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New 2013 Nissan Note gets more appealing

The new Nissan Note has turned in to a Ford Fiesta basher as Nissan turn the Note from a boring little MPV in to a convincing small hatch. We did think the Invitation would be watered down to produce a slightly titivated new Note for production, but much of the style has found its way through in to the new Note – which we first saw in the JDM Nissan Note last summer – and the Note now looks set to take on proper compact hatches like the Ford Fiesta. The nose of the new Note is now more convincing – with new headlights and grill – and the doors get a great big feature crease that looks like a giant smoothing iron has stamped its mark, although Nissan say it’s a ‘Squash Line’  whose ‘angles were inspired by the flight of a fast moving squash ball travelling around a court’.

Bentley Continental GT3 – Bentley get back to Motorsport

The Bentley Continental GT3 – a Continental GT prepared for the track – heralds Bentley’s intention to go racing. The Bentley Continental GT3 appears to be a lowered, widened and stripped- out GT with which Bentley plan to return to their roots and a long history of motorsport. whether that means supplying the GT3 as a customer car or a works racing team we don’t yet know.

Mercedes E350 CDI Estate Review & Road Test (2010)

Mercedes E350 CDI Avantgarde Estate Review & Road Test To be absolutely precise, what we have for a week of playing – to review and road test – is the Mercedes-Benz E350 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY Avantgarde Estate. Which thankfully isn’t plastered out in chrome lettering across the back of Mercedes’ newest E Class Estate. Just a simple E350 on one side of the tailgate and CDI on the other.