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New Audi S1: 231hp, sub-£25k price

Pictures and full details of the Audi S1 have been released ahead of the car’s public debut at the Geneva Motor Show next month. If the bright yellow colour of the car pictured doesn’t grab you, the stats probably will – this pocket rocket has four-wheel drive, a 0-62mph time of just 5.8 seconds and prices starting from less than £25,000 (just). Audi Audi S1: what's new?

Senate releases $350 billion more in bailout money

The Senate voted Thursday to release a second round of $350 billion in federal aid to rescue financial institutions. The money could be the source of additional loans to automakers, auto finance companies and perhaps suppliers. An earlier allocation of $350 billion funded the first installments of emergency loans to General Motors and Chrysler LLC.

New Mercedes A Class #YOUDRIVE advert plugs in to X Factor

Mercedes are continuing some innovative marketing for the new A Class with the #YOUDRIVE campaign launching during X Factor. That must have worked to a degree – certainly as far as the Twitter aspect goes – as Mercedes is having another outing with another hashtag – #YouDrive – and a new marketing campaign for the A Class where viewers ’control’ the advert they’re seeing. Mercedes is kicking off the #YouDrive campaign during X Factor next Saturday (5th October) with a three part story featuring the tale of a young music star trying to get to a secret gig the authorities want to close down (Germans advocating the defying of authority?