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Dacia Duster SUV leads Dacia in to record-breaking first year UK sales

The new Dacia Duster (pictured) should add to Dacia’s impressive sales We’ve all become aware that the car market in the UK has polarised, with mainstream makers struggling to keep their market share and premium and budget brands growing sales strongly. But despite that, no one really thought that Dacia – Renault’s budget brand – could create a significant market for itself with its “Shockingly Affordable” range of cars. But it has.

Vote: Guess this car review, episode 2

Last week we brought you a few mystery car reviews and asked you to guess which vehicle was being reviewed. The response was great and we want to say congrats to @GoldGunsCars, @kokiousis, @buckar00 and @aol_wshutton, who all guessed correctly. The three reviews were of the Porsche Cayenne, Mercedes S55 AMG and Ford Focus SVT, all from 2004.

Honda future products: Civic relaunch precedes new CR-V, Accord

The next year is huge for Honda and it begins with a do-over--the fall relaunch of the redesigned Civic that was derailed by the March earthquake. A new CR-V arrives this winter and a redesigned Accord, which will be slightly smaller than the current model, follows next spring. Those three products represent about 70 percent of the brand's U.S.