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This year (2009) looks set to break all records when it comes to the introduction of new car variants. CAP, the independent provider of new vehicle information, has reported that no less than 653 new car variants were added to their database during April.

This is reported to be the highest number of new car variants ever added in a single month. The underpinning reason for these introductions is the race to meet demand for lower CO2 emitting vehicles. 

CAP have reported that a total of 5,482 new variants were added to their database during the first four months of 2009 (up until the end of April). In 2003 a total of 5,092 new variants were added over the entire year. This means that if the current rate of introduction continues then there will have been 16,446 new entries by the end of 2009.

During April Volvo lead the field with 191 new variants introduced with Audi in close second place with 116 new variants. They were followed by BMW and Mercedes with 61 and 60 new variants respectively.

If you are hoping to upgrade to one of these new, low CO2 variants you would do well to consider car leasing as your primary finance option. With a minimal down payment and regular, fixed monthly repayments you could be driving a brand new car tomorrow.

Now, this may not be something that you would want to have in your car with your girlfriend, or even anyone else as a matter of fact, but for any Spider-Man geek, this is a must have essential for your spidey car.

A Spider-Man gadget holder will stick to your windshield by suction and can hold anything from your mobile phone, MP3 player or even food!

Image courtesy of slashgear.com

You can grab this for only $17!

Unfortunately, maybe fortunately for some people, you won’t get this funky accessory when you go looking for car leasing offers

One of the things that annoy me most when I’m taking a trip in my leased car and I have no idea of what the speed limit is because I am new to the local roads.

This problem can now be solved, sort of, Vauxhall has designed a front camera system that will take 30 photographs per second, analyse them, and using photo recognition, find out the speed of the road you are travelling on, admittedly this is not the best way of doing it because it is only good if you miss the sign and if there are no signs on the road then the car cannot tell you.

You would also think that there is a better way to do it, like GPS, however no automaker has come up with any other solutions.

This new system will be released in Vauxhall’s new Insignia sedan, and I can’t wait for it to be released for car leasing!