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Volvo S60, V60, V70 & S80 DRIVe Diesels get Auto ‘box

Volvo DRIVe diesels get automatic gearbox Volvo has announced that they are offering their S60, V60, V70 & S80 DRIVe Diesels with an auto ‘box option, with the same emissions and economy as manual cars. There was a time, not very long ago, when seekers of economical cars had to wear a very hairy shirt to achieve silly mpg. That meant giving up any semblance of comfort, size or luxury in your transport, and an automatic gearbox was a definite no-no.

MINI Rocketman returns for London 2012

The MINI Rocketman Concept – first seen at Geneva 2012 – has been titivated and rolled out to promote BMW’s London 2012 sponsorship. We all thought, when BMW rolled out the MINI Rocketman Concept at the Geneva Motor Show in 2011, that this was the future for a second, smaller take on the modern MINI. But BMW seemed to go cold on the idea of building a modern MINI with dimensions much closer to the original Issigonis Mini so we thought the plans had gone out of the window.

New Porsche 911 Carrera (2012) arrives ahead of Frankfurt

2012 Porsche 911 Carrera - Official We did say, when we published leaked photos of the new Porsche 911 last week, that it wouldn’t take Porsche long to respond. In the end it’s taken just six days for them to reveal the 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera. Of course, this is Porsche.