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Fuel duty freeze is 'no give-away'

MOTORING GROUPS have given a cautious welcome to Chancellor George Osborne's announcement of a freeze on fuel duty until May 2015. But Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin's insistence on the value of HS2 to the UK cut little ice with opponents of the high-speed rail scheme. On fuel duty, both the AA and the RAC pointed out that Mr Osborne was already getting big sums from motorists in taxation.

Audi RS Q3 depreciates LESS than any other SUV

The Audi RS Q3 – the UK’s lowest depreciating SUV With more and more of us looking at acquiring our new cars on some sort of lease or PCP deal, one of the biggest factors in affordability is the residual price. That’s the price that used car price experts – like CAP – deem a car will be worth after a given period of time and mileage. So it’s good new that CAP have judged the Audi Q3 RS will retain 52 per cent of its value after 3 years/60,000.

MG name stands proud again at Longbridge

The company that runs the remnants of former UK automaker MG Rover has dropped a reference to its Chinese parent from its name. NAC MG UK has changed its name to MG Motor UK to emphasize the MG name, a company spokesman said. Nanjing Automobile Company or NAC bought MG Rover's assets in July 2005, three months after the UK's last domestically owned volume carmaker collapsed through financial difficulties.