New Skoda Octavia vRS hatch & estate revealed

The 2013 Skoda Octavia vRS has been revealed (vRS hatch pictured) The Skoda Octavia vRS – the latest version of Skoda’s quick and appealing take on the VW Golf GTI – has been unveiled ahead of its debut at the Goodwood FoS in July, and it looks a cracker. Available as either a hatchback or estate – and as a diesel or a petrol – the Octavia vRS manages to repackage the Golf GTI and Golf GTD in to one Skoda, offering good performance (the vRS is a bit slower than the GTI to 62mph at 6.8 seconds but has a 2mph higher top speed), good looks and the promise of prices starting not much above £20k. The petrol vRS gets the Golf GTI’s 217bhp 2.0 litre TSI and the diesel vRS the 181bhp 2.0 litre TFI from the Golf GTD, both with a 6-speed manual gearbox as standard and a six-speed DSG as option, sports suspension, XDS differential, quicker steering and multi-link rear suspension.

2014 Jeep Wrangler Dragon Edition sparks a fiery interest among Jeep enthusiasts

Jeep introduced its new 2014 Wrangler Dragon Edition on Thursday as a limited-production model that will be featured in North American showrooms as early as this fall. First seen at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show, this new Wrangler sparked the interests of Jeep enthusiasts around the world with its striking black-and-bronze satin-gloss exterior and interior details, in addition to its suggested retail price of $36,095. Mike Manley, president and CEO of Jeep Brand, Chrysler Group, said that the release of the Dragon Edition Jeep has received tremendously positive feedback with its stunning and unique upscale design.

Cadillac ELR – a Chevy Volt in posh clothes – confirmed

The Cadillac Converj is going in to production as the Cadillac ELR When GM revealed the Cadillac Converj Concept at Detroit in 2009 it all looked very promising. But it came to nothing, despite rumours it was going in to production. But now it is going in to production, as the Cadillac ELR.