SEAT has unveiled the Altea Freetrack Prototype, a 4x4 concept based on its existing Altea hatchback.

At 185 mm higher than the Altea, the Freetrack has the same 250bhp 2.0 T FSI engine as the recently debuted in the new Leon Cupra. The model’s...

The most powerful diesel SUV on the market will be shown at the Geneva Motor Show next week.

The 335bhp Audi Q7 has a 4.2-litre V8 TDI, capable of hitting 62mph in just 6.4 seconds and with a top speed of 146mph. Power is transmitted through...

I’ve never really understood why anyone would buy a BMW X3. It’s by no means a bad car – far from it, in fact. Sure, early ones looked a bit funny, the ride was unforgivably choppy and the interior had been built by Romanian peasants earning three potatoes...

A vote to determine the introduction of emissions-based parking charges is going ahead dispite, a leading motoring organisations claims the move is nothing more than a cynical money-making scheme.

Larger vehicles in some of the capital’s...

The latest concept from Volvo has been unveiled - and continuing the current trend for genre mash-ups, it looks like a 4x4 coupe could be coming our way.

The design, which we are assured will form the basis of the new XC60, will be shown...

Volkswagen has unveiled an all-new concept compact 4x4 at the LA Auto Show – and for what passes as quick turnaround in the automotive world, it will go on sale by the end of next year.

The Tiguan, so named after the result of a poll of...

As PR stunts go, getting a Volkswagen Touareg to successfully tow a Boeing 747 is rather impressive.

The 155-tonne retired passenger liner - the very same one you can see in the background on Top Gear when they’re testing cars on the track...

Just when the world seems to be going cold (or should be hot?) on 4x4s, Peugeot has decided to produce its first ever SUV.

The 4007 is the result of co-operation between PSA Peugeot-Citroen and Mitsubishi, and it will be on sale sometime...

Range Rover’s new flagship diesel version will be the first production car to have a special system built in to prevent drivers filling the tank with petrol instead of diesel.

With modern diesel cars behaving more like petrol-powered vehicles...

It won’t really matter if Kia’s new cee’d model breaks down – it will sell with a monumental 7-year/150,000km warranty.

Simply put, that is the best warranty ever offered by any manufacturer for a car sold in the UK and Europe.

Comprising...

Mitsubishi has unveiled its renewed 4x4 line-up at the Paris Motor Show with the Euro debut of the all-new Outlander SUV and revised Shogun.

The Outlander, due in 2007, will go head to head with the likes of Toyota RAV-4 and Nissan X-Trail....

V-Dub’s new Touareg 4x4 has been revealed ahead of the Paris Motor Show - and it doesn’t look much different from the last one.

The biggest difference is at the front - a chrome-y new grille along with reshaped bonnet and bumper gives the new...

Punters will be able to pick Land Rover’s all-new Freelander 2 from £20,935 when it hits showrooms at the end of the year.

Rising to £33,990 for the fully pimped version, it had its debut at the British International Motor Show 2006 in London...

According to reports on the web, Toyota is getting ready to unveil a new sporty Yaris called the TS, to be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show at the end of September.

Under the bonnet of the small car will be a four-cylinder 1.8-litre Dual VVT-i...

Does Honda’s ambition know no bounds? Fresh from launching the all-new Civic and unveiling the Type-R, the all-conquering Japanese manufacturer will be lifting the lid on its new CR-V at the Paris Motor Show.

The September reveal will see...