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UK's emergency Budget 2010: how it affects motorists

Chancellor George Osborne will make the emergency spending cuts on Tuesday 22 June By Tim Pollard Motoring Issues 21 June 2010 09:51 The new UK Government's emergency Budget tomorrow is likely to announce a raft of spending cuts and tax rises bound to affect motorists.  The new Conservative-Liberal coalition government is taking the unusual step of holding an emergency summer Budget to reduce the national deficit, which stood at £156bn in 2009-10. The senior Cabinet members signed off the details of the Budget on Friday, but the details won't be confirmed until Tuesday 22 June 2010.Here's our preview of what to expect if you're a car owner:VAT riseMost pundits agree that the rate of value added tax will rise from today's 17.5%. If raised to 20% – the upper limit expected – it could raise an extra £11 billion a year for Government coffers.

New 2013 Range Rover revealed

Land Rover has today revealed the all-new Range Rover ahead of its debut at the Paris Motor Show on 27 September. The new all-aluminium L405 Range Rover is lighter, greener and more refined than the current model: prices will be announced in early September and deliveries will start in early 2013. Driven: Range Rover TDV8Kahn Design Diamond Jubilee Edition Range RoverWe drive the Queen's Land RoversOverfinch reveals £89,995 Range Rover EvoqueDriven: Overfinch Range Rover

Game Changer? Ford has high hopes for '11 Explorer

Ford wants you to forget everything you know, or think you know, about its Explorer. The company has high hopes for its all-new SUV, and rightfully so. It's one of the most recognizable nameplates in the auto industry with, according to Ford, a 95 percent name-recognition rate.