Mini John Cooper Works GP (2012) first official pictures

Following this somewhat contrived philosophy, the big two-door Benz would regain the traditional SLC shorthand symbol while the smaller sister model of the SLS could pick up the prestigeous SLR badge that was not too long ago owned by a moderately successful sports car co-developed with McLaren. 'Trax provides Chevrolet an entry into a growing small SUV segment and delivers the flexibility, great fuel economy and car-like handling that urban explorers require,' said Susan Docherty, president and managing director of Chevrolet Europe. So, our car… The new 2.2D-only ￡30,950 SE does without sat-nav or a full leather interior (both of which private and company car buyers consider crucial) and the ￡43k Portfolio trim is preposterously expensive, which leaves the middling Luxury and Premium Luxury models. In the 3.0D there’s an equal split between the two, but besides Luxury’s electric seats, climate control, sat-nav, Bluetooth, cruise control, parking sensors and rain sensing wipers, Premium Luxury adds better leather, a better sound system, bigger wheels (18s – and they still look too small), a driver’s seat that moves in a multitude of extra ways, and heated and electric and dimming mirrors. Add most of that lot to Luxury and you may as well go for Premium Luxury – which is what we’ve done. The A3 is at the vanguard of the latest round of Golf-class VW Group car s, and underpinned by the versatile MQB architecture. Scaleable from Polo to Passat size, and offering a 40kg weight saving over current equivalents, MQB will underpin a projected three million cars per year once the platform transition is complete. That's an awful lot of new models. Chinese car maker Youngman has publicly confirmed a bid, and Indian manufacturers Tata and Mahindra & Mahindra are rumoured to have thrown their respective hats into the ring. Administrators are currently reviewing the proposals but even if every penny of Saab's assets were sold, a $1.5 billion debt would remain on the books.