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  DVLA losing £107m a year due to car tax evasion 16 Nov 2017 (News)
  Road Notification (SORN) against them. In 2015, just one per cent of unlicensed vehicles were found to be on SORN, while in 2017 this figure surged to 12 per cent.  “The principle of abolishing the tax disc to introduce greater efficiencies has, so far, evidently failed," said
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  Volkswagen Group to give two-year warranty on emissions recall work 10 Aug 2017 (News)
  of the emissions update. However, it only applies to vehicles with a mileage of under 160,000. The Volkswagen emissions scandal began in September 2015 and affected a total of 1.2 million vehicles in the UK. Volkswagen Group has maintained that the technical measures have no adverse impact
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  'Driver mode' could soon auto-disable your phone 24 Nov 2016 (News)
  that will disable features like text messaging, email, internet and social media if the car is moving. According to the NHTSA’s report, ten per cent of America’s 35,092 traffic fatalities in 2015 involved one or more distracted drivers, while the previous year saw 424,000 people injured
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  Three Peugeot 205GTIs head to auction 22 Nov 2016 (News)
  and current owner, who kept it until 2015. The car comes with the original owner's pack, including owner's guide, handbook, maintenance booklet, radio guide and dealer location booklet, as well as a fresh MoT certificate, and is offered without reserve. The third car is a 1988 Peugeot 205 1.6
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  Cheap Rolls Royce Silver Cloud DHC in Historics Mammoth 20th August Auction 4 Aug 2016 (News)
  is estimated a little higher than the Rolls Royce at £25,000 to £30,000. A second restoration in July 2015 saw the wings, wheelarches and sills stripped back to bare metal, refurbished and the box sections Waxoyed. A manifold and twin carburettor rebuild completed the work
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  Get ready for motorsport at the Palace 18 May 2016 (News)
  ’ Club, and MX-5 Owners’ Club. There’s also a fantastic presence by the regional motoring clubs. In 2015, the show was joined by Kent Ferrari, Crystal
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  Historics March 12th Sale Significant Results 16 Mar 2016 (News)
  Consistent with its Autumn 2015 sale, Historics sold 116 of 166 lots at Brooklands on March 12th, making a 70% sale ratio and £2,600,000 in revenue. Attendance was extremely high with a full auction tent and Historics also registered its highest every number
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  A Grand Monday: BMW 5-series Touring £795 4 Jan 2016 (News)
  in April 2015 I carried out a refresh with new KYB shocks and springs, top mounts and genuine BMW parts making up the rest of the kit. ‘For the MOT in 2014 I had two rear sub-frame bushes, two rear anti-roll bar links, one flexi brake hose, two brake pipes and fittings, two front tie rod arm
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  Free service station tyre pressure checks extended 28 Sep 2015 (News)
  project began in March 2015, and aims to make drivers aware of potential tyre problems before they rejoin the motorway, reducing the risk of a serious incident. Keele was chosen because Highways England figures show that area of the M6 is particularly prone to tyre-related breakdowns and incidents
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  Company car drivers say congestion is their biggest problem 28 Sep 2015 (News)
  for Transport figures show traffic in the UK continues to increase, with a 2.3 per cent rise in the year ending June 2015. This equates to 314.6 billion vehicle miles, marking the highest recorded traffic figures to date. Powley added: "We recognise that road users will suffer increased congestion
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  New club for Rover 800 fans 16 Sep 2015 (News)
  plans for the club will be officially formed. The event takes place on Sunday October 4, 2015, at 1pm at MINI Plant Oxford (better known to 800 owners as Cowley), where 800 production began almost 30 years ago. Obviously, if you have an 800, it will be more than welcome…
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  Half of drivers fail on business mileage tax rules 27 Apr 2015 (News)
  engineering company Ivor Searle received a spot check visit from HMRC in early 2015. On inspection, it was found employee mileage claims were being estimated and could not be reconciled to fuel card invoices. The company now faces a potential fine for an incorrectly compiled business/private
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  Honda Civic Type R Nurburgring Race Weekend Package €175 23 Mar 2015 (News)
  about the WTCC and their presence at the Nürburgring, visit http://www.nuerburgring.de/en/news/artikel/fia-wtcc-ab-2015-auf-der-nuerburgring
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  Four Million Euro 300SLs in Bonham's Mercedes-Benz Auction 11 Mar 2015 (News)
  Mercedes Benz 300SL roadster prices have recently been going through the roof. In January 2015, a 1961 disc-braked example with the desirable alloy block engine made €920,000. On 28 March, three pristine examples, plus an SL 'gullwing' will go under the hammer
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  Comment: Your escalating company car tax 9 Feb 2015 (News)
  percentage points rather than one. So a car that had been taxed at 15 per cent in 2013/14, rising to 16 per cent in 2014/15, will undergo an increase to 18 per cent from April 2015, ascending further to 20 per cent 12 months later. In that example, the driver would see their annual company
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  Snoozebox portable hotels now offer bigger, better rooms 27 Nov 2014 (News)
  a new, improved design that will start to be seen at events in 2015. Expandable units, mounted on trailers, provide six Snoozebox rooms per trailer which are just over 7.5 square metres in size (3.6m x 2m x 2m). The new design delivers additional room space through expanding sides. Two upper
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  Paris Motor Show 2014: Volkswagen debuts new Passat GTE Plug-in Hybrid 2 Oct 2014 (News)
  emitting just 45g/km of CO2. Prices are expected to start at £32,000 ( after the £5000 Government electric car grant) and order books will open in June 2015. The Volkswagen Passat GTE combines a 1.4-litre petrol engine with an electric motor to produce 218PS and has
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  Geneva Motor Show 2014: Facelifted Volkswagen Polo revealed 4 Mar 2014 (News)
  . The impressive 1.4 TSI with cylinder deactivation in the BlueGT model gets a power increase to 150PS while a more powerful Polo GTI is due in 2015. The other big news is that the Polo BlueMotion is changing from diesel power to petrol. The 1.2 TDI has been dropped in favour of a turbocharged 1.0-litre
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  Car insurance premiums fall by 12 per cent 23 Oct 2013 (News)
  cost-effective way of settling genuine whiplash claims, but ensure that lower motor premiums can be sustained. ." Indeed, the Government’s freeze on MoTs to £54.85 until 2015 has also been met with derision, with market commentators quick to point out that the freeze
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  Top 10: Cars that should’ve sold better 21 Apr 2017 (News)
  was Ford’s disastrous Edsel episode of the 1950s, but the British market has also seen its fair share of failures over the years. We’re not necessarily talking complete flops here, simply those models that deserved to sell better than they did.