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Electric car sales DOWN 20% in 2012 – time to scrap subsidies for EVs?

The SMMT are reporting that sales of electric cars in the UK have fallen by 20 per cent in the year to date (2012). Despite every green evangelist proclaiming that electric cars are the way to save the planet from imminent doom, UK car buyers obviously disagree. Despite a taxpayer bribe of £5000 to buy an over-priced electric car, car buyers have not exactly taken to the EV in droves.

Daihatsu D-X

Previews of new models to be unveiled at December's Tokyo Auto Show are now coming thick and fast. The latest additions to the list come from Daihatsu who will launch three new concepts under the slogan of ‘Big Answer from Small' at the show. The first of these is the D-X or ‘D-Cross'.

Ford Kuga at 2012 Geneva motor show

This is the new Ford Kuga, unveiled on the eve of the 2012 Geneva motor show. The new Ford Kuga was previewed by the Vertrek concept, and we’ve already seen it in production form as the Escape 4x4 for the North American market, but it’s finally here in European guise. So what can you tell me about the new Ford Kuga?