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  Irish importer Glencullen acquired by Renault Group 3 Oct 2007 (News)
  automaker is looking for a nine per cent market share in the Emerald Isle. Indeed, it has already amassed a 5.4 per cent hike in France over September 2007 against figures from 2006, according to the Wall Street Journal. Future marketing director at Renault Ireland Rachid Assas praised
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  Emissions promotion 'to help Citroen clean up' 1 Oct 2007 (News)
  Peugeot. Its headquarters can be found in Paris, France.
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  Drivers of older vehicles face £300 fine for driving in Belgian cities without emissions stickers 24 Nov 2017 (News)
  . >> Motorists face £117 fine for driving in France without emissions stickers Traffic monitoring cameras will scan vehicle registration numbers upon entering the environmental zone. A fine will be automatically sent if a vehicle is not registered to the database, or is too old to enter
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  Italian Job Miura to star at London show 19 Jan 2016 (News)
  Lamborghini joins Ferraris and Fiats, Lancias and Maseratis in the Italian ‘squad’ as part of the Six Nations-inspired theme of the London show. The Italians will take on teams of classic cars from Great Britain, France, Germany, Japan and America. Each ‘team’ will consist
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  ‘Blue Train’ Bentley to star at Paris classic car show 4 Feb 2015 (News)
  wager, although the Automotive Club de France attempted to fine him £200 for an un-authorised race in France. Richard Charlesworth, Head of the Bentley Heritage Collection, comments: ‘We are most grateful to Bruce McCaw for the loan of his legendary Bentley Speed Six
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  Extraordinary Display of Royal Cars at Goodwood Festival of Speed 28 Jun 2012 (News)
  car A 1972 Citroen SM Opera ordered by President Georfges Pompidou and buoi;t by Henri Chapron for an official visit to france by the WQueen in 1972. And, most extraordinary of all, the 1950 Lincoln Cosmopolitan Limousine 'Bubbletop' commissioned by President Harry S. Truman in which
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  Bonhams offers rare Aston Martin estate and Fiat 500 Jolly in September sale 23 Aug 2010 (News)
  The 40-lot auction in France is a mixture of oddities, classics and supercars.
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  Geneva Motor Show 2016: Mazda previews rotary-engined RX-Vision 2 Mar 2016 (News)
  are for. It’s already won a 'most pretty concept car' award in France. True to the remit, this two-seat coupé has a rotary engine, which if nothing else suggests that Mazda is set to press on woth the oil-guzzling technology in future. In size terms the RX-Vision is about the same as a Jaguar F-Type
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  Ferrari 250 GT could make £8.5m at auction 3 Dec 2015 (News)
  of Fiat. It is expected to fetch between £479,000 and £634,000. There’s also a 1961 Aston Martin DB4 included in the catalogue. Sold new in France, this left-hand DB4 is fitted with a Vantage-spec triple-carb engine and has the dashboard instruments from the DB4 GT. It’s
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  Barn-find Ferrari sells for £12.1m at Artcurial auction 11 Feb 2015 (News)
  , an industrialist from the west of France, had saved many of the cars from the scrapyard. He hoped one day to turn his collection into a museum As well as the Ferrari, other cars from the collection sold included a 1956 Maserati A6G 2000 Gran Sport Berlinetta Frua at €2,000,000 (£1,479,274.25
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  Porsche 911 takes centre stage at Goodwood 22 Feb 2013 (News)
  enthusiasts. Porsche is also sending a 1967 model 911 to Goodwood as part of a world tour. Over the course of the year, this classic car will travel to five continents. In addition to the UK, it will visit Pebble Beach, California, China, France, and Australia. The touring 911 is described
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  Porsche 911 takes centre stage at Goodwood 22 Feb 2013 (News)
  enthusiasts. Porsche is also sending a 1967 model 911 to Goodwood as part of a world tour. Over the course of the year, this classic car will travel to five continents. In addition to the UK, it will visit Pebble Beach, California, China, France, and Australia. The touring 911 is described
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  Paris Motor Show 2012: Dacia reveals updated Sandero 27 Sep 2012 (News)
  on sale for quite some time in Europe and this latest incarnation features improved material quality and updated exterior styling. Details of UK engines are yet to be finalised but in France, where the new Sandero is being premiered, it is sold with either a 1.2-litre petrol or a 1.5-litre dCi
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  European drivers 'going green' 19 Aug 2009 (News)
  by certain eco fuels doubled in July, compared with the same month in 2008. However, such options may not be as popular with Brits as they are with some of our European neighbours. Italians were shown to be the most receptive to the use of eco fuels, with motorists in France, Sweden
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  Renault ups specs, cuts prices 21 Dec 2000 (News)
  Renault Meganes and Scenics get an upgrade for the New Year, together with three new engine options. These are a 120bhp 1.8 16v already widely seen in Meganes and Scenics in France, an 80bhp 1.9 turbo diesel and a 105bhp 1.9 common rail turbo diesel. The 1.8 16v offers a combined fuel consumption
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  AA and IAM Welcome Cutting of Motoring Red Tape 16 Dec 2011 (News)
  at www.askmid.com However, some form of insurance certificate will still be required for travelling in Europe, especially in France where all French registered cars are required to carry an insurance disc in their windscreens. In France, cars are insured rather than drivers. See
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  GPS CAMERA LOCATORS PROHIBITED IN SOME EU COUNTRIES 28 Jul 2008 (News)
  of motoring clubs across Europe in 23 countries found that only two - the UK and Hungary - permit the use of both camera detectors and POI (points of interest) GPS systems. Thirteen countries, including Austria, France and Italy allow POI systems but not radar/laser detection equipment. The IAM
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  Rare Alfa to headline Salon Prive concours 28 Jul 2016 (News)
  technology, this car’s aerodynamic, streamlined profile was inspired by the wing of an airplane. With an ex-Works Porsche 911 Tour de France, which collected silverware at the 1970 race, and a late production Lamborghini Miura P400S confirmed as early entries, this year’s event promises
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  Ex-Nicolas Cage Bugatti could make £1.3m at auction 3 Sep 2015 (News)
  ’ Chantilly Sale in France on 5 September. It’s believed that Cage purchased the Bugatti around the time he starred in the film, Gone in Sixty Seconds - a cinematic homage to the allure of rare and beautiful motor cars. In 1951, Bugatti said it would produce just 50 101s
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  Paddy Hopkirk to drive at the Festival of Speed 22 Jan 2014 (News)
  performance on the mountain stages of Southern France in 1964. The 1964 Monte Carlo Rally featured crews starting from a variety of European cities, such as Oslo, Paris and Glasgow and descending on the Principality after a mammoth three-day drive of over 1400 miles. Paddy Hopkirk, whose Mini Cooper S