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Mercedes GLA goes subterranean

FOR SUV owners looking to test their cars’ off-road credentials, the obvious place to put them to the test probably isn’t nearly 200 metres underground. But that’s exactly where the new Mercedes GLA found itself as it descended into Winsford Rock Salt Mine, 620 feet beneath the Cheshire countryside. The working mine, which supplies much of the UK’s gritting salt for wintry roads, played host to four standard (apart from extra driving lights) GLA models, which were lowered down into the mine nose first before being let loose in the 130-mile network of tunnels.

Mitsubishi Lancer (2007): first official pictures

By Jack Carfrae First Official Pictures 27 June 2007 11:43 Mitsubishi Lancer: the lowdown With all the recent attention focused on Mitsubishi’s hot shot Evo X, its donor car, the Lancer, has been a bit neglected. Until now. A far cry from the unbreakable but unlovable stock Lancers that went before it, Mitsubishi’s new Jetta basher mixes sleek lines with four-square attitude and a healthy dollop of value for money.

Land Rover Performance Brand mooted

Range Rover Performance Brand looks likley When you think of Land Rover the first thing that springs to mind is off-road ability. Once that’s registered you tend to think of Range Rover too, and that means luxury. But ‘Performance’ and Land Rover don’t really spring to mind.