British luxury car giant Bentley has unleashed its first ever 4X4 and pledged that the £160,000 Bentayga will be 'the most powerful, luxurious, and exclusive sports utility vehicle in the world'. Bentley hopes the new Bentayga will prove one of its biggest sellers by capitalising on the boom in luxury 4X4s among the world's super-rich.

British luxury car maker Rolls-Royce today took the wraps of a new £250,000 convertible that it is hailing as its 'sexiest' model ever. Rolls-Royce says its new four-seater 155mph soft-top was inspired by its famous 1950s Silver Dawn car and Anita Eckberg in classic film La Dolce Vita.

For school run mums who still hanker for a bit of motoring fun and dads who feel too young for a traditional saloon, Jaguar has today taken the wraps off its first 'family friendly' sports car. The new F-PACE is Jaguar's first ever sports utility 'crossover' vehicle and is designed to put the 'phwoar factor ' into the 4X4 market - with plenty of room for the kids.

An entrepreneurial student has set up a free-to-use parking ticket website which allows drivers to appeal their fine within seconds. Joshua Browder's donotpay.co.uk allows motorists to pick one of 12 reasons of defence, then enter the relevant details and send a custom generated appeal. He says it not only saves time, but also ensures drivers have the best possible chance of winning their appeals. He says motorists can generate appeals in less than a minute.

A month ago I arrived home from holiday to a letter from Islington Council. It had invented a problem that doesn't exist and come up with a solution in the form of massively extended parking restrictions. Islington appears to be using its CPZ as part of its self-serving quixotic tilt at the motorcar. I wonder whether that is actually legal?

They may not be the most lusted after cars on the road, but Britain's love affair with the humble supermini shows little sign of cooling. If you're in the market for a supermini, how do the big-selling little cars stack up? Russell Bray runs the rule over five of the UK's favourites.

Having test-driven one for a week, I'm impressed with Volvo's exceptionally striking, high-tech and nimble XC90 sports utility vehicle.  So are the neighbours, and our builders, who seemed to know more about it than I did.  This week, it also impressed judges at the motor industry's Oscars - the Auto Express Awards in London - at which it was named Car Of The Year and where it also took the prize for best large sports utility vehicle. 

One in three motorists pay over the odds for their car insurance - and the worst thing you can do is simply renew. We reveal ten tips to get the cheapest car insurance deal and show you the places to go to compare car cover and potentially save hundreds of pounds.

George Osborne has announced reforms to vehicle excise duty in the budget today, reducing the number of bands for new cars to three - zero, standard and premium. Elsewhere, he revealed new motors will need an MOT after four years rather than three and fuel duty would be frozen once more.

When the 30-year-old told them he had moved home, they hiked his car insurance by an extra £474 a year because they claimed it was a much more risky area. Effectively, it means that every step he takes away from his old home to his new adds 50p to his insurance. In all, his insurer, 1st Central, expected him to pay £1,100 a year.

Lesser known classic cars have seen the biggest gain in price during the last six months according to the latest index from expert valuation firm Hagerty. In the index, it says 23 cars have seen their value increase by more than 30 per cent and with three exceptions, these motors are all 1970s and 1980s classics, with the majority valued at under £100,000.

James Knight, head of Bonhams' motoring department, has been auctioning cars since 1984 and says he has never experienced a long-term downturn in the market. Here he passes on some of what he's learned.

Iconic cars on offer when the Stondon Museum collection was sold ranged from an Aston Martin Lagonda, to a Rover SD1 police car, and Ford Model T. But buyers could also pick up some even more exotic items, including a former Russian Army Soviet 4x4 Amphibious Battle Support Vehicle and a 1948 AEC Regent III RT London bus.

Land Rover is celebrating nearly seven decades of production at its Solihull plant by producing a unique Defender, the two-millionth Series Land Rover and Defender to roll off the line. And on 16 December 2015, Defender fans will be given the chance to own it when it is auctioned off at Bonhams auction house in New Bond Street, London.

The Woking-based sports car maker, which has been making vehicles commercially for just four years, said sales grew 67 per cent to £475.5m in 2014, due to strong worldwide demand, especially in the US, China and Europe. McLaren cars were snapped up by buyers in 30 countries through 71 retailers, including 248 of its P1 supercars which have a price tag starting at £1m.

I want to buy a nearly-new car and need to have seven seats but almost all that I look at are diesel. Not only do I not want a diesel car but I'm concerned that after years of being told they were cleaner, we're now being told they're more polluting. What should I buy?

Sales of electric and other 'green' cars have soared as drivers take advantage of low tax and running costs - and a £5,000 grant, new figures from the Department of Transport reveal. Buyers are attracted by a rise in the number of vehicles available, including cars such as BMW's i3, the top-selling Mitsubishi Outlander and , Tesla Model S.

More than 600 models of once much-loved cars are now on the brink of 'extinction' as the last of the line head towards the scrap-heap, new figures revealed today. Even cars which once dominated UK roads - such as the Austin 1100, Maestro and Allegro models, the Vauxhall Viva and Nissan Bluebird - are now down to their last few hundred.

Ex-Top Gear presenter James May is auctioning off a Porsche 911 he snapped up in 2007 after falling in love with it while recording a documentary. May bought the eighties classic while recording the Radio 4 documentary Speed, Greed and the M25 - using it to illustrate Thatcher's Britain's yuppies.

Lighter evenings, sunny weekends and a fast approaching British summer mean the number of drivers letting their car roof down is rising at a rapid pace. For those looking to join them, there are a number of bargain convertibles out available. Data compiled by used car website Motors for This is Money show that the number one selling used convertible at the moment is the Mercedes-Benz SLK.

One in three motorists pay over the odds for their car insurance - and the worst thing you can do is simply renew. We reveal ten tips to get the cheapest car insurance deal and show you the places to go to compare car cover and potentially save hundreds of pounds.

My wife and I want to borrow roughly £8,000 to buy a new car. We have a £2,000 deposit plus an old Passat to trade in, worth about £750. My question is do we go with the HP car finance on the forecourt, try to purchase with a personal loan as the rates seem to be better value or do we use PCP?