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Order books don’t open until 4 December 2007, but Fiat’s sales team have been busy: a company insider has revealed over 1000 UK customers have put down deposits on the funky new 500.
The UK will get 15,000 Fiat 500s in 2008. A company spokesperson commented on the buzz surrounding the new model: “The number of [...]

We’re sat in the paddock, engine off, waiting for the official to give us the thumbs up.
Stefan, sitting patiently in full race splendour, taps his fingers on the thick steering wheel and turns to me, asking in his Black Country drawl: “Have you done this kind of thing before?”
Squirming nervously in the seat, I look [...]

 
It is no half measure to suggest that Gordon Brown is a busy man.
Aside from the small matter of running the country and the daily grind of politics, Mr Brown must also attend to the numerous petitions springing up on a daily basis, allowing members of the public to instigate change, correct perceived injustices and [...]

 
First stop: Ingolstadt.
Yorkshire-based firm Niche Conversions has created this monster TT - the Audi TTC, while Austrian firm OC.T gave the S3 a 70bhp shot in the arm, turning the small Audi into one of the quickest hot hatches on the market.

Accidents involving foreign lorries have dramatically increased in the past five years. 
Polish HGV accidents have risen more than eight-fold, from 361 in 2001 to 3,132 in 2006. While only one Lithuanian lorry was involved in an incident in 2001, there were 745 recorded in 2006.