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Kia Sportage and Soul recall – affects 7000 UK cars

5,787 UK Kia Sportage models (pictured) are being recalled. Recalls are a fact of life for car makers, but at least the industry now tries to respond to problems as they arise, and before they cause damage to people of vehicles. This latest recall comes from Kia in the UK, which is recalling a total of 5,785 Sportage models and 1.432 Soul models to address a problem that ha been identified with the seat belt pre-tensioner mechanism.

Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid revealed

The Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid - V8 performance and 31mpg We brought you details on the Porsche Cayenne Hybrid back in February, but Porsche has just issued a press release confirming the details. Porsche are claiming their heritage is the Hybrid car. Ferry Porsche developed a Hybrid car in 1900, linking a 15bhp four cylinder engine to an 80 volt dynamo.

UK sales slide continues: 'worst market for 17 years'

By Tim Pollard Motor Industry 06 October 2008 12:22 Britain's new car market is in deep trouble, official sales figures today confirm. September is historically one of the two biggest registration months of the year, as buyers rush to snap up the autumn's new number plate – yet sales were down by a fifth last month. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, which collates sales data from dealers, called it 'stormy September', as new-car registrations plummeted by 21 percent from last year's figure to 330,295.