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  162,651 Miles, 10 Owners: £5,750. 20 Dec 2004 (News)
  What was it about this 12-year-old 91J BMW 850Ci? The bidding started at £3,500 and went all the way to £5,750. A cool £2,000 over book disposal value for a 91J with 100k. But there was a mood in the auctions today.
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  Ferrari apprentices go back to the old school 16 Mar 2017 (News)
  Ferrari is to offer its next-generation of apprentices more training on Maranello’s classic models. School-leavers aged 16 to 19 will be given more in-depth training on classic car technology to help ensure they’re well-equipped to help keep the marque’s rich heritage on the road. Training will be given on ballast resistor ignition systems and magneto ignition systems both single and twin.  Students will also learn about dynamo charging systems, twin points distributor set ups, as well as setting up multiple carburettors and mechnical fuel injection. And, as you’d expect from a course on classic Ferraris, there will be plenty of hands-on learning with straight cut dog mesh gearboxes.
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  A Grand Monday: Mercedes-Benz C180 15 Aug 2016 (News)
  Why? Well, whereas the old-school Benzes were the absolute byword for longevity, renowned for being over-engineered and having the best build quality of any car in the world, their successors had been more closely inspected by the Stuttgart bean counters, whose desire to save money overruled the desire of those who wanted to make them the best they could be.
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  Top 20: The best Bond cars 23 May 2017 (News)
  To mark the sad news that Roger Moore has died, we decided to take a look at some of Bond’s classic vehicles – including that Lotus Esprit. Not every Bond car was hi-tech. From the Citroen 2CV used in For Your Eyes Only to the Sunbeam Alpine that featured in Dr. No, and not forgetting the poor old Leyland Sherpa panel van ripped apart by the infamous Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me, Bond has piloted some eclectic machines.
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  The MoT Files: Top 10 Cars from the 1990s 8 Feb 2017 (News)
  Given that these cars are at least 14 years old now it's no real surprise to find more expensive models dominating the top 10 list. As with all the other lists, we've gone for a cut off point - so unless there were at least 5000 MoT tests on a particular model, they won't show here.
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  Budget 2017: Tax exemption continues for classic cars 8 Mar 2017 (News)
  Critics argue that the 40-year age limit is unfair for many modern classics, with their complex electrical and safety systems. When these fail, even a car as young as ten years old can be deemed beyond economical repair. They argue that the limit should be reduced to 30 or even 25 years. Find out everything you need to know about classic car road tax See the top ten tax-free classics for 2017  
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  Peugeot 107 Has Highest List Price Residuals, But Citroen C1 Wins on Transaction Price Residuals 22 Aug 2009 (News)
    According to Glass's Guide, the three-year-old cars (‘06’-plated) that retain the highestbvalue as a percentage of original list price, having covered 39,000 miles, are as follows:   1.  Peugeot 107, 60.9% 2.
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  Gallery: Aston Martin Centenary 22 Jul 2013 (News)
  The British manufacturer decided to celebrate in style by gathering a huge array of Aston Martin models new and old for a birthday party in Kensington Palace Gardens, West London - complete with rare cars, picnic hampers and champage. Click through the gallery to see highlights. 
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  Ford builds two million Ecoboost engines 19 Sep 2013 (News)
  Earlier in 2013, Ford announced that the 2.0-litre EcoBoost would be built in Cleveland, Ohio starting in 2014 and, more recently, Ford said that it will be doubling production of the 1.0-litre EcoBoost in Germany, as the number of cars it's fitted to increases. The turbo-three will also be produced in China at a new Ford engine plant in Chongqing.
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  The 2014 MoT Files: The first MoT - top 10 vans 6 May 2014 (News)
  How do three year old vans perform in their first MoT? We list the top 10 performers of commercial vehicles registered in 2010.
