If you ever doubted the rampant downsizing that’s going on among the British car-buying public, I’ve got the proof for you. Vauxhall is to launch not one but two new models that will be smaller than the Corsa. That’s the Corsa which already falls into what the industry calls the Supermini category.

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Last week I talked about ‘global cars’, the theory that a manufacturer can create a single model of a certain size that will appeal to buyers right across the planet. It’s the Holy Grail for them because it means production costs can be kept to a minimum. In turn that means a competitive price for [more]

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