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New Mercedes A45 AMG has 105 years of 4WD on its side

With the new Mercedes A45 AMG on the horizon – complete with 4WD – Mercedes chart the history of all wheel drive on their vehicles. We tend to think of 4WD road cars as a modern innovation, and certainly very few 4WD road cars hit the road in a mainstream way much before the 1980s (the Jensen FF was hardly mainstream before someone points out that was in the 1960s). But the history of 4WD goes back, certainly in the case of Mercedes, a surprising 105 years when Daimler built the Dernburg-Wagen, a 4WD vehicle that not only got all-wheel drive but all wheel steering too.

Fake ‘ghost’ car insurance on the rise

It’s not an early Halloween joke – ‘ghost brokering’ fake insurance policies is on the rise in the UK, becoming one of the latest fraud scams in a long line of car insurance rip-offs. According to anti-scam website Action Fraud, around 20,000 British motorists have already fallen foul of this new form of car insurance crime – so what is ghost brokering and how can you avoid it? Top 5 car insurance scams revealed Massive car insurance frauds Ghost insurance brokers target drivers looking for cheap car insurance – these criminals will often act as insurance intermediaries offering to get you the best deal on your car cover.

Kia Sportage KX-4 range topper

Kia has added a new model at the top of the Sportage range – the Kia Sportage KX-4 – with plenty of toys, a 181bhp 2.0 litre CRDi and 4WD. Just like sister company Hyundai, Kia no longer looks to be the cheapest on the block and is instead looking to offer the best it can, including range-topping cars with decent levels of power and plenty of toys. So step forward the new Kia Sportage KX-4 with a 181bhp version of the 2.0 litre CRDi diesel engine, 4WD and plenty of toys making it the most powerful Sportage on sale – and the best equipped.