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Arizona auctions: Early days filled with optimism

The sun kept shining--both as a metaphor and in reality--while the cars were selling at the Arizona auctions. As of late Thursday, Barrett-Jackson had completed three of its six days of sales. Preliminary numbers assembled by on-site reporters indicate total sales of $20.2 million at the halfway mark, with 100 percent of the 656 cars on offer sold.

Driven: Honda FRV

The Honda FRV is a misunderstood car. It's a European market orientated compact MPV that unusually has two rows of three seats, a configuration shared only with the earlier Fiat Multipla design. But unlike the bulbous, short, tall and deep-windowed Italian, the Honda shares almost identical dimensions to the five seat Renault Scenic that is the compact MPV market leader (the longer wheel base Scenic and other compact MPVs with three rows of seats to seat seven people is about a foot longer).

Skoda Citigo Price & Specs – starts at £7,630

Skoda Citigo Price The Skoda Citigo – Skoda’s version of the VW Up! and SEAT Mii – goes on sale in June from £7,630 for the Citigo S 1.0 MPI. The announcement of price and specification details for the Skoda Citigo completes the three versions of VW’s Up City Car from the VW Group, with the Citigo undercutting the SEAT Mii by £215 and the VW Up!