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Ford Focus RS prices announced

By Ben Pulman Motor Industry 16 December 2008 12:12 Ford has announced prices for the Focus RS, and it’ll cost just £24,995 when sales start in March 2009. By comparison a Mitsubishi Evo X FQ300 is £26,914 and an Subaru Impreza STi starts at £26,039. Peak power has also – finally – been confirmed.

Alfa Romeo 4C

The production version of the Alfa Romeo 4C will make its debut at next month's Geneva motor show, two years after the concept appeared. Largely unchanged from the prototype, the 4C retains its mid-engined layout, short and wide proportions (less than 4,000mm long, 2,000mm wide, 1,180mm high and a 2,400mm wheelbase) and broadly similar surfacing. The changes appear to be more focused around productionized details.

Win a signed Peter Schreyer Kia design sketch

At this week's launch of the new Kia Sportage, CAR witnessed Kia design chief Peter Schreyer sketch out his original vision of the new crossover 4x4. We later clobbered the black-polo-necked styling boss and asked if we could give it away on CAR Online. He agreed, added some finishing touches and signed the Kia Sportage design sketch.