SEAT Exeo Prices Confirmed - Prices Revealed

SEAT has announced pricing and specification details for its new Exeo saloon.
Available in April, the car will cost from £17,740 -  and will be offered in S, SE, Sport and range-topping SE Lux trim levels.

Drivers will be offered a choice of three engines, all of which will meet Euro V emissions standards.

Most popular will be the common rail turbodiesels producing 141 or 168 bhp, while flagship models will get a potent 198bhp turbocharged petrol.  All three cars get a six-speed manual gearbox.

Drivers Face Negative Equity - Investigation

NOSE-diving car prices mean thousands of UK motorists are being plunged into negative equity on their vehicle loans, Auto Express has discovered.

And the shortfall adds up to a huge £272million!

The problem affects buyers who opted for PCP finance – which totalled £2.13billion in 2006. These deals typically involve making a series of monthly instalments, then one final balloon payment after two years, to secure ownership of the car.

Energy Prices Set To Soar Again... - Fuel Prices

PETROL prices may be about to get pumped back up. After a slump in oil prices gave drivers a break from rocketing fuel bills, the OPEC cartel of oil-producing nations agreed a huge production cut to try to force crude values back up.

Output was slashed by 2.2 million barrels per day in a bid to push prices up from the current per barrel to around . When petrol reached an average level of 119.5p per litre in July, that figure was 7. But some analysts say plummeting demand brought about by the global economic crisis will prevent a price hike.