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Rolls and Aston plan new convertibles

ROLLS-ROYCE and Aston Martin have both announced exciting new convertible models, giving workers at the UK-based car makers a welcome boost to their job security. Aston is set to début a new member of the Vantage family, after shoe-horning a V12 engine into an open-top body to create the V12 Vantage S Roadster. It will make its public entrance at the Pebble Beach Auto Week in California, starting on August 14.

Victoria Beckham Range Rover Evoque costs £80k

Range Rover Evoque Victoria Beckham - now it's official Land Rover has revealed the Range Rover Evoque with Victoria Beckham in Beijing and announced it will cost £79,995. We revealed the Victoria Beckham Range Rover Evoque yesterday, and Land Rover has now caught up and done the same in Beijing. There isn’t much we didn’t report yesterday on the Evoque Land Rover hope will mop up business from customisers like Kahn and Revere, but what we didn’t know yesterday was how much the Beckham Evoque would cost, but now we do.

2011 Vauxhall VXR8 revealed

2011 Vauxhall VXR8 will cost £50k The world is woefully short of old-fashioned, rear-wheel drive, hairy-chested saloon cars that actually handle. True, there are still some Yank-Tanks around at less than stellar money that do a good impersonation, but for the real deal you need to buy a Vauxhall. Or at least a Vauxhall from Oz – the 2011 Vauxhall VXR8 (which we saw at Goodwood in the summer in Holden clothes).