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  Used values continue to rise 4 Oct 2013 (News)
  . The average price of a used car at auction is now £7007, considerably higher than the £6252 you’d expect to pay in 2012.  Average mileage of vehicles sold also fell by 1500 miles, while the age of cars sold remained static at just five years old. Dealers also saw the value of part
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  Performance BMWs at Goodwood 20 Jun 2011 (News)
  BMW are set to show off some of their most iconic cars at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, including the all new M5 super-saloon. Other BMW models on show at the event, which takes place from 1-3 rd of July, include the classic 328
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  RECALLS, RECALLS. READ ALL ABOUT THEM. 22 Jul 2001 (News)
  The latest six months Vehicle Safety Recalls as announced by the Vehicle Inspectorate have been added to the Car by Car Breakdown on this website. Cars affected are: Alfa 166, Aston Martin DB7, Audi A2, Bentley Arnage, Bentley Continental R, Bentley Azure, BMW E36 3 Series, BMW E53 X5, Citroen Saxo
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  One in five parents and grandparents confess to not using car seats for children 28 Jan 2020 (News)
  A fifth of parents and grandparents are putting children at risk because they do not use child car seats, new research suggests.  In the UK children are legally required to use a child seat in a vehicle until they are 12-year-old or 135cm in height
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  A Grand Monday: Rover 400 27 Mar 2017 (News)
  - especially in Rover-only four-door saloon form - is a simple and elegant machine. It has aged much better than many cars younger than it, perhaps because it looked old-fashioned when new, so has never really dated. The interior is a bit bland, but the exterior is smart, and more importantly there's
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  Illegal mobile phone use when driving on the rise 1 Apr 2019 (News)
  admit to reading texts, social media updates or using the internet when the engine's running in 2018 - up two per cent from a year before. While this figure applies to those using their phone when the car's stationary (e.g. at traffic lights), nearly one in five say they check social media when
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  A Grand Monday: Truimph Acclaim, £650 20 Jun 2016 (News)
  There’s something undeniably appealing about this week’s Grand Monday. A bit like a well-loved teddy bear, it’s all a bit ragged round the edges, but its originality and rarity make it the kind of car that’s well worth preserving. According to our
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  54 reg X3 and X5 at Top Car Today 11 Oct 2004 (News)
  . A 27k mile 02 reg Mercedes S320 CDI sold for £26,500. An old shape 34k mile 2001/51 BMW 735i looked like a mega bargain if it came for the £15,800 bid. And a V reg S320 was the cheapest I’ve yet seen at £15,850 provisional. There was also plenty of excitement
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  Future Classic Friday: Renault Sport Clio 172 31 Mar 2017 (News)
  respects, the Clio 172 was the last of the old-school hot hatches. In subsequent years, the increased focus on occupant safety made cars heavier and fatter, so while the Renault Sport range still includes a number of models that are fast and agile, they lack some of the tactility and raw entertainment
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  Boxster Sells for £13k at Auction Today 29 Sep 2004 (News)
  Audi TTs, old-shape SLKs and Porsche Boxsters are all on the slide now, and though they don’t come any older than this 73k mile 96P 2.5 Tiptronic with leather, £13k was £3,900 under trade book for a 36k miler. SMARTs aren’t the hot little numbers they used to be either
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  The Only Thing to Smile About at Auction Today 17 Sep 2004 (News)
  Once again every trader I spoke to was muttering doom and gloom. Showroom business is so bad they were taking more calls from punters wanting to sell them cars than from punters wanting to buy cars. Yet auction prices remain rock solid. Even this 2002/52 reg FunTech 50cc three wheeler buggy
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  Rush to Buy Sends Auction Prices Soaring 6 Jul 2001 (News)
  Masses of movement in the new and used car market set auction buyers bidding hard against each other to secure the right stock for their employers. Eight month old ex-rental Focus 1.8 Zetecs with a/c and 12,000 to 14,000 miles were £8,750. At fifteen months old they were
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  'Barn find' Bentley 4½ Litre Tourer sells for £454,250 21 Mar 2019 (News)
  to bomb Hitler’s mountain-top retreat in the Bavarian Alps in April 1945. He bought the car, which was one of six assembled from new-old stock parts, in 1952 for £260 and drove it until he died earlier this year, aged 96. After Blackham’s death, the car was unearthed near his
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  Car buyers unaware of GAP insurance 21 Sep 2012 (News)
  If you’ve ever had a car written off by an insurer then you’ll likely be aware of the way a payout is made – you’ll be given ‘market value,’ which doesn’t take into account any outstanding finance payments, nor will it put you back in the same
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  Future Classic Friday: BMW 5-Series E39 3 Nov 2017 (News)
  of rust, especially around the rear arches, trailing edge of the sills and on Touring tailgates. E39s are tough cars, but they're not immune to rot, especially with the oldest examples now being over 20 years old. They don't look it, though, do they? A truly handsome and brilliant car
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  Vauxhall launches scrappage scheme 15 Nov 2016 (News)
  to the scheme’s viability. ‘We’re also confident that the number of genuine classics over 25 years old presented to the scheme will be minimal, especially given the steady rise in value of even the most mainstream collectors’ cars in recent years. But if we do see any, our ‘safety
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  A Grand Monday: Mercedes-Benz 190D 10 Jun 2019 (News)
  in motoring - the Mercedes-Benz W201 ‘190’ and the company’s 2.5-litre normally aspirated diesel engine.  Where else will you find a car that has covered a third of a million miles yet still looks like it’s just three or four years old?  There’s something
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  Geneva Motor Show 2014: New Subaru WRX STI coming to the UK 4 Mar 2014 (News)
  The new Subaru  WRX STI is coming to the UK. The car, which made its European debut at Geneva, will be available from May 2014 at a price of £28,995, some £4000 cheaper than the previous car, which suffered due to a poor
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  Carmaker voices support for road safety initiative 26 May 2009 (News)
  Renault has announced it is throwing its weight behind a scheme designed to protect novice motorists. CarKraft has been set up by Northamptonshire Police and the local county council in a bid to cut the number of accidents in the area involving drivers aged between 17 and 24 years old
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  Half Price Picasso Under Scrappage Scheme 15 May 2009 (News)
  ', excluding VED, £16,020). In addition to the £2,000 saving for scrapping cars over 10 years old, Citroën will be offering an additional £1,000 discount (£3,000 in total) on all award winning C5 and C6 models for orders placed before the end of May, as well as the C4