(June 8, 2015) LONDON — Nissan will broaden the appeal of its award-winning all-electric e-NV200 this summer with the UK launch of a versatile and practical seven seat version. The new model — the world’s first pure electric seven seater — is being introduced in response to huge interest from fleet operators and larger families keen to capitalize on the market-leading e-NV200’s low running and maintenance costs and zero emissions performance.

By Christopher A. Sawyer
The Virtual Driver

(June 8, 2015) It’s not often that you can move from dreaming about building a new sports car to actually doing it, but this may be one of those times. MMI, a privately owned U.K. automotive company founded and run by retired industrialist Martin Miles, bought the Strathcarron sport car project after that company failed more than a decade ago. His company oversaw the redesign and reengineering necessary to bring the car to a production-ready state.

(June 6, 2015) DETROIT — If a picture is worth a thousand words, GMC hopes consumers will have a lot to say about #GMCprecision, a new Instagram campaign that uses dramatic panoramic photography to illustrate the attention to detail in its vehicles.

The month-long campaign launched May 22, with GMC among the first automotive brands to create “PanoGrams” via the Instagram Carousel format that debuted earlier this year. It allows consumers to swipe through a series of photos in a single ad, similar to the way a traditional magazine publishes a multi-page spread of a single image.

(June 5, 2015) Volkswagen Retailers in the Untied Kingdom began taking orders for the new Sharan MPV ahead of first UK deliveries in October.  Prices for the new model start at £26,300 ($35,649).

The seven-seat people-carrier, the first generation of which was unveiled in 1995, has been refreshed and now features improved specification as well as a range of engines which all meet EU6 standards and are up to 15 per cent more efficient than those they replace.