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New car sales in UK still growing – up 14.8% April 2013. Driven by PPI Claims?

It is quite hard to fathom just how UK new car sales (well, registrations) continue to rise inexorably against a backdrop of otherwise stagnant economic activity, but they do. April 2013 has seen a total of 163,357 new car registrations, up a huge 14.8 per cent on April 2012 and the best figure since 2008, and these sales figures are not being driven by fleet buyers but by private motorists – private sector registrations grew by 32.3 per cent in April and are up by 15.2 per cent year to date. Not surprisingly, it’s the Superminis that are performing strongly – although all sectors are showing a rise – and it’s the Ford Fiesta that continues to be the best seller in the UK with sales of over 8,000 in April and over 42,000 so far in 2013, and the rise of superminis has also seen an increase in sales of petrol-engined cars thanks to the wave of small capacity, frugal petrol options.

Porsche Boxster Spyder (2010) – lots of new photos

Updated photo gallery of the Porsche Boxster Spyder below Porsche revealed the Boxster Spyder at the beginning of the month, together with a smallish set of photos and a video. But for Porsche fans out there the modest set of photos of the new Boxster Spyder were never going to be enough, so the good news is that Porsche has now sent us a full gallery of images of the Boxster Spyder for those of you who need more of a Spyder-Fix before the launch proper at the Los Angeles Motor Show next month. The Los Angeles Motor Show is probably the perfect location for Porsche to launch the Boxster Spyder.

Kia at 2009 Frankfurt motor show

By Tom Sharpe First Official Pictures 17 September 2009 14:00 Kia chose the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show to introduce its new hatchback-cum-SUV, the Venga. But attracting more attention were hybrid versions of two of the South Korean manufacturer’s other models, the just-facelifted Ceed and new Sorento. In two very different ways.