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Lexus IS 300h promises unrivalled ownership costs

The new Lexus IS - launched at Detroit in January and costing from £26,495 for the IS 250 in the UK – actually offers ownership costs that eclipse diesel offerings from the likes of Jaguar, BMW, Audi and Mercedes, say Lexus. Despite the logical assumption that the complex hybrid powerplant in the IS 300h would cost more to maintain, Lexus say the opposite is true. Because it has no clutch and the starter motor and alternator are integrated they require no servicing or replacement and Lexus has fitted a timing chain instead of a timing belt, so it won’t need regular replacement either.

What car should William and Kate drive to the wedding?

In case you live on a desert island and have managed to miss today’s Royal engagement news (yet can still mysteriously log on to CAR Online), Prince William and Kate Middleton have this morning announced their engagement. This got us thinking. The happy couple need a suitable set of wheels for the big day in spring or summer 2011, so who better to assist than CAR!

Range Rover Evoque Convertible unveiled

The Range Rover Evoque Convertible debuts at Geneva Land Rover has revealed the Range Rover Evoque Convertible, which will debut at Geneva. Land Rover say it’s a concept, but it looks like it’s heading for production. It may not be the world’s first SUV Convertible (that dubious honour goes the the Nissan Murano Convertible) but the Range Rover Evoque Convertible is certainly the world’s best looking SUV Convertible.