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Next BMW X1 loses inline-six, gets smaller and lighter

The second-generation BMW X1, expected here in early 2016, is smaller and lighter than the existing first-generation model. The new X1 loses optional six-cylinder power; a new high-output four-cylinder replaces it. A high-ranking BMW manager confirmed the new X1 abandons today's longitudinal engine layout for a version of the new transverse-engine platform the 2-series Active Tourer uses.

The Christmas giveaway: 32 prizes up for grabs!

By Jed Maxwell Competitions 26 October 2009 13:54 Christmas is coming and CAR's publisher Bauer Media in association with our subscription partner Greatmagazines.co.uk is giving you the chance to win a bundle of prizes worth more than £1000. There's everything from a copy of CAR commentator Stephen Bayley's brilliant book Cars: Freedom, Style, Sex, Power, Motion, Colour, Everything to toolkits, outdoor gear and computer games. >> Click here to enterBayley's book charting the most influential style icons on four wheels was launched to critical acclaim last year.

Electric cars get a £500 million government cash boost – but will it get spent?

The new BMW i3 EV (pictured) will be subsidised until 2017. The subsidy of up to £5000 paid to buyers of electric cars has been with us for three years, but it hasn’t had much impact on EV sales and it did look like the government had decided to scrap it all together. But it looks like the coalition has allowed Nick Clegg to have his way with EV subsides in a move that will see £500 million injected in to promoting and supporting electric cars in the UK in the next few years.