq crossover. 24 Elsewhere, the XC60 SUV kept Volvo’s track record for security to life with a five-star rating. It scored an nearly best 98 per…

This is the new Peugeot 308 SW, which has been revealed today at the Geneva motor Show. It boasts 610 litres of boot space – that’s bigger than the Golf and SEAT Leon estates – and one particularly prudent engine that emits just 85g/km of CO2. The 308 SW is based on the same platform as the 308 hatchback, which has allowed Peugeot to shed 140kg from the kerbweight of the outgoing SW. Its dimensions are about 30cm longer than the hatch but the design doesn’t stray too far from the formula laid out by that car, including the claw-design…

next year marks the end of production for the Ford GT, and in homage to the 1964 GT40 prototypes that preceded a string of Le Mans winners, Ford has unveiled the limited-run GT '64 Prototype Heritage Edition.  The new special joins five other Heritage edition Ford GTs as part of a staple of tribute cars, each celebrating a noteworthy moment in the history of the original GT40. The '64 Prototype Heritage edition draws design cues from the only surviving GT40 prototype with the appropriate livery, the GT/105, which will be displayed alongside the new car at Monterey car Week.  Best…