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  NEW YEAR OFFERS FROM PROTON CARS 3 Jan 2006 (News)
  Finance Ltd. £1 Deposit As an alternative to taking 0% finance, customers can opt to drive away in the new Savvy, GEN-2, Impian or Jumbuck with just a £1 deposit, again when they purchase their Proton through Proton Finance Ltd. This offer is also
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  2,000 Mile Crossfire Just £16,200 at Auction Today 23 Sep 2005 (News)
  section a 29k mile 02 reg Focus 1.6 Zetec auto with Climate sold for £4,500 and a 2k mile 2004/54 C-Max 1.6TDCI Zetec CVT sold for £9,800, but a 13k mile 2004/54 Daewoo Kalos 1.4SX auto (the softest riding small hatchback) stuck at £4,350provisional. Probably best drive-away
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  Bargains Bought, Despite Auction Frenzy Today 21 Sep 2005 (News)
  the market still regards it as a car that will make them look better than being seen driving a Ford. Badge is everything. Which is why a 34k mile 2003/52 Focus TCCI 115 Zetec sold for £2,000 less. On the other hand, despite the VW on the front, a 48k mile 02 reg Passat TDI PS 100 sold
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  Mini Adventure at Auction Today 7 Feb 2005 (News)
  to be, unless you know someone who wants a really nice original Mini, you end up driving around in it. In direct contrast, new MINIs aren’t making quite as much as they were. There was a bit of a surplus in the Leaseplan section: no less than five 51 reg Coopers, all in metallic racing green
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  X3 Makes £39k at Top Car Today 12 Jul 2004 (News)
  we can deduce that X3s are already priced at the maximum the market will pay so there are no overs to be taken out of them. Meanwhile, the more luxurious old-shape X5s (without the new X drive system) are starting to become better value. A 40k mile 2002/52 reg 3.0 Sport manual
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  Big Stuff at Blackbushe Today 23 Jan 2004 (News)
  pal was after a 3-Series automatic for his wife who can’t drive the MINI Cooper he bought her for Christmas. (If anyone wants a heavily loaded 51 reg Cooper, green with white bonnet stripes and 58k miles for less than £10k, e-mail me and I’ll put you in touch.) He bid
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  Yaris For Less Than £3k at Auction Today 10 Sep 2003 (News)
  mile 1002/51 Mercedes C220CDI Elegance automatic estate, sold for £19,500; and a 46k mile 02 reg Mercedes CL500 with all the bits, sold for £44,100. On the other hand, there were some cheapies. One bidder overcame his or her embarrassment to drive away in a blue and pink 51k
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  Plenty of Variety at BCA Classic Auction 12 Feb 2002 (News)
  (£11,905 inc.). An awe inspiring 70,000 kilometre left hand drive 1992 Lotus Carlton bid to a provisional £9,100 (£9,849 inc.). A RHD 1964 Jaguar 3.8Mk II with 5-speed XJ manual gearbox and immaculate oyster grey paint but with rust bubbles showing through on the door bottoms bid to a very
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  More Details of New Vectra 13 Nov 2001 (News)
  the possibility of sequential gear changes. The 1.8 litre new Vectra engine will also be available with a continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT) as an option. Torsional stiffness is up 74 per cent on the previous model. While Vauxhall's Interactive Driving System (IDS) makes its debut
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  Day of Contrasts at Auction 28 Sep 2001 (News)
  to £13,800. You can pop into Trade Sales and drive out in a brand new one, with a/c, for £13,999, or just £15,999 for the fantastic automatic. So who in their right mind would pay £13,800? It was the same deal with a 70,000 mile two year old Lexus IS200 SE automatic
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  Renault Avantime Here 16th May, from £24,050 3 May 2002 (News)
  by any other vehicle on the road today. The combination of performance and driving enjoyment, the luxury of interior space and comfort - heightened by the panoramic glass roof and windows - high driving position, advanced on-board technology and a powerful engine puts Avantime at the top of the wish
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  Seven-in-10 drivers want motorway speed limits lowered in wet weather 30 Jul 2021 (News)
  Nearly three-quarters of drivers (72 per cent) would like to see the standard 70mph speed limit on motorways reduced in wet weather to improve road safety and encourage better driving habits, RAC research has found. Of 2100 drivers surveyed, a third (33 per cent) said
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  Why now could be a great time to sell your car 8 Dec 2020 (News)
  .  One thing to bear in mind at this time specifically is that while a private sale will likely make you the most money, you may be reluctant to go through the traditional process of meeting potential buyers in person and accompanying them on a test drive. A buyer may also ask to pay you in person
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  Should I restore my classic car? 30 Apr 2018 (News)
  . Let’s face it, driving it would devalue your investment so in these cases cars become collectors’ pieces. Their owners enjoy showing them off and once they’ve got their out of them, they move them on. But there are ways to beat the system. We once met a chap who found a Morris Minor
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  Nine decades of motorsport to be celebrated at Donington 6 Feb 2018 (News)
  only dream of driving back in period. Bringing back more recent memories, the mighty 2-litre Super Touring Cars of the 1990s and pre-1990 Group A cars go head-to-head with pre-2006 FIA S2000 and invited BTC cars in the Super Touring Car Challenge. Expect to see Vauxhall Vectras, BMW 318s
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  Everything we know about the MoT exempton for classic cars 6 Feb 2018 (News)
  . If, for example, a vehicle that’s currently over forty years old recently failed an MoT, the owner would still be responsible for ensuring it was roadworthy once the test is no longer required. Driving a car with faults that were previously MoT failure issues will mean the car is deemed to be unroadworthy
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  Brands hatch success for MG Car Club 5 May 2017 (News)
  their respective classes in both Porsche races. In the BARC Championships, Rod Birley won on both occasions in the SE Quaife Modified Saloon Car Championship driving his Ford Escort. Jamie Ross mirrored Rod’s success by winning both of his races in the SE Quaife Cannons Motor Spares Tin Tops in his
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  Unique 2012 AC 378 GT Zagato Prototype in Historics 4th March Classic Car Auction 4 Feb 2017 (News)
  . Another replica, this rare righthand drive Ferrari Daytona Spiders by Southern Roadcraft is based on and registered as a 1974 Ferrari 365 Coupé, keeping the original matching chassis and engine numbers with a manual gearbox. It is a near-exact copy of the original 365 GTB/4 Daytona Spider using
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  A Grand Monday: Volkswagen Polo 'Breadvan' 12 Dec 2016 (News)
  In many ways, the Mk2 version of Volkswagen's popular Polo was something of an innovator. Sure, it was mechanically simple and hardly the most thrilling car in the world to drive - but it did introduce something a little abstract (and undeniably useful) to the supermini sector
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  Heroes: Stanley Mann 11 Feb 2016 (News)
  Mans. In 1988, Stanley decided to begin a run of record-breaking attempts. Driving the newly restored Old Mother Gun, a 6.5-litre Bentley single-seater originally raced at Brooklands, he took the UK 100 mile and 500 mile records, before a cracked fuel tank stopped further progress. At one stage