One for the petrol-heads
	THIS year's British International Motor Show, which runs from today until August 3, offers visitors 23 global vehicle debuts, more than 50 UK debuts and in excess of 600 new and classic cars from 60 vehicle manufacturers.

	A white touch
	IT'S great to see the return of white as a mainstream colour for cars.

	Latest coupé has lots of style
	PEUGEOT has revealed details of its latest coupé cabriolet - the 308 CC.

	Kuga leaps into the 'crossover' market
	THE "family car with occasional off road ability and high seating position" (more commonly known as a "crossover") is a niche that Ford just could not resist slotting a model into. Hence its new Kuga.

	Italian for grown-ups
	I WAS in the garden centre recently and there, on a rather forlorn display for Father's Day, was a book titled Midlife Crisis Cars.

	Bike licence set to change
	SUMMER is finally here - and you can't help but notice the amount of motorcycles that have appeared on our roads since the first hint of sunshine.

	A day in the life of an AA patrol man
	Simon Reeve spends a day with a patrol man from the Basingstoke-headquartered AA

	Garland gains Skoda success
	A COMPANY which serves customers from around north Hampshire has been honoured at a top industry event.

	New naked Suzuki has nothing to hide
	THERE are icy patches on the roads, the temperature is hovering around freezing and I'm riding a £9,000 motorcycle with 180bhp.

	Driven to be more green
	THE staff at Basingstoke Volvo dealership Alan Gibson Ltd have been trying to become as "green" as possible with the increasing awareness of climate change and the need to conserve energy and reduce pollution.

	Mazda supermini is simply outstanding
	MAZDA'S latest supermini, the Mazda2, has just been voted World Car of the Year 2008.

	Alfa cooks up a new dealership
	MORE than 100 guests were offered a taste of "la dolce vita" as Italian celebrity chef Aldo Zilli prepared a gourmet feast at the official opening of the family-run Tony Purslow Alfa Romeo dealership in Houndmills, Basingstoke.

	Ford remains focused
	JUST as "nobody ever got fired for buying IBM" (so the saying goes), nobody was ever disapp-ointed buying a Ford.

	i30 offers value for money
	FOR some car makers, creating an estate involves little more than grafting a boxy back end onto a hatchback and hoping for the best.

	The flavour of France
	PEUGEOT'S 307 was voted International Car of the Year in 2002 - a title it stole from under the nose of the revived BMW Mini - and Peugeot managed to sell three million of them across the world.

	King of the company castle
	THE Vauxhall Astra has returned to the top of the UK's most wanted company cars list in 2007 for the first time since 2001.

	Nissan gets adventurous
	NISSAN is celebrating its involvement as a major sponsor and partner of adventure-based sports and events across the globe under the Nissan Sports Adventure campaign with a range of adrenaline-packed, sports adventure-themed special edition vehicles.

	Volvo is sporty but safe
	VOLVO'S C30 is a known and liked quantity around the offices of motoring.

	Exclusive club offers a choice of supercars
	CLUB Velocitá is a brand-new organisation that bills itself as "The Ultimate Supercar Club".