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Aston Martin relaunches Lagonda badge

By Tim Pollard Motor Industry 01 September 2008 11:42 Aston Martin will relaunch the Lagonda marque, chief exec Ulrich Bez announced today. The famous name plate will be used on a range of upmarket cars, the first of which we'll see as a concept in 2009 – Lagonda's centenary year. What sort of cars will wear the Lagonda badge?

New Hyundai i30 Tourer on sale from £16,195

The new Hyundai i30 Tourer (Estate) will come in  four trim levels and a choice of two engines and cost from £16,195 when it goes on sale in July. Not only has Hyundai UK had their abacus out to come up with a price for the new i30 Tourer (it starts at £16,195) they’ve also had their box brownie out and snapped a few photos of a real live UK Hyundai i30 – including the interior. So now we know the new i30 Estate has an interior that looks just like the i30 Hatch and you don’t have to have a brown paint job.

Aston Martin Rapide to run in Nurburgring 24 hour

The Aston Martin Rapide which will take part in the Nurburgring 24 Hours in May It may be a four door saloon car. It may designed to ferry privileged families in supercar style. It may – on the face of it – be the least sporting car Aston Martin has produced in a generation.