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The blue oval has announced that despite the last few years of poor sales for all manufacturers, the recession and the tragedy in Japan, it has actually made massive profits.

The months of March and April are typically a slow one for car sales and car finance in the UK and a new report suggests the trend continues in 2011. The lull in sales will come as a blow to dealers who expected the slump, just not this early in the year.

For anyone who lives in city centres, you’ll probably be aware of The City Car Club, which operates in 14 cities and claims to be the world’s “greenest” club of its kind.

Aston Martin’s DB9 has been voted Britain’s favourite supercar, according to a survey by Manheim Auctions. The powerful coupe has been the top of most car finance buyers’ list since it launched back in 2004, and with Aston continually topping the ‘cool’ lists

Toyota has announced that the production cuts planned thanks to the horrific earthquakes and tsunami last month will continue until the end of the year. The problems are due to the factories struggling to reach normal production levels since the natural disasters.

Subaru likes to update its range quite often – especially the fire breathing Impreza - but there is a problem, and it’s with the Impreza itself. The last variation of the four-wheel drive monster just didn’t hit the mark.

There’s some sad news for all car finance fans today, as the world-famous designer Bijan Pakzad was pronounced dead on April 16th. According to reports, the designer who created special one-off versions of the Bugatti Veyron and Rolls Royce Drophead Coupe, suffered a stroke.

We’ve seen some odd car finance derived designs before, but this one has got to take the cake. The “Superbus” is an insane electric car/bus thing with an electric power plant, 16 gullwing doors, six wheels and the ability to carry 23 people.

The Indian car market is booming, and with BMW, Audi and Mercedes all battling for supremacy, it comes as no surprise that Aston Martin has announced a joint-venture with Performance Cars that offers Indian buyers some great car finance deals.

The internet and YouTube are like a married couple – often having rows, disagreements and lots of fun times together. And this week, we’ve found a video that was put on the site that has forced Chevrolet to recall over 2,500 cars in the U.S.

Any car finance buyer will be aware that the Jaguar XF saloon is one of the company’s finest efforts. With an incredible interior that is more 21st century vodka bar than the 16th century

Suzuki, the Japanese firm famous for motorbikes and small city cars, has announced an increased portfolio of ways to pay for the company’s most successful flagship, the Swift.

The Finance and Leasing Association (FLA) has announce figures from the month of February that show that car finance was down 14% compared to February 2010. It’s a blow that could be blamed on the governments VAT increase to 20% in the New Year, but will the trend continue?

BMW has finally announced the prices and performance figures of its flagship performance saloon, the M5. The new super-saloon will feature a twin-turbocharged V8 with over 550bhp and MPG figures that are 25% better than the outgoing V10 model.

Sales and car finance figures are down 7.9 percent compared to March 2010, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. And the news gets even worse when you consider that March is typically the busiest month of the year for traders.

The after-effects of the Tsunami in Japan are being felt in the UK as Honda and Nissan has had to either slow down or cease production at each of their respective plants.

Car finance fans who like supercars may be interested to learn that Ferrari is releasing a Ferrari book that covers its history and every car the company has ever made in vast detail.

Despite a well-publicised dodgy birth, Tata’s Nano seems to be gathering pace and selling well. The Indian outfit has decided to double its production of the small city car in a response to the last four months of high sales.

According to new figures released by the Society for the Irish Motor Industry, new car sales – including car finance – for the first three months of 2011 were up 47,996.

Consumers who are after a good car finance deal may be interested to know that Citroen’s DS3 is now a year old. Since the cars’ launch, Citroen has sold over 80,000 DS3s and, alongside this, has been dubbed Car of the Year by Top Gear.

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