Engineers at the German...
Engineers at the German brand will be getting their knuckles rapped, because our spies have caught the next X5 off-roader on film, too. This is the best picture yet of the newcomer, and the barely disguised prototype’s distinctive headlights plus chunky front bumper are clearly visible.
Music or performance...
Music or performance – that’s the choice from these two new special editions of the Peugeot 207.
First up is the m: play, which is powered by a 1.4-litre petrol engine. It offers built-in MP3 compatibility thanks to a connection hidden in the glovebox. Priced from ÷£10,645, the car comes as a three or five-door in a choice of colours: Flamenco Red, Lacerta Green and Neysha Blue.
The second 207 is the 1.6-litre Sport XS THP 150. This turbocharged model can sprint from 0-60mph in 8.7 seconds and return 40.3mpg on the combined cycle. Weighing in at ÷£13,995, it’s a three-door only, and available in Bianca White or Aegean Blue. The car is based on Sport trim, and adds a variety of equipment to that version’s standard spec, inclu÷ding 17-inch alloys, a colour-coded rear bumper, spoilers front and back and a full leather interior in black.
CONFECTIONER Cadbury decided back in the early Nineties that using cars as mobile ads would be a great way to promote its Creme Eggs. So the Midlands firm built a trio of promotional vehicles on the chassis of tiny Bedford Rascal vans.
These had their bodies removed and, in their place, car-sized Creme Eggs were constructed in glass fibre. Drivers looked out through a two-piece windscreen, while elaborate mirrors aided rear vision, as the pointed tail had no screen. The road-legal Creme Egg-mobiles pounded the UK network for years.