Tanabe Springs - Df210 Tdf088 Fits:lexus 2001 - 2006 Ls430 on 2040-parts.com

Used cars 'getting cheaper'

CONSUMERS holding on to their motor for longer are driving down the cost of used cars, according to new research. The average price for a second-hand car in July-September 2011 was £8,870 - a 2.4% decline compared with the same period a year ago, according to the Auto Trader company. It is the first time the price has dipped below £9,000 since the company started tracking the market in January 2010.

2014 Subaru XV – less choice, more refinement

The 2014 Subaru XV (pictured) gets a bit of a tweak The Subaru XV arrived in the UK in 2012, and it’s a perfectly able and reasonably-priced compact crossover from Subaru. But within a year of launching the XV Subaru decided to inject a bit more appeal in to the XV with a price cut of £2,300 across the range and now, not more than six months later, they’re fiddling with the XV range again. The 2.0 litre petrol XV gets new valve-train components to cut engine noise and revised suspension, with extra soundproofing improving NVH levels across the range, a revised power steering system for added stability and feel  and thicker and reshaped suspension lower arm and extra reinforcement around the base of the A-Pillar for better crash performance.

Brazil Grand Prix: Hamilton & Button lock out front row for McLaren

Lewis Hamilton takes pole for tomorrow’s Brazil Grand Prix in Sao Paulo with Jenson Button alongside as the 2012 F1 season reaches a climax. The 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix at the Interlagos circuit in Sao Paulo is supposed to be all about Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull going head to head with Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari for the 2012 F1 Drivers World Title. But no one told McLaren.