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All-new MINI dashboard goes mainstream (spy photo)

The all-new MINI – the third generation of the new MINI – is due later in 2013 and will be getting a more mainstream dashboard. Whatever you may think of the ‘new’ MINI – the one BMW make – it’s been a huge success. And it’s been a huge success because it’s managed to evoke the spirit of the original Issigonis Mini without being a pastiche.

New York motor show 2014: CAR's A-Z guide

By the CAR online team Motor Shows 04 April 2014 09:30 BMW M4 Convertible: drop-top M4 is 60kg lighter than the old V8 M3 Convertible Discovery Vision concept: design study thought to preview new seven-seat Disco S63 AMG coupe: two-doors, two turbos, and one headache for Aston Martin and Bentley

Retailers urged to cut fuel prices

FUEL RETAILERS have been urged to "immediately" ease pressure at the pumps by passing on a drop in wholesale prices to motorists. The RAC said a litre of unleaded petrol sold wholesale for 6p less since the end of August, while diesel was down by 2p a litre, giving petrol stations the power to lower prices on the forecourt. The car services company explained lower prices were due to a drop in oil prices since Syria agreed to sign an international treaty banning chemical weapons and the pound reaching a seven-month high against the dollar.