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  Wheeler Dealers marks its 100th episode in style 3 Oct 2014 (News)
  ‘It was a huge challenge, but very fitting for us to prepare a car that was more than 100 years old for our 100th programme,’ said Brewer. ‘You can’t simply buy parts off the shelf for these cars, so it needed a huge amount of re-engineering and lots of new skills which we had to learn.
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  A Grand Monday: Volkswagen Scirocco 19 Oct 2015 (News)
  s=carAndClassic&id=C669765"> this one, we think, is something of a bargain at £800 . With the seller since September 1989, when it was traded in as a three-year old car at a VW dealership, there aren’t many old Vee-dubs left with this few number of owners, let alone Sciroccos, which were relatively rare to begin with. The car has clearly been well maintained, coming with a full service record right back to the day it was registered, along with nearly new tyres and a battery.
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  NISSAN EXTENDS BUY BRITISH £2k TRADE-IN DEAL FOR 3 MORE MONTHS 30 Jun 2009 (News)
  Helping the British public to help the British car industry, Nissan has extended its buy-British Trade-in offer for an extra three months. Originally available until 30th June, the offer provides a £2,000 minimum trade-in against any of its Sunderland built models for owners of cars aged between 8-10 years old.
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  Timewarp Beetle heads to auction 18 May 2016 (News)
  A 42-year-old Volkswagen Beetle that has covered just 90km is going under the hammer at Silverstone Auctions’ Classic Race Aarhus Auction in Denmark on 28-29 May. The highly-original one-owner 1974 Volkswagen was sold to an Italian man who didn’t use it very much and by 1978 had stored it in a barn – where it sat for nearly the next four decades.
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  A Grand Monday: Peugeot 403 pick-up 10 Nov 2014 (News)
  Oh, and the original owner’s handbook is still in the glove compartment – so that’s okay then. This rare old truck appears to be pretty complete and apparently rolls freely, although that inevitably means it’s currently a non-runner. So if you’ve a penchant for French commercials and you fancy taking on a fresh project for the winter months, this handsome old pick-up might just be a good place to start – especially with its realistic asking price of £995.
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  Volkswagen Golf 40th birthday celebrated: Techno-Classica 2014 31 Mar 2014 (News)
  Production of the first generation Golf commenced exactly four decades ago on the Mittelland Canal in central Germany, and Volkswagen Classic's celebration included the customary line-up of old and new, as well as a separate display of one of the oldest running models from the first generation, still in company's collections in Wolfsburg and Osnabrück. The Golf Mk7 was launched in 2013, and Volkswagen is proud of its continuous history, even if the resemblance between old and new is merely passing.
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  Twins to Quins Deals From KIA 11 Oct 2007 (News)
  KIA is offering any family with twins, triplets, quadruplets or quintuplets up to 18 years old between £1,000 and £2,500 off new Carens and Sedona MPVs. The deal also includes a free multimedia in-car cinema system so the kids will never moan about going on long car journeys again.
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  Bonhams to sell 105 year old Outback Mercedes in Stuttgart 1 Apr 2014 (News)
  A 1909 35hp Mercedes, estimated at €480,000-680,000, is being offered at the first Bonhams Mercedes-Benz Sale at the company's Museum in Stuttgart, Germany on 12 July.
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  Industry experts CAP confirms market remains stable 1 Apr 2010 (News)
  A note of caution is sounded for 4x4s, which CAP believes are ‘overheated' after consistently rising in value ahead of the rest of the market. According to Black Book: "Remarkably a 3 year old example of the typical large off-roader now costs as much as a 2 year old model at this point a year ago. Only coupe/cabriolets are beating them in terms of value rises in the current market."  
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  USED-CAR PRICES JUMP 25% AND COULD RISE FURTHER, SAYS GLASS’S 30 Jul 2009 (News)
  Despite an unprecedented 25 per cent rise this year in prices of cars up to one year old, Glass’s is urging would-be car buyers to buy now. Used car stocks have dwindled to an all-time low, prices may go still higher, and the choice of vehicles is likely to become even more limited, predicts the publisher of trade pricing ‘bible’ Glass’s Guide.