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2012 Lada Granta could see Lada return to the UK

2012 Lada Granta could see Lada back in the UK Lada reveals their new car – the Lada Granta, based on the Kalina hatchback – which could see Lada return to the UK. For those old enough to remember, Lada was once renowned as the maker of skips on wheels, in such illustrious company as Skoda, Yugo and Moskvitch. Yugo has bitten the dust, as has Moskvich, and Skoda has re-invented itself under VW as a credible player.

Fiat 500L Beats Edition revealed & new engines for the 2014 500L

Fiat launches the 500L Beats Edition (pictured) MINI managed to make us believe that the MINI Countryman is a proper MINI only bigger, and Fiat are having a degree of success in convincing car buyers that the 500L is just a grown-up Fiat 500. Although, judging by the new 500L limited edition – the Fiat 500L Beats Edition – buyers are not too grown up to appreciated a limited edition with a USP of an uprated sound system by Dr. Dre and Interscope Geffen A&M Records chairman and record producer Jimmy Iovine.

Peugeot 308 R concept (2013) at Frankfurt motor show

The Peugeot 308 R could be the biggest hint yet that Peugeot is getting its mojo back. Carrying the RCZ concept’s styling into production was a good start, and the new 208 GTi is a pleasantly surprising hoot, but for bigger smiles you’ll want this: a 270bhp, carbonfibre-clad hot hatch that’ll give an Audi S3 a fright, and leave a Golf GTI in its tyre tracks. The catch?