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  Plenty of Variety in Monday Auction 9 Apr 2001 (News)
  that looked like it had seen a fair few carpark grands prix bid to just £575. A 140,000 mile 85C Golf GTi 5-door with a sunroof and PPP alloys stuck at £225. Bidding for a 104,000 mile 92K facelift Peugeot 405 2.0 SRi ran out of enthusiasm at £700. But a 76,000 mile 90G VW Golf 1.6 Driver
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  Peugeot Reveals Prices and Specs of 3008 31 Jul 2009 (News)
  Energy Saver Tyres, rear parking aid, cruise control with speed limiter, RD4 Radio / single CD player with MP3 playback, portable load area light and cargo net, height adjustable driver and passenger seats, rear heating and air-conditioning vents, Look Pack (exterior body colour coding), Dynamic roll
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  Campervanning: Is winter the new summer? 17 Mar 2015 (News)
  a California or any other sort of compact recreational vehicle, especially with a young family in tow: A site with good reviews is essential. See the Camping and Caravan Club or Trip Advisor An electrical hookup is preferable, but not vital – somewhere near places of interest
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  Skoda Greenline II Range of Models Put to the Test 15 Feb 2011 (News)
  economy figure of 83.1mpg. However, they were honest enough to put this to the test by setting up a competition over a 26-mile route involving real traffic, real roundabouts and real hills. The driver achieving the best economy could win an i-pad. So off
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  Today's Motor Show News 26 Jul 2008 (News)
  , at the Motor Show’s Marine Experience, one of the fastest-growing forms of marine sport. Thundercats race at speeds of close to 60mph, crewed by a driver who has the “easy” job of steering and accelerating and the co-pilot who shifts their weight about the boat trying to keep
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  Eighty classic and competition cars to go under the hammer at Race Retro 18 Feb 2019 (News)
  1956 BMW 502 V8 cars produced is guided at £25,000 to £30,000. Driven by many famous racing drivers including Marc Surer and 1980 F1 World Champion, Alan Jones, the post-war saloon offers unique access to the glamour of Goodwood while remaining a rare and stylish road car
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  Turbo-era tribute for Race Retro show 15 Jan 2019 (News)
  Can-Am Championship South African driver and later Formula One World Champion, Jody Scheckter, raced the fearsome Vasek Polak Porsche 917/10 powered by a 5.0-litre flat-12 engine. Visitors to Race Retro will have the opportunity to admire this fascinating slice of Porsche’s motorsport
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  Councils net £847 million in parking fines and charges 9 Jan 2019 (News)
  profit has not been spent making road conditions better for drivers, as the amount the council budgeted on road services increased just 1.5 per cent over the same period in time. Leicester City Council also came out poorly in the report with its parking income rising from £631,000
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  Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 set for Autosport auction 4 Jan 2019 (News)
  wheels, distinctive fibreglass front bumper and iconic ducktail spoiler. The powerful 2.7-litre engine with Bosch mechanical fuel injection, Type 915 five-speed manual transaxle, powerful four-wheel disc brakes and fully independent suspension provide the driver with a car that offers brilliant
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  Mondeo turns 25 - but 1990s classic is dying out 22 Nov 2017 (News)
  model. Masterminded by engineering genius Richard Parry-Jones, it drew a line in the sand. On one side was a series of terrible-handling cars wearing a blue oval; on the other side was the new Mondeo - a car that taught drivers that they could have excellent steering and handling, a quiet cabin
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  Jaguar unveils first continuation XKSS 22 Nov 2016 (News)
  knobs on the XKSS dashboard, is precisely as it would have been in 1957. Minor specification changes have been made only to improve driver and passenger safety. Customer vehicles will be hand-built beginning this year, and it is estimated that 10,000 man hours will go into building each
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  Surprising and delightful vehicles in Historics 26th November Classic Auction 3 Nov 2016 (News)
  Jeep. In 2008, this one underwent a total nut and bolt restoration including the fitting of a more effective servo assisted braking system, 12-volt electrics and halogen headlamps, making it a viable daily driver. Unusually for such a collectible car it’s offered at no reserve. More about
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  A Grand Monday: Lada Samara 10 Oct 2016 (News)
  chassis and comfortable cabin, the Lada was pretty horrific. Ponderous handling, dreadful understeer, plastics that would warp and fall off in the heat and the most comical seat adjustment mechanism known to man, which would move the base of the seat in a rainbow-style arc only, and give the driver
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  Super Rare Apollo Buick Among Spectacular New Entries to Historics 11th June Brooklands Auction 18 May 2016 (News)
  'Motor Trend' and 'Car and Driver' as a kid back in the early 1960s. The creation of Californian Milt Brown, the Apollo Buick GT featured the all aluminium GM Buick Special V8 that was later sold off to Rover because it was too expensive for GM to produce. This was linked to a Borg Warner 4
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  Addison Lee Fits Michelin Cross Climate Tyres to 5,000 Private Hire Cabs 12 Nov 2015 (News)
  the fantastic results in testing. Achieving this level of traction and on-road performance in all weather conditions is a key consideration with a passenger and courier fleet like ours. Braking performance is paramount in an inner-city environment for the safety of our drivers and passengers, as much
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  Five Grand Friday: Audi A4 Cabriolet 14 Aug 2015 (News)
  along with a Bose sound system. As you can see, it looks well cared for with no wear on the driver's seat or side bolster. The back seats look like they've never been sat in. Although given the lack of rear legroom, that's hardly a surprise. Judging from the photographs, this looks like a very
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  Defender 2,000,000 to be sold at charity auction 23 Jun 2015 (News)
  . Inside, the leather seats also feature the ‘Red Wharf Bay’ graphic and ‘no 2,000,000’ logos have been stitched on the headrests. A bespoke aluminium plaque, signed by everyone who helped to assemble the vehicle is fitted to the driver’s seat plinth. On the front
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  Even Mrs B. is Plugging the Wheeler Dealers book 12 Apr 2015 (News)
  . My particular favourite is the 1945 Willys MB Jeep, because I had one as my second ever car (after a 1959 BMW Isetta that was also the subject of a Wheeler Dealers restoration.) I bought the Isetta for £18 from the local scrapyard, and the Jeep for £20 from a bus driver in Durham
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  'Run What Ya Brung' Drag Racing Beginners Day at Santa Pod 3 Dec 2012 (News)
  of the driver and car rather than on raw speed, which in turn makes victory much less dependent on large infusions of money, and more dependent on mechanical and driving skill, such as reaction times, shifting abilities, and ability to control the car. In each qualifying session you
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  New RenaultSport Clio to go Racing 16 Oct 2012 (News)
  a cornerstone of British circuit racing and has played a key role in the careers of some of the sport’s most successful touring car and sportscar drivers.  The previous generation Clio Cup was introduced in 2006 and has been highly successful with over 700 race cars sold.  Several