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Audi A1 – the design tease

Audi are teasing the design of the new A1 in this latest video (below) If you’ve been living in a cave for the last few months you may have missed the news that Audi is about to launch what it hopes will be a MINI-bashing offering – the Audi A1. The A1 is actually destined for a public launch at the Geneva Motor Show in March – and Audi has threatened full disclosure for next month – but in the meantime it’s on a ‘Teaser’ blitz. We haven’t reported on every tease (we didn’t bother with the ‘Look – the new A1 has headlights’ one last week), but we have covered some, like the graffiti advert.

How Chevrolet plans to double sales in Europe

Chevrolet is planning to double European sales inside five years - and the new Orlando MPV and ground-breaking Chevrolet Volt are just two examples of how GM's budget brand plans to reach new customers. We often hear how up-and-coming brands hope to perform sales miracles, and the harsh truth is there's not the space for all of them to be proved right. But there is enough momentum behind Chevrolet to pay attention to this particular claim.

VW recalls 2014 vehicles for oil-cooler issue

Volkswagen notified the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently of an issue affecting the automatic transmission oil cooler in certain 2014 models. The recall has affected 26,452 vehicles overall, including the 2014 model year Passat, Jetta, Beetle and Beetle convertible, made between Feb. 1, 2014 and April 6, 2014.