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  Meriva the Name of Vauxhall's Mini MPV 22 May 2002 (News)
  (The diesel will be the 75PS 1.7 16v DI.) The car will be built at the existing Corsa factory at Zaragosa, Spain, up the road from Seat and down the road from VW's Polo plant near Pamplona. More at www.vauxhall.co.uk
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  Video: SEAT builds a Leon ST in two minutes 4 Dec 2013 (News)
  The fascinating clip lets viewers get the ultimate factory tour, with cameras placed right at the heart of the production lines. Filmed at SEAT’s Martorell plant in Spain, which builds 2000 cars a day, the video gives a unique insight into the manufacturing journey from beginning to end. The ST is SEAT's latest addition to the Leon range and each car has 5900 separate parts amd 1580 metres of cable.
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  Ford to close Belgian Genk plant 24 Oct 2012 (News)
  The plant currently builds Mondeo, Galaxy and S-MAX models, production of which is expected to move to Valencia, Spain during 2014.  According to Ford the closure of the plant will address overcapacity resulting from a 20% drop in demand for vehicles in Europe. Moving production of the Mondeo, S-MAX and Galaxy to Valencia means production of the C-MAX and Grand C-MAX, currently built there, would likely moved to Saarlouis, Germany.
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  'Britons' top European driving destination is Germany' 7 Jul 2008 (News)
  According to Vauxhall, the UK's top destination for motoring is Germany, followed by France, Norway and Spain. However, drivers may still be at risk of invalidating their car insurance policy when heading abroad. This is because Vauxhall found that 35 per cent of people are uncomfortable travelling on European highways.
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  Nissan sales increase over January 12 Feb 2008 (News)
  "[The Tilda] has been further supported by its recent launch in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Spain and Portugal will see the launch of Tilda next month," commented the company. This comes as the firm has announced that its new Nissan GT-R, which gives drivers 473 bhp, will be available to UK customers in 2009.
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  Forget Speeding in France 3 May 2004 (News)
  It’s not just drivers in France who should exercise caution on the roads this year either. In Spain, from July, that age-old motoring chivalry - warning on coming drivers of the presence of police ahead - could leave UK visitors in hot water too as it becomes an offence to do so then. "Holidaymakers should pack a vest along with their swimsuits and sun-cream as well if they are to avoid the long arm of the law in Spain", added King.
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  Race Retro: Fantastic Fiats delight Stoneleigh crowds 22 Feb 2014 (News)
  The car currently belongs to Tony Castle-Mille of Middle Barton Garage, who rebuilt and restored the car. The PA2 is now a regular at hill climbs and sprints across the UK and Spain. Other highlights at the Fiat display included three freshly restored 500 Abarths, with a 1964 1600 OT being notable (pictured below). The four-cylinder fiat has 140bhp and is capable of 130mph, although Middle Barton Garage assured us this example has never reached such speeds on the UK’s highways.
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  March sees Seat gain 'best ever sales month' 4 Apr 2008 (News)
  Seat is a part of the Volkswagen group and employs more than 14,500 people worldwide. Its headquarters is in Martorell, Spain.
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  Seat model sets new green record 7 May 2009 (News)
  The person behind the wheel during the motoring challenge was Austrian economy-driving ace Gerhard Plattner. He revealed that during his trip through Spain he reached speeds approaching 70 mph. Mr Plattner described the experience as "incredible" and praised the vehicle he had driven, which boasts CO2 emissions of 98 g/km. "The pouring rain practically all through the night made driving difficult, but the Ibiza Ecomotive performed to perfection," he stated.
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  Mazda 2 Details Announced 29 Aug 2002 (News)
  Mazda has announced details of its new Fiesta based Mazda 2 model to be launched at the Paris Motor Show on 26th September and to be built at Ford’s plant south of Valencia in Spain. The new car is a compact hatchback/estate, like the Honda Jazz and the Ford Fiesta Fusion, with the benefit of a particularly low rear load sill. It replaces Mazda’s previous Demio and will itself be called the Demio in Japan.
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  Something For Everyone at Auction Today 12 Apr 2004 (News)
  Top Car of the day was the left-hand-drive Ferrari F360 Modena F1 Spider in the photo, imported from Spain and with only 7,000 kilometres under its wheels. It sold for a very reasonable £83,000, which has to leave plenty of profit for someone re-exporting to a LHD country and begs the question why it ever left Spain in the first place, where tax-paid Ferraris are a lot more money than they are here.
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  Goodwood announces strong line-up for supercar run 12 Jun 2012 (News)
  .  Amongst the more uncommon supercars making their British dynamic debut will be the GTA Spano from Spain, the de Macross Epique GT1 from South Korea, the Zagato-bodied AC 378 GT, and the new Morgan Plus 8.  Goodwood promises that there will be a few 'surprises' too.
