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Europe’s economic problems sees UK become biggest Ferrari market in Europe

The Ferrari F12 (pictured) helped Ferrari to strong profits in the first half of 2013 The economic crisis in the Eurozone has seen Ferrari’s sales in countries like Italy and Spain plummet, and Greece managed just one sale in 2012 (and even that came to the UK). But Ferrari have a plan to keep profitability by limiting supply and achieving stronger revenues for the sale they do make – with stuff like Ferrari’s bespoke Atelier and Tailor Made services and Classiche work adding more revenue – to keep them powering forward, and it seems to be working despite poor sales in many European countries. In fact, despite an increase of just 2.8 per cent in volume, Ferrari has managed to increase their profits in the first six months of 2013 by an impressive 20 per cent, with total sales of 3,767 and net profits of €1.22 million.

Ferrari F70 caught on video

The new Enzo – the Ferrari F70 – has been caught on video around Marenello as Ferrari prepare to debut it at the Paris Motor Show. With the Paris Motor Show looming in just over a month, Ferrari are planning their biggest reveal in almost a decade, the replacement for the Enzo supercar – the Ferrari F70. The F70 will be getting a more powerful version of the V12 under the bonnet of the new F12 together with a KERS hybrid attached for a total output of over 900bhp.

Skoda Octavia GreenLine – UK Release

The Skoda Octavia GreenLine has been released in the UK The trouble is, there’s not a huge amount to say. You can already guess that the tweaks to get the CO2 emissions down and the mpg up are going to run along the same lines as everyone else’s Ec-Cars. Think what Ford has done with the ECOnetic or VW with the BlueMotion and you won’t be far wrong.