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Wacky Racers For French Urban Mobility Project

TOYOTA’S involvement in a new three-year urban mobility project in Grenoble, France promises to inject a little fun into what can be an otherwise dull undertaking. The trial scheme will see radical three-wheel Toyota i-Road and COMS four-wheel electric vehicles available for public car sharing on local journeys. Toyota is supplying 35 of each type of vehicle and is also contributing its Ha:Mo (harmonious mobility) system to manage the scheme day-to-day, following a model that’s already been successfully piloted in Toyota City in Japan.

Mazda MX-5 Venture Edition for the UK

The Mazda MX-5 Venture Edition comes as a coupe or convertible The Mazda MX-5 Venture Edition – available as Convertible or Coupe – is the latest MX-5 Special Edition for the UK. Starts at £18,995. The Mazda MX-5 gets the same sort of marketing as the MINI or Fiat 500, with seemingly endless MX-5 ‘Special Edition ‘ versions to drag punters in to showrooms.

£2,500 price cut for Subaru BRZ

Subaru has cut the retail price of its sporty BRZ coupe by nearly 10% to £23,995 on-the-road for the SE Lux model. The reduction from the previous £26,495 list price (effective from 1 May 2014) marks a £2,500 saving for customers. The price drop is in part related to the introduction of the firm’s performance flagship model, the WRX STI, which hits UK shores in May 2014.