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Fifth Gear Car of the Year 2010

Citroen DS3 Fifth Gear Small Car of the Year We recently reported on Top Gear’s 2010 Car of the Year Awards which saw our very own favourite small car of the year – the Citroen DS3 – taking the honours from TG. But it hasn’t stopped there for the DS3. Fifth Gear has now declared the Citroen DS3 to be their favourite small car of the year too.

£5000 electric car grants to cut a quarter off EV price

British motorists will qualify for grants lopping a quarter off the price of electric, plug-in hybrid and hydrogen cars – up to a maximum of £5000 discount – the Government confirmed this week. The Office for Low Emissions Vehicles, which launched six months ago, said the new grants would come into force from January 2011 as part of a £230 million low-carbon car incentive programme. Car buyers will qualify for the Plug-In Car Grant from an approved list of low-carbon cars.

Audi TT RS Plus (2012) UK pricing announced

Audi UK has announced prices and availability of the Audi TT RS Plus, the go-faster variant of the already-very-fast RS version of the Audi TT. Audi TT RS Plus: I killed the last guy who called me a 'hairdresser's car' The Audi TT RS introduced the regular TT to a gobfull of turbocharged 2.5-litre five-cylinder engine, along with an upgraded chassis, to deliver 335bhp to the road through the Haldex clutch branch of the Quattro family tree. With the TT TS Plus, Audi has now seen fit to grant an extra 20bhp, bumping the total to 355bhp.