Seventy years after the original, a new Land Rover Defender Hardtop has been added to the latest model range with diesel engines and automatic transmission only.
Seating three people up-front, the rear seats have been replaced by a lengthened loadbed with side access and a side-hinged rear door providing 1,355 and 2,059 litres of cargo space in short or long wheelbases from £35,820 OTR (ex. VAT) in the UK, and Defender 110 Hard Top available from £43,012 OTR (ex. VAT).
Suzuki will next spring introduce a new 2-seater light-commercial vehicle version of its lightweight off-roader, the Jimny.
To further meet the needs of professionals, the new Jimny light commercial vehicle model comes with an enlarged luggage compartment of 868 litres with the rear seat removed, a flat floor and safety cargo partition, after the Suzuki Carry Pickup left the UK market in the early 1980s and the van a short while later.
Renault and Nissan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Uber with the aim of electrifying its customers’ journeys in Europe by 2025.
The companies will now explore a strong partnership to provide partner drivers on the Uber App with affordable electric vehicles in European markets, notably in the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands and Portugal after a successful pilot between Nissan and Uber in the UK.
Peugeot has extended its PRIDE family and friends offers to the UK’s emergency services, having already added NHS employees and the country’s teachers to the scheme.
The offer entitles emergency service workers – regardless of their role – to an exclusive offer on a brand new Peugeot, which they can configure and order online from the comfort of their home.
The British Motor Museum, Gaydon, is staging an on-line Metro at 40 exhibition.
It celebrates the car’s anniversary and is 30 years after the later launch of the Rover Metro, and happens alongside the 50th anniversary of the Range Rover.
The UK could be preparing for a new wave of post-lockdown babies, as 1 in 3 couples (32%) admit to having more ‘intimate time’ with their partner during lockdown.
Auto Trader reported a 28% increase in interest for popular family cars year on year, with SUVs, MPVs and estates seeing a combined increase of 164,855,773 ad-views year on year and car buyers’ interest naturally dipped during the beginning stages of lockdown in April, but came roaring back in the past two months leading to the expectation of the trend continuing into September where buyers will want to snap up the newest number plates and even preparing for larger families come the end of 2020.