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Maserati GranTurismo convertible price set

Need a reason to think spring? Try this: Deliveries of the four-seat Maserati GranTurismo convertible begin this spring and the car carries a base sticker price of $139,700. The figure includes the base price of the car, $135,800; dealer prep, $300; shipping charges, $1,500, and gas-guzzler tax, $2,100.

Grab a ‘VAT Free’ Skoda Octavia

In yet another ‘Sign of the times’ Skoda has announced that they are now offering ‘VAT Free Octavias’ until the end of the year. No, this is not a tie-up between Alistair Darling and VW, it’s just Skoda’s way of offering a headline price decrease of a bit over 13% (less expensive to Skoda than last week for the same headline, to be fair, and there is a new model due in January!). Grab a VAT free Skoda Octavia I’m pretty sure that there will be a raft of these ‘VAT Free’ offers floating around on everything from cars to washing machines, capitalising on the fact the VAT is in the headlines.

BMW 3 Series Coupe & Convertible 2010 Facelift

BMW has revised the 3 Series Convertible and Coupe for 2010. It’s not actually that long until we’re due a new 3 Series from BMW (2011) but that doesn’t mean BMW are sitting on the current BMW 3 Series waiting for it to turn up its toes next year. They’re still tweaking and titivating and have revealed a round of changes for the 2010 Coupe and Convertible (which will be the 2011 MY in the US) – a facelift before the end is probably the best way to look at it.