Motors in Hitchin

Hello and welcome to the latest in our series Hitchin Nub News' Car of the Week: This week we're featuring The Car Agents' BMW 620D M SPORT GRAN TURISMO.

Hello and welcome to the latest in our series Hitchin Nub News' Car of the Week: This week we're featuring The Car Agents' LAND ROVER DISCOVERY TD6 HSE 7 SEATER.

Hello and welcome to the latest in our series, Hitchin Nub News' Car of the Week: This week we're featuring The Car Agents' Land Rover Discovery SDV6 Landmark.

Hello and welcome to our new series, Hitchin Nub News' Car of the Week - for our second exciting weekly feature we're showcasing TCA's BMW X3 - find out more.

Hello and welcome to a brand new series, Hitchin Nub News' Car of the Week - to kick-off this exciting weekly feature we're showcasing TCA's Land Rover Defender.

Big-value brands are big news. Just as Aldi, Lidl and Primark are thriving, so too is car maker Dacia. It's models cost thousands less than the equivalents from the big-selling brands.

Now its attention has been turned to the electric car market, with the Spring. This isn't a boring hatchback or tiny city car; instead it's a modern looking baby SUV.

Performance car fans know that the Octavia vRS is a car you shouldn't underestimate. For years, it's offered VW Golf GTI performance in a more practical body shape - with a lower price tag. But now the vRS has shifted up a gear with this plug-in hybrid version.

The iV version of the vRS uses a 1.4-litre turbocharged petrol engine mated to a 113bhp electric motor and a 13kWh battery. The power is sent to the front wheels through a six-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox, and in the Skoda total power is a pretty pokey 242bhp.

Drivers are soon set to be allowed to take their hands off the wheel and eyes off the road on motorways in the UK, the government has just announced. It's the long awaited first move to autonomous driving that all the major car firms have been working on for years.

The ground-breaking plans will allow hands free driving in cars fitted with lane keeping technology on traffic-filled motorways at speeds up to 37 mph.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has finally confirmed rumours that the prized Supercharger network will be available for all electric car drivers within a few months.

In a Tweet replying to a customer, he said; "...we're making our Supercharger network open to other EVs later this year."

Nissan has revealed its replacement for the pioneering e-NV200 electric van. Called the Townstar, it will be available with both petrol and electric powertrains but there won't be a diesel - a real milestone for a commercial vehicle.

The van is based on the Renault Kangoo, with an electric variant which Nissan is really throwing its weight behind. Using a 90kW electric motor linked to a 44kWh battery, the firm says that the electric Townstar is capable of travelling for up to 177 miles between charges, with a 0-80 per cent top-up taking 42 minutes via rapid CCS charging. This is a significant improvement over the 124 miles of the eNV. Load space is fractionally larger too, ans 4.3 cubic metres.