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  Low-mileage Aston heads to Historics 15 Feb 2016 (News)
  A low-mileage 1996 Aston Martin DB7 could make up to £55,000 when it goes under the hammer at Historics in March. The 20-year-old car has covered 3300 miles and will be auctioned on Saturday, 12 March, at Brooklands. Launched at the 1994 Geneva motor show, the DB7 is widely considered to be the car that saved Aston Martin.
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  Top 10: Cars killed by the scrappage scheme 1 Oct 2014 (News)
  Launched in 2009 in an effort to give the then struggling motor industry a boost, the Government-backed scrappage scheme provided buyers with a £2000 discount off any brand new car – as long as they traded in their ‘old banger’. The problem, however, was that among the 392,000 vehicles part-exchanged via scrappage was a large proportion of ‘modern classics’, many of which could have had years of life left in them.
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  Big Stuff Goes Belly-up at Auction 8 Jun 2001 (News)
  A well specced-up 106,000 mile 97P BMW 740i hit the buffers at £12,500. And a 97,000 mile 98R Volvo S70 2.5SE auto couldn't crack £5,650 which is almost old police car money. If you want bargains then think big, but remember they have a lot further to fall. If you're thinking small, buy quickly while you can still afford to. To subscribe to BCA Auctionview, giving composite prices achieved and details of cars in upcoming BCA auctions, visit www.bca-auctions.co.uk Full list of auction centres throughout the country at www.honestjohn.co.uk (go back to the home-page and click on auction directory).
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  We've been adding more to HJClassics - and there's more to come 4 Nov 2013 (News)
  The unimaginatively titled Our Classic Cars section is devoted to our capers in he old cars the we own ourselves - and although it's currently listed to just my rag-tag fleet, it will expand as the site expands. Currently I'm running a Lancia Delta Integrale, a Citroen XM is joining in as - hopefully - my reliable winter workhorse, and there's also a Toyota Celica GT-Four, which I reckon must be the emerging classic performance car bargain of the decade.
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  Scrappage Could Appeal to 1,500,000 Car Owners 24 Apr 2009 (News)
  Furthermore, a number of people will still look for an older model, despite 2000 towards the total price of a new car. Each year, around 26 per cent of all the used cars sold are over 10 years old.[2] This equates to approximately two million cars, which is almost equal to the total number of new cars sold last year (2.1 million).
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  Ford launches scrappage scheme 21 Aug 2017 (News)
  Ford  has launched its own scrappage scheme, offering UK car buyers at least £2000 off a new car when they trade-in their old pre-Euro6 petrol or diesel car. The offer will run until the end of the year and is available on all new Fords.   BMW 'scrappage scheme' to offer £2000 for older diesels The scrappage scheme is open to owners of all non-Ford vehicles registered up to and including 31 December 2009 and Ford has pledged to scrap all the cars that are traded in.
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  Ford Could Offer £4,500 Scrappage For Mondeo Size Cars 23 Apr 2009 (News)
  * "Ford is taking a leadership role in this scrappage scheme and we will be helping all our new customers through the process," added Nigel. "We'll even collect a non-running eligible old car free of charge. "Although very welcome, the extra sales we expect from this new scheme will only bring a depleted automotive market back up to levels of 15 years ago at best, so our sector still faces tough challenges."
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  SEAT Young Driver scheme goes green 18 May 2011 (News)
  SEAT Young Driver, which offers driving lessons to youngsters from 11 to 16 years old, has just taken delivery of a brand new fleet of SEAT Ibiza Ecomotives. Featuring fuel-saving technology such as an engine stop/start system and brake energy recovery, the Ibiza Ecomotive is among the lowest-polluting new cars on the road with CO2 emissions of just 92g/km.
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  Aewsome New 200mph Ferrari 575M 2 Mar 2002 (News)
  The 'M' in the name does not stand for Maranello. Instead it indicates 'Modified' as huge changes have been made between the 550 and the new car. The most important is the gearchange. Wonderful machine that it was, the gated change of the old 550 was at best clunky and at worst far to slow for a beast of such awesome performance.
