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2012 Hyundai i30 prices announced

2012 Hyundai i30 priced from £14,495 With the 2012 Hyundai i30 due to arrive in the UK in March, Hyundai reveals price and model specification. Starts at £14,495. The 2012 Hyundai i30 was revealed at the Franfurt Motor Show last September, and with the new i30 release date  in the UK on 12th March, Hyundai has revealed full price and specification details for the new i30 range.

General Motors EN-V to be branded Chevrolet

Chevrolet was gifted a centennial birthday present today, with parent company GM announcing that its 2030 Vision concept would carry the bow-tie badge. The youthful orientation and entry level positioning of Chevrolet within the GM portfolio subtly earmarks the intended audience for the EN-V, with the device being billed as an inexpensive and attainable urban mobility vehicle. "The EN-V has the potential to reinvent transportation in key markets by creating a new vehicle DNA through the convergence of electrification and connectivity," said Chris Borroni-Bird, GM's director of Advanced Technology Vehicle Concepts.

Cyclists tackle round-the-world race

FOUR RIDERS have set off on what is described as the world's longest bicycle race. Three started from London and one from Bangkok in a bid to break the Guinness World Record for the fastest circumnavigation of the planet. The World Cycle Race launched from the prime meridian next to the Royal Observatory in Greenwich Park.