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  European car production lowest since 1996 11 Mar 2010 (News)
  The figures for car production were not as bad as for commercial and truck sales, which increased the drop in overall vehicle production in the EU to 17% in 2009 compared to 2008. Germany is the largest vehicle producer in Europe, making 5.2 million in 2009, while Spain is the second largest (2.2 million) to beat France into third spot. The UK remains in fourth place in the production figures league, producing more than 1 million vehicles during 2009. The ACEA's Economic Report forecasts that passenger car production will drop again in 2010 due to weaker demand and commercial vehicle production will remain at 2009 levels.
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  Indiana Jones Renault Type NN Tourer up for auction 28 May 2014 (News)
  The right-hand drive, four-door Tourer was bought by Steven Spielberg’s film company in 1988, shortly before filming started in Almeria, Spain. The car was then re-sprayed black for its famous chase with a 1917 army tank, which saw Indy battle it out with his enemies in search of the Holy Grail. The ten minute scene would go on to became one of the highlights of the film, with superb performances from  Harrison Ford and Sean Connery.
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  Free Wiper Blades 15 Feb 2008 (News)
  The survey carried out by Mail order specialist, Car Parts Direct questioned their online customers in France, Spain, Germany and the UK. The Germans came out on top by replacing their wipers every fifteen months, whilst British drivers only replaced on average every twenty-seven months. Mark Cornwall of Car Parts Direct said “The problem in the UK is education.
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  Masters Pre-66 Touring Cars grid set for MGLive! 5 Apr 2017 (News)
  is just one of six venues the Masters will be attending in 2017, racing across Europe at destinations such as the Espiritu de Montjuic in Spain, Spa in Belgium, and Zandvoort in Holland. For more information on the Masters you can visit their website by going to www.mastershistoricracing.com .
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  Ford to launch new noise-cancelling system 12 Nov 2015 (News)
  As a result the Vignale has 12 high-quality speakers and a sophisticated digital signal processing amplifier. The Mondeo Vignale is built at Ford's state-of-the-art plant in Valencia, Spain. It's hand finished at Ford’s Vignale Centre, where vehicles are subjected to 100 additional tests.
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  KIA Builds 252,000 Cars a Year in Europe 19 Jan 2012 (News)
  The main export markets in 2011 were as follows: 23 per cent of total production output was delivered to Russia, 10 per cent to Great Britain, 9 per cent to Germany, 8 per cent to Spain and 5 per cent to France. The Kia cee'd family accounted for 41 per cent of production at Zilina in 2011, just ahead of the Sportage compact SUV on 40 per cent. More at KIA
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  James Hunt's Hesketh under the hammer in Monaco 4 Feb 2014 (News)
    Hesketh 308-01 Race History               Date Race Drivers Entrant Result 17.3.1974 Race of Champions James Hunt Hesketh Racing DNF 30.3.1974 GP South Africa James Hunt Hesketh Racing DNF 7.4.1974 International Trophy James Hunt Hesketh Racing 1 st 28.4.1974 GP Spain James Hunt Hesketh Racing T-car 12.5.1974 GP Belgium James Hunt Hesketh Racing T-car 23.6.1974 GP Netherlands   Hesketh Racing T-car 7.7.1974 GP France James Hunt Hesketh Racing T-car 20.7.1974 GP Great Britain James Hunt Hesketh Racing DNF 4.8.1974 GP Germany James Hunt Hesketh Racing T-car 18.8.1974 GP Austria Ian Scheckter Hesketh Racing DNQ           Date Race Drivers Entrant Result 12.1.1975 GP Argentina James Hunt Team Hesketh T-car 26.1.1975 GP Brazil James Hunt Team Hesketh T-car 13.4.1975 International Trophy Alan Jones Harry Stiller Racing 7 th 27.4.1975 GP Spain Alan Jones Harry Stiller Racing DNF 11.5.1975 GP Monaco Alan Jones Harry Stiller Racing DNF 25.5.1975 GP Belgium Alan Jones Harry Stiller Racing DNF 8.6.1975 GP Sweden Alan Jones Rob Walkers Custom Made Racing 11 th 3.8.1975 GP Germany Harald Ertl Team Hesketh 8 th 17.8.1975 GP Austria Harald Ertl Warsteiner Brewery DNF 7.9.1975 GP Italy Harald Ertl Team Hesketh 9 th
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  1966 Mini Cooper 1275S Makes £31,000 at Historics 3 Sep 2015 (News)
  The 1937 SS Jaguar Saloon displayed in a Museum in Spain for 12 years sold for £40,000. Finally, starting to catch up with Toyota FJ prices in the USA, a 1982 Toyota HJ47 pick-up sold to a Toyota dealer for £14,500 (£15,950 inc), and may join Toyota's own historic fleet at future events.