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New Land Rover Discovery Sport to get 7 seats – and they’re (almost) revealed

The Land Rover Discovery Sport shows it 7-seat layout We already know that the Land Rover Discovery Sport will be replacing the Freelander in Land Rover’s range next year as the first in a family of Discovery models from Land Rover. It seemed likely that the new Discovery Sport would come with five seats as standard but with as even seat option to add another dimension, but Land Rover has decided it is going to offer 7 seats as standard, setting it apart from the competition in the ‘Premium’ sector. Land Rover are busy running prototypes of the new Discovery Sport, and to ram home the point that the new Discovery Sport is more flexible than its competition they’ve covered it in camouflage that looks like the skin of the car has been peeled back to show the 7-seat (well, 5+2) arrangement inside.

Glass’s Guide Luxury Cars price crash

I think we all knew it was happening, but Glass’s guide, the trade bible for used car values, has confirmed that luxury cars in the UK have fallen out of bed in a big way. Comparing luxury diesel saloons with a year ago, they say that average values have dropped by a massive 21%. And in pure money terms the top end coupes, such as the Porsche 911, have fallen by 18%.

Aston Martin Vanquish Volante opens up at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show

Aston Martin has revealed the wonderfully elegant new Vantage Volante here at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show. If you thought the Vanquish coupe was a beauty, wait until you see this… It’s the first Aston Martin drop-top Volante to have a body made entirely from carbonfibre – and it is the use of this high tech material that’s enabled Aston to make it as alluring as it is.