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Transmissions gone wild!

If you've been car shopping recently, or just paying attention to Autoweek car reviews, you've noticed that the six-speed automatic -- de rigueur as recently as a year ago -- suddenly has ratio envy. The new hotness? Eight- and nine-speed automatic transmissions.

Insurance changes to make shopping around easier

DRIVERS renewing their car insurance could find it easier to shop around or haggle for a discount under new proposals set out by insurers. The Association of British Insurers (ABI) said it has written to the City regulator, suggesting that new minimum standards of information should be set across the market. The standards would mean that renewal documents for motor and home buildings and contents insurance would include the premium that the customer started the year paying alongside their renewal quote, so that they could be compared more easily.

Ford Focus ST price from £21,995

Ford has announced that the new Focus ST will cost £21,995 and the Ford Focus ST Estate £23,095. Goes on sale 1st June. To be honest, we’ve been expecting the new Ford Focus ST to start heading for showrooms for a while, but for whatever reason Ford has kept delaying its arrival.