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2014 Peugeot 108: prices and on sale date announced

We first saw the Peugeot 108 at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, alongside the almost identical Citroen C1 and Toyota Aygo. It’s not on sale in the UK until 1 July 2014, but we got an exclusive chance to have a poke around two models ahead of the official launch. Click on the image above to find out more about the new Peugeot 108

Audi A3 1.6TDI announced

The Audi A3 1.6TDI - one of a range of A3s featuring the new 1.6 litre diesel from Audi Audi has announced that they are introducing a new 1.6 litre common rail diesel engine across the A3 range, which will oust the old A3 1.9TDIe and the A3 and Cabriolet 1.9 TDI. The new engine offers the same 104bhp as the old 1.9 litre unit, but manages to improve economy by over 8% to 68.9mpg and cuts CO2 to 109g/km. The new A3 gets stop-start and energy regeneration to achieve the same performance and power from the smaller engine.

GM's ad spending nearly doubled in first half, Nielsen says

General Motors Co. nearly doubled its advertising spending in the first half of this year, leading a rebounding auto industry's marketing push, ad-monitoring company Nielsen Co. said.