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Motor racing giant McLaren has just revealed its first ever brand new super car to go on general sale in 2011 – the MP4-12C.  The brand has been involved with the manufacture of cars before with BMW and Mercedes Benz but this is the first time a car has been produced that is all their own work.  The design of the car is undoubtedly influenced by McLaren’s racing experience and features the extensive use of the carbon fibre material used in its racing cars.  The car will no doubt be hi tec and will have a 3.8 litre V8 engine producing 600 horsepower.  Expect to pay in the region of £125,000 to £175,000.

The Frankfurt Motorshow will see the first unveiling of the brand new VW three-door polo.  Drawing inspiration from the shape of the five-door version, the new three door has a sleeker, more aggressive design, making it seem lower and wider than it actually is.  In addition to the usual features the new car will have air-conditioning as standard, 15-inch alloy wheels, an impressive six-speaker stereo with iPod connect and body-coloured door handles and mirrors. In addition to the choice of six different petrol and diesel engines, a new 1.2 turbocharged unit will also be available. The car will start production in late October will the first models being delivered in early 2010.

London’s first ever ‘car park campsite’ has been set up by Chevrolet in the middle of the city.  The campsite is nine floors up and offers spectacular views to the lucky campers who got a pitch at the site for just a penny.  The site is aimed at attracting UK families who were missing out on sights and sounds of the capital because of the expense involved.  A spokesperson from the socially responsible Chevrolet commented “it seems that children are missing out on a wealth of culture due to the cost of city breaks, which is a shame, especially when there is so much to see and do for free.”

Thanks to the introduction of the Government’s scrappage scheme it looks like the downward spiral of car production has slowed according to new SMMT figures for July 2009.  The figures show year-on-year production fell 18 % to 107,635 units, with year to date volumes down 45.8 % to 518,375 and SMMT Chief Executive Paul Everitt has even claimed that the UK motor industry is starting to stabilize.  Unfortunately the same can’t be sad for the van side of the market where production has fallen another 60%.  It seems that lack of demand and high stock levels will make van recovery production much much slower.

Cricketing mastermind Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff  has joined the leagues of people who accidentally fill their diesel 4 x 4s up with petrol after depositing the wrong fuel in his Volkswagen Touareg.  This may be a rather elementary mistake for someone who is currently king of the cricketing world and probably in line for a knighthood but he finds himself in illustrious company with Wayne Rooney admitting to the same mistake last year.  Apparently hundreds of people wrongly fill up their diesel cars every year which may seem like an innocent error but can lead to a repair bill up in the thousands or, like Flintoff, end up breaking down in the middle of rush hour.