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Toyota prices the new GT 86 RWD coupe at £25k

Toyota has quashed all the rumours about how much its new GT 86 rear-wheel drive sports car will cost: the price has been confirmed at £24,995 in the UK. Some speculation had suggested the price might soar nearer £30k on account of the unfavourable yen exchange rate. But Toyota GB today confirmed the GT 86 will start at £24,995.

Porsche Macan teased on video again – and a glimpse of the interior

A glimpse of the new Porsche Macan’s interior. There won’t be very much we don’t know about the new Porsche Macan – the ‘baby’ Cayenne – by the time it’s revealed next week. We’ve already had teases for the Macan in both photos and video, and Porsche has released yet another teaser video today of the new Macan on the track at Weissach .

UK electric car sales hit record high

While electric cars may not have taken off as quickly as the likes of Renault and Nissan had hoped, the latest figures from the government’s £5,000 electric car grant scheme show that sales have leapt 25% in the last quarter. A total of 1,149 electric cars were registered in Q3, not only a 25% improvement over Q2, but the most successful quarter since the government scheme began back in January 2011, indicating that consumers are starting to understand the technology and its limitations rather better. On Bing: see pictures of electric cars in the UK Find out how much an electric car costs on Auto Trader This news comes as the Renault-Nissan alliance has been forced to admit it is not going to reach its self-imposed target of 1.5 million electric car sales by 2016.