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Citroen C1 gets updated for 2014

Citroen C1 gets updated for 2014 The Citroen C1 has been around for some time, and it’s getting towards the end of its shelf life. But the C1 is still a great little city car – far better than you’d expect – and makes much more sense on any level than an overpriced EV for running round urban areas. And Citroen have now improved the C1 for 2014.

One Lap of the Web: Dancing grandmas, fun with captions and drunken driving

We spend a lot of time on the Internet -- pretty much whenever we're not driving, writing about or working on cars. Since there's more out there than we'd ever be able to cover, here's our daily digest of car stuff on the Web you may not otherwise have heard about. -- Here's your daily giggle: Watch some dancing grannies cruise in their Mitsubishi i-MiEV in an ad for Cambio, a Belgian car-sharing company.

London rush hour 'worst in UK'

ANALYSIS of in-car telematics data has revealed that London commuters get the worst deal in rush hour, with average speeds 30% slower than those across other British cities. The study of 20 million miles of telematics data by Direct Line Drive Plus shows that despite London having more congestion-fighting measures than anywhere else in the country, its road-based commuters suffer worse peak time traffic misery than anywhere else. During peak times, cars in Westminster travel at an average speed of just 10.06mph, compared to a figure of 14.38mph across the biggest British cities.