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I am looking at buying a Rover 75, and have seen a 2.0 ltr diesel Connoisseur for sale, as you can imagine it is fully loaded with equipment so quite appealing, the bodywork appears in good condition with...
Considering purchasing a 5 door CMax. Can you recommend an engine? We do no more than 10k a year and not overly fussed about massive speed. Car is to cater for a growing family with new baby on board.
I require a replacement workhorse. While Land Rovers have served me well something a little more frugal on service and running costs is preferable. You bang on about new diesel engines requiring a cycle...
Please can you advise me of the best car to use to tow a swift challenger 550 touring caravan with laden weight of 1700 kg
Out of all the current cheap to run diesels (e.g Ford Econetic, Skoda Greenline, SEAT Ecomotive, etc) which ones are now proving to be the most reliable beyond 50K miles?
I'm thinking of buying a Fiat Panda 1.3 multijet. Do they have either a DMF or DPF?
Could you please advise on pros and cons of following two options (future resale, reliability etc) A - Del miles 1.2 Fiat 500 Pop as advertised in your new car deals section - £8995 B - Nearly new 1.2...
Need to buy a medium sized car for the wife she only travels 4 miles a day to work so diesel no use. was thinking of a toyota prius but am worried that the low miles wont charge the batteries and cause...
I need to find a 'good' second hand automatic car, no more than 2L, that has low tax band/ CO2 emissions, can you recommend any please? Have already had Ford Escort, Vauxhall Cavalier & Astra (Currently...
A friend is part exchanging a 54 plate Mondeo Zetec 2.0 (petrol) for a new Focus 1.0. He has been offered £700 in the p/e deal. It has FSH, 104k miles, everything works and it is in good condition. Should...