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Toyota Auris revised and Icon Plus trim added – price from £14,495

The 2014 Toyota Auris (pictured) gets a bit of a makeover Toyota has decided it’s time to make a few tweaks to the Auris – nearly 2 years on from its debut –  so both the Hatch and Estate are getting changes, the hybrid version gets more trim options and there’s a new trim level – Auris Icon Plus. The Auris Icon Plus comes with a new set of 16″ alloys, privacy glass, folding electric door mirrors and the option of a new Tungsten Blue Metallic. Inside, the Icon Plus gets heated front sports seats, the new Toyota Touch 2 with SatNav and cruise control (but only on the petrol and hybrid versions.

German custom shop creates vinyl wrap celebrating Ayrton Senna

It was 18 years ago on May 1 that Ayrton Senna crashed his Williams Formula One car and died during the San Marino Grand Prix. German customizer Cam Shaft is celebrating the man on the anniversary of his demise with a new vinyl wrap for an old Lotus Esprit. Senna drove for the Lotus team from 1985 to 1987 in the notable black-and-gold John Player Special Lotus 97T.

SsangYong Korando heralds SsangYong’s return to the UK

SsangYong Korando sees SsangYong back in the UK If you choose to think about the Korean takeover of the car sales charts in the last few years, you tend not to think of SsangYong. But maybe that will change with the arrival in the UK from September of the all-new SsangYong Korando, a compact SUV come Crossover aimed at its compatriots – the Hyundai ix35 and Kia Sportage. How will it get on?