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Kia sell their 500,000th car in the UK – a cee’d ‘4’ 1.6 CRDi

Dale & Amy Pollard receive the keys to Kia’s 500,000th UK car Kia arrived in the UK in 1991 as a seller of budget cars, but in recent years Kia, along with sister company Hyundai, has moved very much in to the mainstream, with a range of credible cars that now sell on merit, not just price. That turn round for Kia has seen sales rising strongly to the point where they have now sold 5000,000 Kias since the marque first arrived in the UK. The milestone car is a cee’d ‘4’ 1.6 CRDi and has been delivered to a married couple in Leicester - Dale and Amy Pollard – who got a bit of special treatment from their Kia dealers - Kia Sandicliffe – at a handover ceremony attended by Stuart Wardle from Kia and Sandicliffe’s John Marsh.

Aston Martin DBS (2008) gets new gearbox

By Ben Pulman First Official Pictures 30 September 2008 09:43 Life at Aston Martin is about to get busy. At the Paris motor show this week the company will unveil an automatic version of its DBS supercar – along with a few other tweaks – before the next 18 months sees launches of the DBS Volante, Rapide, Vantage V12 RS and One-77. Finally?

Swift hot hatch takes aim at C2 VTR

By Phil McNamara Motor Industry 12 August 2006 06:42 Here's a sneak preview of two new Suzukis – the Swift Sport and Splash supermini-MPV. Both get their world premieres at September's Paris show. The flagship Swift goes on sale in autumn 2006, for just over £10k.