New Car: 2008 Peugeot 207 SW

If you’re thinking about buying a Peugeot 207 supermini the choice is about to get even more confusing.

There are already three-door and five-door hatchbacks with everything from 1.4-litre diesel engines up to a 173bhp 1.6-litre turbocharged petrol motor, along with the coupe-convertible 207 CC.

And now there's an estate version, too, the 207 SW, which goes on sale in the UK on 1 July.

The SW has the same wheelbase as its hatchback siblings, but is 119mm longer and 38mm taller. That helps give it a respectable 325 litres of cargo space with the seats up (55 more than the hatch) and 1410 litres with the seats down.

The 207 SW will be available with 89 or 109bhp 1.6-litre diesel engines, a 94bhp 1,4-litre petrol or a 118bhp 1.6-litre engine. All come with a five-speed gearbox. The small station wagon will be marketed as a 2008 year model.

Prices and exact specifications will be announced nearer to the car's launch.

Toyota Corolla Pricing Announced (US)

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., announced manufacturer's suggested retail prices (MSRP) today for the 2008 Corolla compact sedan and 2008 Corolla Matrix crossover utility vehicle. Both vehicles arrive at dealerships this month.

Toyota Corolla continues to win customers with its dependability, fuel efficiency, and outstanding value. Corolla is the world's best-selling car with more than 30 million sold units over four decades. In the U.S., Corolla continues to lead sales in its segment and recently set an all-time best-ever month in May 2007.

The MSRP will increase $100 on all grades of both Corolla and Corolla Matrix, which represents a 0.6% increase.

2008 COROLLA:

CE (Manual):

$14,405

CE (Automatic):

$15,205 S

(Manual):

$15,450 S

(Automatic):

$16,250 LE

(Manual):

$15,615 LE

(Automatic):

$16,415

2008 COROLLA MATRIX:

Standard (Manual):

$15,510

Standard (Automatic):

$16,310 XR

(Manual):

$16,990 XR

(Automatic):

$17,820

More On The 2007 Renault Twingo

The Renault Twingo will go on sale in France, Italy and Germany but the supermini will go on sale in September in other European countries.

For the first time it will be sold in the UK but specification aren't known at the moment.

The car is currently being built in Slovenia. The photos are showing production cars outside the plant.

Fiat 500 Out In The Wild

This is the first proper photo of the 2008 Fiat 500 without any camouflage. Recently lots of production vehicles were caught wearing black heavy disguise.

The 500 will go on sale in Italy this July and sale will follow for rest of Europe but British customers have to wait until summer 2008 to get their hands on this city car.

More On The 2007 Ford Mondeo

The new Mondeo has just gone on sale in the UK on the 17th May ahead of rest of Europe. Here are some pictures of the variants offered; hatchback (yellow/gold and blueish), black sedan and grey-ish station wagon.

New Car: 2008 Renault Laguna III

Renault have revealed their next Laguna with these first official pictures. The production vehicle looks similar to the undisguised prototypes that have been snapped all round the world.

More info will be posted when we receive some.

More pictures will be at our forums at: http://forumcotf.proboards78.com/index.cgi

Kia Goes On A Sporting Spree

The Kia Sportage will undergo a facelift in 2008. These photos are showing a test mule testing in South Korea. The current Sportage has been on the market since 2005.

The Sportage's sister SUV, Hyundai Tucson could also undergo a facelift too but no prototypes have been sighted yet. This also came onto the market in 2005.

Although this is very fresh news there is no information on the SUV's just yet.

Vauxhall/Opel Meriva Spied!

The very first spy photos of the next Meriva have now surfaced. Caught parked on a trailer this test mule is based on a shortened platform of the Zafira. If you take a closer look by the wing mirror you will notice the missing window that is usually on the Zafira. The thick side door disguise is hiding the prototype's styling.

There are no interior shots but the car in front of this test mule (not the car that is towing the mule) is the current Meriva. The rear badges have been taken away and it seems like the engineer is in on this as a photos of the engine was taken saying "Ecotec". This could imply the next Meriva could be available in hybrid. As the car pulled away, the photographer (not professional) followed it but the pictures are very similar to the one's that are posted here.

Not much is known about this mini-mpv but expect it to go on sale in 2009.

Want A Golf SUV....

Well here it is. We capture the VW Tiguan undisguised for the first time. The Tiguan has been spotted testing in Arizona, America and Germany.

Hopefully Volkswagen will unveil the Tiguan SUV at this years Frankfurt Motorshow.

The new small SUV will target premium brands like BMW, Audi and Land Rover with their small SUV's otherwise it will be the Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4, Vauxhall/Opel Antara etc.

Expect low-emission's from the diesel models. The Tiguan will go on sale in 2008.

Renault Laguna III Undisguised

Here we have some more spy photos of the next Renault Laguna undisguised. Some official teaser photos have been lurking on the internet only revealing the interior and rear lights. More official pictures will be released next week.

The new Laguna was criticised because of its unusual styling but I seem to like it...

In the pipeline will be 2 new variants; coupe and a mid-sized SUV based Laguna.