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Porsche Macan will sell 75,000 a year

The Porsche Macan – Porsche’s more compact SUV, based on the Audi Q5 – looks set to sell at a rate of 75,000 cars a year. The new Porsche Macan - the Porsche Cajun as was -  already looked set to take Porsche sales to another level with projected sales of 45,000 a year from 2013, but it looks like that ambitious target is going to be exceeded. German weekly WirtschaftsWoche is reporting that Porsche’s procurement boss, Uwe-Karsten Staedter, has put Porsche suppliers on notice that they are expecting to sell 75,000 Macans a year by the end of 2013 – an increase of 2/3rds on the original sales predictions.

De Tomaso SLC SUV Revealed

De Tomaso SLC Revealed It’s only about a week since we revealed that the newly re-born De Tomaso would be taking the first of their offerings – the De Tomaso SLC – to Geneva. We told you it was an SUV / Crossover with a choice of engines from Turbodiesel to V8 petrol. And so it is.

New Vauxhall Astra VXR debuts at Geneva – price £26,995

New Vauxhall Astra VXR debuts at Geneva The new Vauxhall Astra VXR (and sister car Opel Astra OPC) have debuted at Geneva 2012. Price £26,995. Vauxhall managed to release a chunk of details on the new Astra VXR as far back as November, but Geneva 2012 was the first time we’ve seen it (and sister car the Opel Astra OPC) in public.