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  Citroen Cuts Top Xsara Prices 21 Jul 2001 (News)
  Citroen has cut the price of its 167bhp Xsara VTS to less than £14,000, including a year's free insurance for 25 to 80 year olds, undercutting the SEAT Leon 20VT, Skoda Octavia RS and Renault ClioSport 172 and making this car one of the hot hatch performance bargains. At the same time
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  Giveacar photo-competition Winner announced 19 Dec 2011 (News)
  their best, which could be scrapped and the proceeds donated to charity. From old military units to rusty old cars, the pictures of scrap-worthy vehicles received were varied and creative. Stephen Elliott, of Hope Valley, Derbyshire, was chosen as the overall winner
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  Renault joins list of manufacturers with scrappage discounts 1 Sep 2017 (News)
  Renault will give owners of pre-2010 cars £2000 towards a new car if they scrap their old one. In conjunction with other discounts, car buyers can save up to £5200 and van buyers as much as £7000. The car traded in must have
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  Motorists urged to buy British 18 May 2009 (News)
  to trade in that are aged between eight and ten years old. Generally, drivers need to own a car that was registered at least a decade ago to take part in the programme. Paul Willcox, managing director of Nisan in the UK, commented: "In extending the £2,000 minimum trade-in against
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  Who has the most expensive car insurance? 22 Jan 2010 (News)
  A Moneysupermarket.com survey has revealed who in Britain has the most expensive car insurance premiums. The poll suggests it is 17 to 21-year-olds in the G62 postcode area - East Dunbartonshire, Scotland
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  16 Year Old Sarah Moore Awarded British Club Driver of the Year 10 Dec 2009 (News)
  Sixteen-year-old racing driver Sarah Moore was awarded the British Club Driver of the Year award at the Autosport Awards, held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London, on 6 December 2009. Formula One Champion Jenson Button, World Rally Championship driver Mikko Hirvonen and British
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  HONEST JOHN CARS OF THE YEAR RESULTS 4 Jan 2002 (News)
  ) (The cars we actually buy) was a joint victory shared between four cars: the VW Passat TDI, the Ford Focus, the Rover 75 and the VW Golf Mk IV. Second place went to the old-shape Mondeo and third place to the Vauxhall Vectra. USED BANGER OF THE YEAR (UNDER £1K) Was won by the VW
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  MITSUBISHI STOPS NEW 'PARALLEL' IMPORTS 2 Apr 2007 (News)
  of The Colt Car Company Limited (the official UK Mitsubishi distributor). “We concluded that the market for non-EEA vehicles over three years old does not have a negative effect on our operation or that of our dealer network.” Statistics show that, at present, 75% of all second hand
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  Top ten: Celebrity cars sold at auction 18 Dec 2012 (News)
  There is incredible breadth when it comes to car auctions. Sellers will move on everything from rusting old wrecks to exotic supercars, but the sales that garner the most attention are usually of vehicles with famous owners. We look at ten cars with famous - or infamous - owners sold
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  Glass's Predicts December 09 Well Up On December 08 6 May 2009 (News)
  cent higher than in December 2008. “An average three-year-old car will be worth £5,100 in December this year – some £700 more than a similar car would have changed hands for at the end of 2008,” says Adrian Rushmore, Managing Editor at Glass’s
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  MoT 'failed by fifth of three-year-old cars' 7 May 2008 (News)
  The initial MoT test is failed by over one in five cars within its first three years, new research has found. According to figures attained by IAM Motoring Trust through the Freedom of Information Act, some 21.6 per cent of vehicles did not match the standard requirements
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  £7,650 Buys Polo 1.4TDI at Auction Today 17 May 2002 (News)
  As more and more ex-company drivers start buying their own cars, winners and losers continue to emerge. Not long ago, nearly-new Polos were selling for nearly 90% of list. But the new four-headlight model is the one to be seen in now, so facelift old shapes are taking a hammering
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  Still Time To Save up to £6,000 on Scrappage With Mazda 30 Dec 2009 (News)
  and there couldn't be a better time to take advantage of the outstanding deals on offer and trade in your old car for a new Mazda. It's a great way to start the new decade.   Mazda UK has wholeheartedly embraced the Scrappage Scheme since April and currently supplements the Government's £1,000
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  The MoT Files: MoT pass rates by year of registration 18 Feb 2019 (News)
  As you'd expect, generally, the newer a car is the more likely it is to pass an MoT test. But there is a turning point when cars switch from being 'old bangers' to cherished classic cars of the future. According
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  Minister threatens Christmas purge on young drink drivers 9 Dec 2010 (News)
  Road Safety Minister Mike Penning today threatened "no mercy" on drunk 17-25 year old drivers over the Christmas period. They have been targeted as the most likely to cause carnage on the roads over the festive season. Getting into a car driven by a 17-25 year old drunk driver has
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  Average insurance prices down 15 per cent 9 Jul 2014 (News)
  The average cost of a car insurance policy in 2014 is down 15 per cent on 2013 – with an even larger reduction of 32 per cent year-on-year for 17-year-old new drivers. The average cost of an insurance policy in the UK in Spring 2014 was £579, down by £99 on Spring 2013
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  Confusion as new child car seat law is delayed 5 Dec 2016 (News)
  A new law for child booster seats that was due to come into force in December 2016 has been delayed until 2017. Part of the revised rules will see backless booster seats outlawed for children up to 125cm tall or 12-years old, whichever comes first. Parents could face
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  Prices of second-hand cars plunge as dealers struggle to make profit 13 Jun 2019 (News)
  The firm operates under the Evans Halshaw, Stratstone and Car Store brands. It's believed the losses are down to uncertainty around Britain's withdrawal of the EU, along with speculation around the future of diesel cars. Research by HonestJohn.co.uk reveals three-year-old examples of the Volkswagen
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  BLEAK ECONMIC OUTLOOK WILL HIT CAR VALUES 9 Jan 2008 (News)
  . The company is forecasting that the price of the average three-year-old car could soon be around £400 less than in 2007. EurotaxGlass’s is predicting more difficult trading conditions for used car dealers, with retail demand and values both falling compared to last year
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  Cheap SL55 AMG at Top Car Today 8 Dec 2003 (News)
  Okay, it was 18 months old with 22k miles, it was left hand drive and it looked used, but a top provisional bid of £60,500 is bound to send shockwaves through the premium brokers still looking for fat ‘overs’ on these cars. A year old 52 reg Range Rover TD6 in a nice