Careful young drivers penalised by hire companies

YOUNG DRIVERS with good driving records are being unfairly penalised by car hire firms. Rental companies are accused of imposing tough age limitations on those able to hire a car. In a study by the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM), it found car hire companies often have stringent minimum age limits that take no account of a driver’s clean record.

Bentley Mulsanne revealed at Pebble Beach

Bentley has unveiled the New Benley Mulsanne at Pebble Beach - the so-called new 'Grand' Bentley The Bentley Mulsanne has been revealed at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance this afternoon and, thankfully, it looks just how a big Bentley should. And it’s not just a butched up and enlarged version of the Flying Spur – although it 11″ longer than its ‘VW Bentley’ sibling – it is a metamorphosis of the Rolls Royce era legacy Bentley Arnage in to a super luxury saloon to compete headlong with its former siblings from Rolls Royce. Up front the Bentley Mulsanne gets a treatment very reminiscent of the old Bentley Eight litre, with its big round headlights flanked by off-set smaller ones.

2013 Citroen C3 Facelift

A new Citroen C3 will debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show with the usual facelift of new bumpers and lights and revised engine range. Astonishingly – for the Citroen C3 is a bit bland – it’s much the same car under the skin as the brilliant DS3, but the C3 is the DS3 with the sparkle missing. And it looks like the sparkle of the DS3 will still be missing from the C3 as it gets a mid-life facelift, with nothing much going on except the usual facelift fodder of new bumpers and lights, a tweak or two to the trim and a bit of fiddling with the engine range.