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  505,000 Mile Combo 10 Sep 2008 (News)
  Van drivers have a reputation for racking up more miles than most, but in Nigel Weaver’s case the last half a million have all been in the same vehicle. The 53-year old courier from Maidenhead, Berks, bought his Vauxhall Combo new from Burnham Garage in Slough in 2001, just
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  Auction Prices Firmer; Few Bargains 4 Apr 2001 (News)
  for a 90,000 mile 98R Audi A6 2.4SE Tiptronic; and all of £7,650 paid for an old shape 23,000 mile 98R Hyundai 2.0SE Coupe. Despite these high prices, someone did quite well to pick up an uncatalogued 16,000 mile 99T Peugeot 306 2.0 Convertible for £10,200 (£2k under trade book), while
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  First female workshop apprentice joins the National Motor Museum 20 Sep 2017 (News)
  to steady the engine and to line everything up. After spending all day working on old machinery, Emily drives home in her own modern classic, a Rover 100 – the later incarnation of the successful Austin Metro. ‘It’s one of my favourite cars,’ she says. ‘My mum had
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  Report: Peking to Paris, day four 1 Jun 2013 (News)
  ahead of them, some drivers came into their own while others were left playing in the sand. In the Vintageants group of pre-war cars, Mike Reeves and BBC World Service presenter Michelle Jana Chan head the results in their ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ 1940 Ford V8 Coupe after the first event
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  Pathfinder Prices Cut By Up To £3,065 5 May 2006 (News)
  Nissan has permanently cut Pathfinder prices, which means savings for company car drivers as well as private buyers. To make thisa clearer both to buyers and the taxman, the range has changed. In place of the old S, SE, SVE and T-spec line-up, the Pathfinder now comes in three
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  Dear Again at Auction Today 22 Sep 2004 (News)
  260 brand new for £24k. In the same category of car, an independently imported 16k mile 2000W Boxster 2.7 with a hardtop sold for £22,100. A 24k mile 2000W Aston Martin V12 Vantage manual bid to £44k provisional. While a 17k Y reg Vantage automatic failed to sell to a top bid
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  Flying Finns in action at Race Retro 16 Jan 2017 (News)
  in 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1991, as well as smashing the record for the Pikes Peak Hill climb in a 600bhp Peugeot 405 T16 in 1988. Vatanen said, ‘I am very much looking forward to joining Race Retro and seeing all the rally fans over the weekend. To get to drive these fantastic cars again
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  90k mile Civic Type R Makes £7,150 at Auction 17 Jan 2005 (News)
  to £13,200, a 24k mile 2003/53 Ford Street Ka Luxury sold for £7,550, and a 24k mile almost collectible 2001/51 Ford Puma 1.7 Thunder sold for £6,850. However, a scruffier 76k mile 98S Puma 1.7 only made £3,000. And our old friend, the 72k mile 1972K NSU Ro80 popped and banged
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  Posh Part-Exchanges at Auction Today 8 Jan 2003 (News)
  Roll out the heavy stuff. Or, in the case of the car in the photo, roll out the Roller. This was quite a nice 91H long-wheelbase Silver Spur with cream leather inside and a mere 86,299 miles under its big fat tyres. Bidding was understandably brisk and it ran to a provisional £14,100
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  Curios: British Leyland Safety Research Vehicles 25 Apr 2014 (News)
  Following Ralph Nader’s 1965 report Unsafe At Any Speed, which highlighted the poor handling and/or crash-resistance of numerous cars sold in the US, the race was on by the car manufacturers to prove that they took the safety issue
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  E-types are top sellers at British Heritage auction 19 Jun 2018 (News)
  a matching-numbers and refreshed 3.8 roadster was top of the lots fetching £99,000. Despite the 15-year-old renovation, the car presented well and came with its original numberplate. Third place went to a Maserati Merak (£71k), which was once owned by musician Andy Leek of Dexys Midnight
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  John Surtees made CBE in New Year’s Honours list 7 Jan 2016 (News)
  outside the Civil Service and work with charitable and welfare organisations of all kinds.’ After being made a Member of the British Empire (MBE) in 1959 and an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) in 2008, the 81-year-old has now been honoured with Commander of the British Empire
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  A rugged winter weather solution - Lada Niva 1 Sep 2011 (News)
  scraping along it. Despite all of these rather major drawbacks, which would in normal circumstances utterly blight a modern car, it’s entirely forgivable in the Niva. It’s an old design, it’s cheap, and it’s extremely capable in a utilitarian sort of way. You can hose the interior down without
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  Auction Prices Continue to Rise 1 Feb 2002 (News)
  Competition was as fierce as the storms howling through the halls at BCA Blackbushe today. And not merely for late, low mileage cars. Even ten-year-old part-exchanges were making top money. In the circumstances I'd have expected the super-clean 46,000 mile 98S BMW 318iS in the photo
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  Auction Prices Starting to Fall Today 19 Sep 2005 (News)
  for pre-orders and cars destined for export. The 7k mile 04 reg MX5 Sport 6-speed in the photo sold for £10,500, which makes sense against the £14,000 discounted new price being asked for the last unsold old shape MX5 1.8 5-speeds. I also saw my first Mazda 6 under
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  Vel Satis For Buttons at Auction Today 16 Feb 2005 (News)
  £11,700 each. An 11k mile 2003/53 Grand Espace 3.5V6 petrol Initiale auto sold for £16,800. A 51k mile 2002/51 reg RenaultSport Clio 3.0V6 with the old front sold for £13,600. And French Racing Blue 4k mile 04 reg RenaultSport Clio 182 Cup sold for £9,800. Back
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  Happy Birthday: MG Z cars 10 May 2016 (News)
  for survival. It was one that, ultimately, was never going to be – but if proof were needed that MG Rover’s engineers and designers gave it their best shot, the MG Z-Cars are it. And astonishingly, it’s 15 years this month since they were first delivered to customers. Developed
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  Geneva Motor Show 2018: Mercedes-Benz confirms new C-Class 14 Feb 2018 (News)
  wheel, with touch-sensitive controls that will respond to swiping motions like the screen of a smartphone, should make it easier to access in-car system without removing your hand from the wheel. Mercedes-Benz has also ditched the old steering column stalk for cruise control and added a button
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  Geneva Motor Show 2018: New BMW X4 will be larger, lighter and more powerful 14 Feb 2018 (News)
  the outgoing SUV , but weighs 50kg less thanks to the extensive use of aluminium and ultra-high-strength grades of steel. BMW has also streamlined the design and lowered the car’s centre of gravity by 3mm to reduce its brick-like, aerodynamic drag by 10 per cent. The engine line-up
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  Thousands of petrolheads raise money for charity at CarFest 1 Sep 2015 (News)
  Children In Need since it started in 2012. Donations are still being counted from the two 2015 events, but the total is expected to rise to nearly £5m. Evans presented all three days at the festival, which combines cars, music and food, is hugely popular with families. There was even a special