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Australian couple breaks Guinness record for fuel economy

An Australian couple has broken their own record for fuel economy, light-footing it across the lower 48 American states to the tune of 67.90 mpg. Helen and John Taylor beat the mark of 58.82 mpg that they set last year, landing them again in the Guinness Book of Records. They drove a 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI for both runs.

Live Blog: can one man see every car at Frankfurt?

CAR's deputy ed Ben Barry is a man on a mission at the 64th Frankfurt motor show: we've tasked him with seeing every single new car at the IAA... in one day. Follow his exploits here in the CAR Live Blog.

Peugeot 308 S HDi 90 Review & Road Test part 2

We continue our review / road test of the Peugeot 308 S The 308 range as a whole can stretch north of £22,000 as a base price, which is far too much money for what’s on offer. But this car – the Peugeot 308  S HDi 90 – comes in at a more reasonable £16,955. Our car did have a few extras thrown at it - metallic paint (£410) and SatNav (£715) – which pushed it up over £18k.