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  Mini Adventure at Auction Today 7 Feb 2005 (News)
  And the answer had to be, unless you know someone who wants a really nice original Mini, you end up driving around in it. In direct contrast, new MINIs aren’t making quite as much as they were. There was a bit of a surplus in the Leaseplan section: no less than five 51 reg Coopers, all in metallic racing green and white with white wheels.
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  X3 Makes £39k at Top Car Today 12 Jul 2004 (News)
  It sold for exactly £38,000, plus trade buyer’s premium, from which we can deduce that X3s are already priced at the maximum the market will pay so there are no overs to be taken out of them. Meanwhile, the more luxurious old-shape X5s (without the new X drive system) are starting to become better value. A 40k mile 2002/52 reg 3.0 Sport manual with leather but no satnav sold for £29,300 and a 30k mile 2002/52 3.0i auto with leather but not a Sport and on standard wheels bid to £27,300.
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  Big Stuff at Blackbushe Today 23 Jan 2004 (News)
  If you’re in the market for a car you’ll still be able to pick it up cheaper at auction than from a retail site, whatever they paid for it back in November. My pal was after a 3-Series automatic for his wife who can’t drive the MINI Cooper he bought her for Christmas. (If anyone wants a heavily loaded 51 reg Cooper, green with white bonnet stripes and 58k miles for less than £10k, e-mail me and I’ll put you in touch.)
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  Yaris For Less Than £3k at Auction Today 10 Sep 2003 (News)
  On the other hand, there were some cheapies. One bidder overcame his or her embarrassment to drive away in a blue and pink 51k mile 96N Suzuki X90 for £1,700. £6,100 wasn’t too much to pay for a 3k mile 2002/51 Suzuki Jimny 1.3 JLX hardtop auto (find another); £2,675 was far from crazy for an 89k mile 96N Frontera 2.2 16v 5-door; and £1,950 wasn’t bad for a 153k mile 97R ex-police Volvo S70 T5 automatic.
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  Plenty of Variety at BCA Classic Auction 12 Feb 2002 (News)
  A fully kitted out and immaculate 19687 SAAB 96 V4 rally car bid to £11,000 provisional (£11,905 inc.). An awe inspiring 70,000 kilometre left hand drive 1992 Lotus Carlton bid to a provisional £9,100 (£9,849 inc.). A RHD 1964 Jaguar 3.8Mk II with 5-speed XJ manual gearbox and immaculate oyster grey paint but with rust bubbles showing through on the door bottoms bid to a very provisional £8,200 (£8,874).
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  More Details of New Vectra 13 Nov 2001 (News)
  Torsional stiffness is up 74 per cent on the previous model. While Vauxhall's Interactive Driving System (IDS) makes its debut on new Vectra. The system works by connecting the control and safety functions of the individual chassis components. The mechanical basis of the system for the front borrows heavily from the Astra suspension and uses an improved MacPherson strut set-up, combined with a four-link independent suspension at the rear.
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  Day of Contrasts at Auction 28 Sep 2001 (News)
  Bids started at a healthy £11,500, but rapidly shot up to £12,500, then £13,000, then £13,500 where the car should have sold, all the way to £13,800. You can pop into Trade Sales and drive out in a brand new one, with a/c, for £13,999, or just £15,999 for the fantastic automatic. So who in their right mind would pay £13,800? It was the same deal with a 70,000 mile two year old Lexus IS200 SE automatic with a pebbledashed bonnet.
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  Renault Avantime Here 16th May, from £24,050 3 May 2002 (News)
  ” “The two-door GT Coupé Renault Avantime offers a new breed of luxury motoring unparalleled by any other vehicle on the road today. The combination of performance and driving enjoyment, the luxury of interior space and comfort - heightened by the panoramic glass roof and windows - high driving position, advanced on-board technology and a powerful engine puts Avantime at the top of the wish list of anyone seeking to stand out from the crowd, see and be seen, in style and in comfort.
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  Why now could be a great time to sell your car 8 Dec 2020 (News)
  .  One thing to bear in mind at this time specifically is that while a private sale will likely make you the most money, you may be reluctant to go through the traditional process of meeting potential buyers in person and accompanying them on a test drive. A buyer may also ask to pay you in person at a bank, which again may be difficult for car owners who are older or clinically vulnerable to Covid-19. Part-exchange If you have a used car you want to trade-in for a new one then a part-exchange will seem like an obvious choice.
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  Should I restore my classic car? 30 Apr 2018 (News)
  They’re mothballed and most of them turn up at auction a few years later. Let’s face it, driving it would devalue your investment so in these cases cars become collectors’ pieces. Their owners enjoy showing them off and once they’ve got their out of them, they move them on. But there are ways to beat the system.
