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THE Smart Roadster's production run will soon end, and the firm has just put on sale a Finale edition of the 0.7 litre compact sports car. The special model has 17in alloy wheels, metallic paint, air-con, cockpit clock and rev counter, starter switch integrated in gear shift lever, audio package and exclusive colours. The Roadster Finale is pounds 13,990 and the Coupe Finale pounds 14,690.

THE all-new Volvo S80 range is due in showrooms in July and will be priced from pounds 24,375 to pounds 41,725. It has five trim levels, including the addition of a new SE Sport trim. There's a choice of five engines, from a 2.4 litre diesel to a range-topping petrol V8 all-wheel drive.

FIAT Auto's new Grande Puntomade an impression with UK customers in March, its first full month of sales. This success has helped make Fiat the fastest growing volume brand in the UK with sales up 64 per cent on last March.

ANOTHER big diesel for luxury cars is on the way, this time from Ford. The firm is making a premium V8 diesel engine at Dagenham with around 266bhp. Ford will tell us later this year exactly which models will take the new power plant.

A SERIES of spring offers are going at Hyundai dealerships on the Getz supermini, Matrix mid-MPV and Coupe model ranges. Deals include cashback, price cuts and three years' free servicing, and the arrival of the new Santa Fe 4x4 in Hyundai showrooms means there are savings on the old model.

IF Easter brought a jackpot win on the Lottery, remember Rolls-Royce has just launched the new, extended wheelbase 6.8 litre Phantom limousine for pounds 254,000.