
Suzuki’s new Alto is the 7th incarnation of this Vitara derivative and they start out at an attractive price of £7,155. But of course if we take in to account the scrappage scheme then an awful lot of motorcar can be obtained for not a lot of money

Hybrids, all-electric, or hydrogen-fuelled cars are the immediate future of motoring – and new models are popping up thick and fast. Motoring Editor Sharon Walters takes a look at some of the weird and wonderful models on offer.

It’s a bit like having deja vu these days when you get in some cars. You know you haven’t driven one before but they seem so familiar. That’s because so many are the result of close collaboration between manufacturers, writes Sharon Walters.
Daihatsu’s street-smart Materia is certainly standing the test of time – two years on from its initial launch, it is still turning heads. But that isn’t purely down to funky, cutting-edge looks, writes Ian Vaughan.
There comes a time in the world of ever-upsized cars when you reckon there’s simply no need for anything bigger, writes Ian Donaldson.
Scott Moran of Ludlow has won the British Hill Climb Championship for the second successive year in 2009. Scott, aged 33, from Ludlow, driving his Gould single seater racing car, won the title with several rounds of the championship still to go
It races from 0-62mph in a fraction under seven seconds, before reaching a top speed of 146mph. It’s acceleration, even in the middle range, is ferocious. The John Cooper Works convertible is, quite simply, scintillating to drive, says Andy Richardson.
With the scrappage-scheme spotlight also pointed purposefully at cheaper small cars and superminis, it’s little wonder that the Seat Exeo saloon didn’t make motoring headlines and sneaked in this spring largely unnoticed, writes Phil Vaughan.
At its launch in early 2006, the Volvo C70 broke new ground as the world’s first four seater convertible with a retractable hard top. Three years on, the new volvo C70 coupe/convertible has a refreshed design to give the car a new look, roof up or down.
Next month the new Discovery 4 and Range Rover Sport will be in Shropshire showrooms.