Tuesday

World Cup fever hits car dealerships (UK)

The football World Cup starts next month – and along with the globe's top teams battling it out on the pitch, it also brings the chance of winning a car from Kia or Toyota.

World Cup sponsor Kia has a free prize daw for a Soul 2 running between 17th May and 11th July. Simply pop in to one of the UK's 150+ Kia dealers and you could win one of the £11,500 cars.


Four Toyota and Lexus dealers in Yorkshire are each stumping up an iQ city-car in another giveaway that's open to the first 1,000 people who take a test drive.

It's a bit more complicated than the Kia competition, however, because the dealers are also asking entrants to guess the scores in each of the group matches England is playing against the USA, Algeria and Slovenia.

Winners will be selected at random in the event of more than four of the test-driving football pundits coming up with the correct scores. Click here or here for more information.

Opel’s UK division, Vauxhall has come up with England flag stickers and door mirror caps for the 3dr Corsa if you want to get in the mood and show your support for the team.

The makeover is available from dealers now and costs £149 including VAT and fitment.