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  Jason Plato to Drive Chevrolet Cruze in 2010 BTCC 23 Mar 2010 (News)
  champion and 2009 runner-up, Jason Plato will be driving the first car, and 19-year old Alex MacDowall driving the second. It’s the Carlisle-based teenager’s first season in BTCC, having previously competed in the top rankings of the Renault Clio Cup. Plato drove an independently
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  A Grand Monday: Ford Mondeo 25 Oct 2016 (News)
  . Our tip for the next Ford to catch on as a classic is this – the original Mondeo. Despite being 23 years old, it still looks fresh and modern, and is still a decent car to drive, too, making it ideal as a usable family classic. It was also a brilliant car when new – a deserved
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  A Grand Monday: Retro Renault 11 for £400 12 Oct 2015 (News)
  on the last MOT, but that should be it.’ As with any old car that’s been stood a while, the carb could do with adjustment as the choke can stick, which causes the revs to rise. We reckon a good service wouldn’t go amiss, either
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  The Futurecar Starts Here 6 Nov 2010 (News)
  . So tmorrow, HJ will take a CR-Z to Northumberland and back, a distance of more than 600 miles, and we'll see how he does on that particular exercise. Tomorrow's RAC London to Brighton run of over a hundred cars, each more than a hundred and five years old, celebrates the repealing
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  VIRTUAL DRIVING GIVES TEENS THE WRONG SKILLS FOR REAL ROADS 14 Jun 2008 (News)
  with a uniquely constructed package that links a low cost, fixed price, insurance policy to the purchase of a range of new or nearly new cars. The company aims to make safe, modern vehicles accessible to young motorists by selling cars that are less than 12 months old and below 10,000 in mileage, in conjunction
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  Five Grand Alfa 156 at Auction Today 7 Sep 2001 (News)
  , but quickly bid to a respectable £600, while an unwarranted mileage 88F Nissan Sunny 1.6GS sold for an astonishing £525. The lessons to be learned are that scruffy high milers can be bought cheaply; be careful not to outbid yourself for cars more than ten years old; and don't expect
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  Your guide to the best 2020 UK scrappage schemes 9 Oct 2020 (News)
  If you want a new car, and have an old car to trade-in, the following scrappage deals could save you up to £5000 - with popular models like the Toyota Corolla, Hyundai i30, Renault Captur and Kia Picanto all available with significant discounts. In 2009
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  1972 SAAB 96 Returned to Dealer 12 Nov 2015 (News)
  the garage in 1996, was amazed to see the red SAAB (which he originally sold for £1,023) return to the forecourt. Mr Edwards had liked that particular car so much back in 1972 that he had photographed it and hung its picture in the garage for many years. Also reunited with the car was 86-year-old
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  Motorpoint 08 Reg Deals For w/c 31/3/09 31 Mar 2009 (News)
  www.motorpoint.co.uk offers huge savings on 7 - 13 month old 08 reg cars compared to buying new. These are just some examples on offer over the next 7 days, while stocks last. Deal of the Week Ford Focus 1.6 TDCi 90 Style
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  Cars Selling Like Mad at Auction Today 1 Nov 2002 (News)
  Fords at BCA Blackbushe at 11.00am on Tuesday 5th November. Cars on offer include 85 new Mondeos, 66 facelift Focus, 23 original Focus, 19 Fiestas, 13 Galaxys, 4 Kas and one old-shape Mondeo. Meanwhile, same time, same day, at Leominster Market, A49 by-pass, Leominster, Herefordshire
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  A Grand Monday: Morris Marina 1.3 11 Mar 2019 (News)
  Few cars have had more stick (or pianos) thrown at them than the poor old Morris Marina. Launched in 1970, the Marina was British Leyland’s answer to the Ford Cortina, and unlike BL’s other family saloons, it was as traditional as they come. Rear-wheel-drive
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  A Grand Monday: Peugeot 505 17 Mar 2014 (News)
  sight for those who do lots of travelling in North Africa, where it seems that most of these cars - and their older cousins, the 504 and 404 - ended up. Why? Well, big old Peugeots are mechanically simple, are roomy, comfortable, ruggedised for bad roads, and most importantly, seem to be able to survive
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  Memorial to honour Endurance Rally Association founder 18 Jan 2016 (News)
  character who pushed motorsport boundaries, organising marathon and endurance rallies all over the globe. A founder of the Historic Rally Car Register, Philip set a world record for driving from Cape Town to London in ten-and-a-half days, and is best known for one of his greatest achievements
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  Europe’s fastest EV on display at EcoVelocity 28 Jun 2011 (News)
  supercar which holds the UK land speed record for electric vehicles, currently 137mph. Don Wales, the grandson of Sir Malcolm Campbell MBE, will be driving it at the EcoVelocity event. In 2012 Don will attempt the beat the world land speed record for electric vehicles in the car, with a top speed
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  Motorpoint Star Deals of the Week 3 Apr 2008 (News)
  www.motorpoint.co.uk Star Deals of the Week 3rd to 10th April while stocks last. Star Deal of the Week: BMW 525i SE 4-dr Auto Saloon. Unused Old Stock AT £25,999 FANTASTIC SAVING OF £11,456
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  Sabine Schmitz to join the Group C grid at Silverstone Classic 16 Jul 2013 (News)
  Sabine Schmitz is preparing to make her Silverstone Classic (26-28 July) debut racing a 220mph Porsche 962 in one of the massive event’s thrilling races for Group C prototypes. The 44-year-old German first came to fame as the ‘fastest taxi driver in the world’, a title
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  Average cost of car insurance falls 12.5% 21 Jan 2014 (News)
  news for the majority of drivers. In fact, all age groups have seen a reduction in the amount they are being quoted for car insurance over the last 12 months. Young men have been the main beneficiaries of comprehensive price reductions over 2013, with 17-20 year olds seeing their premiums fall
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  Frankfurt Motor Show 2017: Porsche introduces all-new Cayenne 12 Sep 2017 (News)
  been announced, but there’s a good chance we’ll see a plug-in hybrid before too long. Inside, the new Cayenne has a very similar layout to its predecessor, but with touch sensitive controls replacing the masses of switches sprinkled haphazardly in the old car. There’s also
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  Land Rover 110 V8 Country Station Wagon for CarFest auction 8 Jul 2015 (News)
  A Land Rover 110 V8 Country Station Wagon could make £21,000 when it heads to auction over the August Bank Holiday weekend. The car – which some enthusiasts view as the ‘ultimate’ Land Rover Defender – will be offered for sale by Classic Car
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  Record turnout for Triumph TR7 40th birthday 22 Sep 2014 (News)
  Over one hundred Triumph TR7’s gathered at the Heritage Motor Centre at Gaydon on Sunday, 21 September, to mark the car’s 40 th anniversary. It was the largest gathering since production ended in October, 1981. The day began with 42 TR7s making