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MAZDA5 RESIDUAL PERFORMANCE IS 'BEST KEPT SECRET'

A NEW diesel version of the Mazda5 MPV has stormed onto the market with the best residuals in its class. Used car valuation expert CAP has described the 1.6-litre diesel model as a "best kept secret" and has predicted that the Sport model will retain 32 per cent of its value after three-years and 60,000-miles. The TS2 model also performs extremely well, with a 31 per cent retained value predicted.

Caterham RST-V8 Levante (2008): first official pictures

By Mark Nichol First Official Pictures 26 February 2008 12:51 This is the Caterham RST-V8 Levante, an example of what happens when a chirpy British sports car turns over to the dark side. The Levante is the work of RS Performance, which has taken an SV chassis, stuffed a 2.4-litre supercharged V8 into the front and coated the lot in swathes of carbon fibre. The result is 550bhp in a chassis weighing little over 500kg.

The Saint's Volvo P1800 makes a return

Remember the beautiful Volvo Concept Coupe unveiled in Frankfurt earlier this month? The one that some people proclaimed to be the most beautiful Volvo ever created? Well, they're wrong, because for now at least, the Volvo P1800 - a car which appeared alongside the Concept Coupe in Frankfurt - remains not only the most beautiful Volvo in the world, but arguably one of the most beautiful cars in the world.