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  A Grand Monday: Rover Montego Countryman 22 May 2017 (News)
  Countryman, too, not just a common or garden Montego estate. That means some nice wooden door cappings, a radio-cassette player, leccy windows, power steering and seven seats. The perfect car, then, for someone who spent their childhood being shuttled around in the boot of a clattery old Montego and wants
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  For sale: old M6, 27 previous owners, £2bn OVNO 12 Feb 2016 (News)
  . Despite that, the new owners have failed to stem the tide of losses and are now looking to recoup £1.9bn. At present it costs £5.50 for a car to use the road during a weekday, or £11 for an HGV. But despite the road stretching 27 miles from Coleshill to Cheslyn Hay, the distance
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  Toytota Comes Out Fighting For 2012 BTCC 28 Mar 2012 (News)
  The Toyota Avensis was never a racer. Until last year. Now, another action-fuelled season of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship begins this weekend, with the new-look Toyota Avensis BTCC car ready for racing in the hands of Toyota’s independent racers Frank Wrathall
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  A Grand Monday: Peugeot 406 23 Jul 2018 (News)
  , of course, doesn’t put the fleet-friendly Peugeot on the immediately endangered list, but survival numbers are in freefall as to most owners it’s a disposable old French family hack that’s just one expensive MoT test away from the breaker’s yard.  Give it another two
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  Goodwood to celebrate ‘young guns’ at 2012 Festival of Speed 31 Oct 2011 (News)
  in the 125cc motorcycle World Championship, and Lewis Hamilton, the youngest driver ever to win the Formula 1 World Championship. Goodwood Festival of Speed founder Lord March says:  “I am really looking forward to having so many great cars and drivers here at the Festival of Speed to celebrate our 2012
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  Hyundai gets into the funeral business, BMW's political roundel badges and a SEAT Leon with a 10,000-mile range 1 Apr 2010 (News)
  : Hyundai The arrival of a new car - especially a Hyundai - is certain to cause plenty of excitement for the new owner. However, even this elation is often tinged with a little sadness about the fate of the old car being left behind. Research by Hyundai has revealed that some such customers
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  MG launches approved used scheme 30 Aug 2012 (News)
  most of the cars in the programme will be less than a year old and with a reasonable mileage. They will be great buys for people wanting to get into an MG6 and the cars will still have the balance of the original warranty, AA European Breakdown Assistance and the higher spec models will have lifelong
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  Porsche offers free health checks 29 Sep 2011 (News)
  Porsche is offering owners of its coupe models a free health checks for their cars at local Porsche Centres on Saturday 8 th October. With more than three quarters of all Porsches ever sold still on the road, it seems evident
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  Report: Peking to Paris, day five 2 Jun 2013 (News)
  . Owen Turner came along and soon fettled the gearbox and today the only problem he has is that the ignition key refuses to turn, the lock is full of sand. Nearly 20 cars have found their way across town to the Mercedes dealership. Here the bright, modern, spotless computerised workshop gives way to old
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  Glass's Names its Heaviest Depreciators 26 Aug 2009 (News)
  analysis by Glass’s Guide of its 'book' values of all three-year-old cars available in the UK - over 6,500 model ranges in total. The 10 worst-performing cars all share one feature which has a negative impact on their low retained values: obsolescence.  Adrian Rushmore, Managing
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  Future Classic: Ford Mondeo Mk 3 11 Jan 2019 (News)
  clock was a nod to the shape of the Ford logo.  The new Mondeo was also the first Ford model to introduce the brand’s new tie-in with Sony for in-car entertainment, and while the Mondeo’s CD-Radio systems might look old hat today, back then they were the best on the market
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  Insurer names Volkswagen as the UK’s most popular classic car maker 7 Jan 2016 (News)
  such as MG makes up 11.4% of the old car pool, with Ford taking a 7.4% share of the insurer’s business. The research, which is based on the insurer’s own data, also found the most popular place for classic cars in the UK. The county with the highest amount
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  Top 10: Badge-engineered classics 27 Oct 2017 (News)
  The idea behind badge-engineering is pretty simple. Take one basic design of car, treat it to a wide range of trim variations, give it a few different marque names and suddenly you’ve managed to cover several different markets in one go. Back in the days when brand loyalty was an important
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  Rover price cuts 15 Oct 2000 (News)
  Rover announced further price cuts on 6th October and added three years servicing to its three year 60,000 mile warranty package inclusive in the prices of the cars. These now start at £8,495 on the road for a Rover 25 1.4i three-door and £9,995 for a Rover 45 1.4E five-door
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  Heroes: Lord Montagu (1926-2015) 2 Sep 2015 (News)
  The recent death of Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, was greeted with genuine sorrow by classic vehicle enthusiasts around the world. The 88-year-old was a tireless supporter of the old-car movement, and did a great deal to support the scene both privately
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  MG and Vauxhall launch new scrappage schemes 23 Oct 2015 (News)
  The scrappage scheme has made an unofficial return, with MG and Vauxhall offering £2000 off when you trade-in your old car for a new one. The independant discount schemes
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  Trading in Older Cars Likely to End 14 Jan 2003 (News)
  by private buyers there without warranty. Basically, the value of any car more than 7 years old will be virtually nothing.
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  100 'Ready to Retail' Cars at BCA Nottingham on 14th June 7 Jun 2013 (News)
  . The cars are graded between 1 and 3 and all are less than four years old and no more than 80,000 warranted miles. Every single vehicle is supplied with a V5, Service History and a BCA Assured report and will be presented in the best possible condition following a SMART Retail Clean
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  Skoda builds ‘Citihenge’ in the capital 21 Jun 2012 (News)
  and the Citihenge replica is too.  It is made entirely from old car parts, which taps into my own childhood growing up on a farm where I used to love building and creating things with pieces of discarded machinery.”    If you don’t get a chance to see the sculpture in London
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  New book documents life and times of the car accessory 20 Sep 2007 (News)
  . The author argues that additions like the roof rack, when attached to an old sports car, can actually increase the value of the model due to its greater practicality. People looking for a stocking filler for the motor car enthusiast in their life can find the book available in shops around the UK