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British cars dominate desirability survey

BRITISH cars are the best of the best, according to a huge new car popularity survey that has thrown up some shocks. British cars took five of the top six places in the study from Best of the Best, the in-airport and online competition operator that gives away cars as prizes. And among the amazing turn-ups that emerged from the 55,000-person study focusing on desirability, no Ferrari even made the top 20.

New MINI 5-door Hatch revealed – but will you fit through the back doors?

The 5-door MINI hatch arrives We’ve already had the more BMW-like new MINI arrive, and now, for the first time, we get a MINI 5-door hatch to try and extend the appeal of the MINI range to families. The 5-door MINI gets an extra 72mm in the wheelbase and a pair of doors at the back – which do look very tight for full-size people to use – and there’s also an extra 15mm of headroom, a bigger boot and seating for three in the back. In terms of design, there’s little to choose between the 5-door and the 3-door, but the new 5-door does look a bit like the off-spring of the new MINI and the Countryman; just a little dumpy.

2013 Range Rover Sport revealed

2013 Range Rover Sport Land Rover has revealed a slightly tweaked version of the Range Rover Sport for the 2013 MY. No, this isn’t the ‘New’ Range Rover Sport, the one we expect to be based on a cut-down version of the 2013 Range Rover. Instead, this is the last hurrah for the current Range Rover Sport with its underpinnings stolen from the Land Rover Discovery and weighing the same as one of Jupiter’s middle size moons.