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  Nine decades of motorsport to be celebrated at Donington 6 Feb 2018 (News)
  Equally hard-fought is the Historic Touring Car Challenge with Tony Dron Trophy, which brings together a fantastic array of pre-1991 British and European Touring Cars - the type of beefy machines that most of us could only dream of driving back in period. Bringing back more recent memories, the mighty 2-litre Super Touring Cars of the 1990s and pre-1990 Group A cars go head-to-head with pre-2006 FIA S2000 and invited BTC cars in the Super Touring Car Challenge.
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  Everything we know about the MoT exempton for classic cars 6 Feb 2018 (News)
  If, for example, a vehicle that’s currently over forty years old recently failed an MoT, the owner would still be responsible for ensuring it was roadworthy once the test is no longer required. Driving a car with faults that were previously MoT failure issues will mean the car is deemed to be unroadworthy, even though a test is no longer needed. And if you wish to transfer a registration number from a Historic-class vehicle, the current situation will still apply: the donor vehicle will need to be MoT’d and taxed, even though it is technically MoT exempt.
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  Brands hatch success for MG Car Club 5 May 2017 (News)
  In the BARC Championships, Rod Birley won on both occasions in the SE Quaife Modified Saloon Car Championship driving his Ford Escort. Jamie Ross mirrored Rod’s success by winning both of his races in the SE Quaife Cannons Motor Spares Tin Tops in his Vauxhall Astra. Race competitions secretary John Hutchison said, 'We always enjoy coming to Brands Hatch, and this year was no exception.
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  Unique 2012 AC 378 GT Zagato Prototype in Historics 4th March Classic Car Auction 4 Feb 2017 (News)
  Another replica, this rare righthand drive Ferrari Daytona Spiders by Southern Roadcraft is based on and registered as a 1974 Ferrari 365 Coupé, keeping the original matching chassis and engine numbers with a manual gearbox. It is a near-exact copy of the original 365 GTB/4 Daytona Spider using the wheels, lights and instruments from a donor Ferrari 365.
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  A Grand Monday: Volkswagen Polo 'Breadvan' 12 Dec 2016 (News)
  In many ways, the Mk2 version of Volkswagen's popular Polo was something of an innovator. Sure, it was mechanically simple and hardly the most thrilling car in the world to drive - but it did introduce something a little abstract (and undeniably useful) to the supermini sector. As well as a conventional saloon, which was still a popular choice back in the early Eighties, the Polo came in two (rather than one) hatchback layouts.
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  Heroes: Stanley Mann 11 Feb 2016 (News)
  Indeed, he made a virtue out of racing original cars and was successful at tracks such as Silverstone, Donington Park, Mallory Park, Montlhery, Nurburgring and Le Mans. In 1988, Stanley decided to begin a run of record-breaking attempts. Driving the newly restored Old Mother Gun, a 6.5-litre Bentley single-seater originally raced at Brooklands, he took the UK 100 mile and 500 mile records, before a cracked fuel tank stopped further progress.
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  Born again concept cars debut at London show 21 Dec 2015 (News)
  There is considerable international interest in the project and the London Classic Car Show will be the first time the general public will be able to see ¬– and hear – the car,’ said the company’s driving force Neville Swales. As well as being on static display, the XJ13 will be driven along the show’s unique Grand Avenue highway - hopefully by one of the original test drivers. In the passenger seat will be Mike Kimberley – the original XJ13 project manager.
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  Five Grand Friday: Chrysler 300C 21 Aug 2015 (News)
  Mainly because it seemed to go on for about two years. It became a bit of a running joke that every few months there would be another invitation to drive the 300C, despite the fact there was still no UK launch date and no prices either. Still, we did get to see a lot of the South of France. It finally did come to the UK at the end of 2005 and was certainly a car that garnered plenty of attention.
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  VW Type 2 Samba sells for £67,500 22 Feb 2015 (News)
  SGP 62 has been restored, as much as possible, to original specification with a few additional safety and convenience features, whilst retaining its completely original appearance. These allow it to be both usable and safe to drive, while giving full peace-of-mind (if desired, it could very easily be converted to absolutely original condition without any major work being necessary). It has a new 2.0L twin-carb engine (by VW expert John Gurney), dual circuit brakes with CSP front discs, independent rear suspension, radial tyres, integrated front and rear indicators (working semaphores are still in place), engine bay fire suppressant system and front & rear seatbelts.
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  1955 Volkswagen Type 2 Samba 21 Window up for Auction 23 Jan 2015 (News)
  SGP 62 has been restored, as much as possible, to original specification with a few additional safety and convenience features, whilst retaining its completely original appearance. These allow it to be both usable and safe to drive, while giving full peace-of-mind (if desired, it could very easily be converted to absolutely original condition without any major work being necessary). It has a new 2.0L twin-carb engine (by VW expert John Gurney), dual circuit brakes with CSP front discs, independent rear suspension, radial tyres, integrated front and rear indicators (working semaphores are still in place), engine bay fire suppressant system and front & rear seatbelts.