Vehicle Profile: Mini R56

BMW introduced an all-new, second generation of the Hardtop/Hatch Mini model in November 2006, on a re-engineered platform incorporating many stylistic and engineering changes. It uses the Prince engine, the architecture of which is shared with PSA Peugeot Citroën and is designed to be more cost-effective and fuel-efficient.Though the Mk II has a familiar look, every panel on the new car was changed from the previous model. New pedestrian impact safety requirements lead to an overall length increase by 60 millimetres (2.4 in) and the bonnet raised, to create more space for the front end to yield in case of impact.

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Vehicle Profile: Renault Megane II

The Renault Mégane is a small family car produced by the French car manufacturer Renault for model year 1996, and was the successor to the Renault 19. The Mégane has been offered in three and five door hatchback, saloon, coupé, convertible and estate bodystyles at various points in its lifetime, and having been through four generations is now in its fifth incarnation.

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Vehicle Profile: Kia Sportage III

The Kia Sportage is a lineup of sport utility vehicles manufactured by the South Korean manufacturer Kia since 1993. Since 2004, the Sportage has been categorized as a compact crossover SUV, while previously it occupied the compact SUV class. It slots between the Seltos or Niro and the three-row Sorento in Kia’s SUV lineup, and having been through four generations is now in its fifth incarnation.

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Vehicle Profile: Renault Trafic, Vauxhall Vivaro, Nissan Primastar

The Renault Trafic is a light commercial van produced by the French automaker Renault since 1980. It is also marketed as the Nissan Primastar and the Vauxhall Vivaro.The second Trafic resulted from a joint venture between German Vauxhall, Japanese Nissan, and French Renault. It is also sold as an Vauxhall Vivaro and Nissan Primastar.

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Vehicle Profile : Volkswagen Golf VII

The Volkswagen Golf Mk7 (IE: Golf VII) is a small family car produced by German automobile manufacturer Volkswagen, as the seventh generation of the Golf and the successor to the Golf Mk6. It was introduced in Berlin on 4 September 2012, before a public launch at the 2012 Paris Motor Show and marketed for the 2013 model year in hatchback, van, and station wagon versions.

The Golf Mk7 uses the same MQB platform as the third-generation Audi A3, SEAT León and Škoda Octavia. At its introduction in 2013, it won the Car of the Year Japan Award, the first time it was awarded to a European product.

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