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  Volvo upgrades the Cross Country estate, adds AWD to the V70 26 Apr 2001 (News)
  powerful 200 bhp, 5-cylinder, 2.4 light pressure turbo engine, now has Volvo's all-wheel drive technology and the TRACS anti-spin system which automatically transfers power from spinning wheels to those offering grip.
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  Vauxhall to sell on internet 14 Nov 2000 (News)
  £12,910. A Vectra 1.8SXi 16v listing at £14,385 will cost £13,850. A Frontera Sport 2.2i listing at £15,595 is on offer at £14,745. Internet shoppers can select a car online and arrange a test drive from a local Vauxhall dealer. They a can also obtain a provisional part-exchange
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  Is this Britain’s cheapest car? 24 Mar 2017 (News)
  . And apart from the fact it’s an old Rover with a cheapskate specification (and, if you’re on a budget, this isn’t always a bad thing, as it means less to go wrong), there’s hardly anything wrong with it. Indeed, it drives surprisingly well. Imagine my surprise
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  IAM Celebrates 60th Birthday with Party Event and Change of Name 6 Jul 2016 (News)
  the chance of driving a one kilometre course in a road car under expert guidance in co-operation with the experts from the Under 17 Car Club. You can also pretend to be a drunk driver in a golf buggy challenge, negotiating a course wearing 'beer goggles' that simulate the effect of alcohol
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  BMW 3 Series is Fleet News' Best Company Car 22 Mar 2013 (News)
  -leading residual values and the most efficient models in this category make the 3 Series stand out. It’s a great car to drive and the auto versions are equally as economical and impressive which opens up a whole new market for this car. "  BMW also picked up awards
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  Kia launches Ray as Korea's first electric car 23 Dec 2011 (News)
  relative of Kia's 1.0-litre gasoline powered Ray CUV, which went on sale in Korea in November 2011.  It shares that model's major dimensions and, in a global first for an EV manufacturer, can share a production line with conventional combustion-engine cars. The front-wheel drive Ray EV
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  Goodwood celebrates record Festival of Speed 6 Jul 2011 (News)
  by some suitable pageantry, including a marching band, the singing of the traditional Indy song ‘Back Home Again in Indiana’ and guitarist Jeff Kollman playing the American national anthem up on the roof of Goodwood House. Josh Hill became the third-generation member of the same family to drive
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  Future Classic Friday: BMW 3-Series E46 6 Apr 2018 (News)
  rear-wheel-drive layout, the new 3-series was a wonderful thing to drive, even in basic four-cylinder form, while moving up to a straight-six brought with it extra refinement and a super-smooth power delivery. In its day, there wasn’t an E46 in the model line-up that failed to deliver
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  Comment: Frankfurt 2015 – connection error? 26 Aug 2015 (News)
  attend “Mobility Connects" in Frankfurt, which is the 2015 show's theme and basically about our inexorable advancement to self-driving cars. This too is apocalyptic, if the latest news reports are to be taken to their logical conclusion. It was reported a couple of weeks ago
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  Eighties supercars in demand at auction 13 Mar 2015 (News)
  Eighties supercars were in demand at Brightwells auction on 4 March. A left-hand drive 1988 Ferrari Testarossa with 44,400 miles on the clock went for a mid-estimate £73,700. That’s about twice what it would have made just a couple of years ago. A left
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  Latest Audi offers from Drive the Deal 17 Jan 2014 (News)
  Drive the Deal has the following competitive deals on brand new Audis, all supplied by UK main dealers. Prices including road tax and delivery to your door. With savings of around £1,800 off popular new Audi A3s, and around £2,500 off
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  Tyresafe Urges Pre Holiday Journey Tyre Checks 15 Jul 2011 (News)
  meaning more fuel is required to drive the car. One TyreSafe member estimates that when tyres are under-inflated by just 6psi, or around 20 percent, fuel bills rise by 3 percent. Furthermore, under-inflated tyres cause additional unnecessary expense for drivers as they wear out much quicker and need
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  Mazda 787B Taking to the Hill at Goodwood Festival of Speed 30 Jun 2011 (News)
  . The two other 787Bs also finished in the top ten, underlining the strength and dependability of their rotary powerplants. Ex-Formula 1 driver and Le Mans veteran Mike Wilds and current Mazda works driver Mark Ticehurst will be driving the 787B up the hallowed Goodwood hill throughout the festival weekend
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  Free Mercedes Motorsport Day at MB World Brooklands 5 Oct 2009 (News)
  circuit – home of Mercedes-Benz World – will be open free to the public. Highlights of the day include Lewis driving his MP4-23 – the car in which he memorably won the 2008 Formula 1 Drivers’ World Championship. Ross Brawn will also be on hand to showcase his
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  Dutch Motor Show Pioneers New Way to Exhibit Cars 19 Mar 2009 (News)
  . Here spectacular live shows feature the celebration of the “car”. * Luxury & Sports world will be all about power, aerodynamic design and garish colours: sporty driving enthusiasts will immediately feel at home here. And this world will also feature
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  SWITCHING TO GREENER COMPANY CARS COULD SAVE £3BN 5 Apr 2008 (News)
  , companies in the business-to-business sector won't get far when tendering for big contracts unless they can prove their environmental credentials. "From today there will be tax breaks for driving cars that produce 120g/km of CO2 or fewer and if someone driving an average company car opts
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  Half of all Ford dealers to close in the UK 28 Feb 2020 (News)
  selling site within easy reach for the majority of our customers, with around 90 per cent of the population within a 30-minute drive of a Ford sales point. "Many of the existing smaller sales sites will be converted into vehicle servicing centres to further improve our customer service
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  Electric Mini unveiled at London Classic Car Show 19 Feb 2019 (News)
  responsive and smooth power that can be used without incurring congestion charge fees. Available to order immediately in either left- or right-hand-drive, the limited production run of 100 cars starts at £79,000 and comes with an unlimited mileage one-year warranty and MOT. The car can
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  Drivers confused by daytime running lights 6 Dec 2018 (News)
  conditions. They are not designed to help drivers see where they are going and automatically switch on when the engine is running and switch off when the main headlights are turned on. The RAC polled 2061 drivers and found that 62 per cent regularly see cars and vans driving in dull overcast
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  DB6 Mark 2 Volante could fetch £800,000 at auction 8 May 2017 (News)
  One of the rarest Aston Martin convertibles could fetch £800k when it goes under the hammer. The 1970 Aston Martin DB6 Mk2 Volante is one of just 38 built. The right-hand drive example was sold new to Sir John Saunders, chairman of the Hong Kong & Shanghai