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  For sale: old M6, 27 previous owners, £2bn OVNO 12 Feb 2016 (News)
  It’s been suggested that the Government buy the road in order to make it free, with UKIP publically backing this idea, seizing the opportunity to gain some political points from the poor old 'beleaguered motorist'. Quoted in the Birmingham Mail, UKIP West Midlands MEP Jull Seymour said: "Road users contribute some £50 billion a year through a variety of taxes, yet only around £6 billion is re-invested in the transport network.
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  Christmas Gift Guide: Top 10 DVDs and Blu-Rays 16 Nov 2015 (News)
  Although obviously it helps when the DVD is good – a copy of collected My Little Pony episodes might not go down all too well with a 20-year-old Call of Duty fan. So to help you pick the best car-themed DVD or Blu-Ray for your motor mad family member we’ve written a top 10. We’ve concentrated on newer movies – we’re assuming the classics like Bullitt are already in your collection on Betamax or Laserdisc.
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  Top 10: Britain's best-sellers of the last 50 years 27 May 2015 (News)
  Amazingly though, despite many of the best-sellers of old having been out of production for many years, they’re still a force to be reckoned with when looking at overall figures for the last half a century. Check out our Top 10 sellers of the last 50 years.
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  New 2006 MX5 £15,600 - £18,900 Can Order Now 29 Jul 2005 (News)
  The new 2006 Mazda MX5 arrives in the UK in November, but can be ordered now via www.mx5liveit.co.uk The entry level £15,600 car has a 126PS 1.8 engine. 2.0 litre models with 160PS start at £16,600. The top model 160PS Sport is £18,900, £900 more than list for the old model Sport. Also the last few special collector's 2.0 Special Edition Launch Model priced £19,995, originally only available to MX5 Owners Club members can be ordered on www.mx5liveit.co.uk from 1st August.
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  Toytota Comes Out Fighting For 2012 BTCC 28 Mar 2012 (News)
  The Toyota Avensis was never a racer. Until last year. Now, another action-fuelled season of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship begins this weekend, with the new-look Toyota Avensis BTCC car ready for racing in the hands of Toyota’s independent racers Frank Wrathall, Tony Hughes and Adam Morgan. The new car is based on the latest update of the British-built road-going Avensis, introduced late last year.
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  A Grand Monday: Rover Montego Countryman 22 May 2017 (News)
  They say that if you want to know what makes a good car - a rally good car - then you should ask a taxi driver. And, indeed, while the motoring press never really got excited about the estate version of the humble Austin-Rover Montego, legions of cabbies wouldn't hear a word said against it.
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  Which? launches 2014 reliability survey 20 Dec 2013 (News)
  Car Survey, which found that the highest average repair costs were for the Land Rover Discovery 3, and that the Renault Megane Sport Tourer (2003-2009) had the lowest customer satisfaction rating. The survey is used to compile lists of the least and most reliable cars in each class, and also gives an average annual repair costs, giving car buyers and owners and idea of what sort of garage bills they can expect depending on how old their cars are.
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  A Grand Monday: Peugeot 406 23 Jul 2018 (News)
  The Peugeot 406 is a car whose numbers are in rapid decline, so when you capture an immaculate one in the classifieds, jump...
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  Goodwood to celebrate ‘young guns’ at 2012 Festival of Speed 31 Oct 2011 (News)
  Last year the half price tickets were available for visitors between 13- and 18-years-old, but 2012 will see that offer expanded to visitors aged 13-21 years. Children under 12 are allowed to enter free of charge. Beside the Young Guns theme there’ll be the usual array of machines, both old and new, along with hillclimbs, rallying, test drives and off-roading, and a special celebration to mark the 60 th anniversary of Lotus Engineering.
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  Hyundai gets into the funeral business, BMW's political roundel badges and a SEAT Leon with a 10,000-mile range 1 Apr 2010 (News)
  Here's our round-up of wind-ups: Hyundai The arrival of a new car - especially a Hyundai - is certain to cause plenty of excitement for the new owner. However, even this elation is often tinged with a little sadness about the fate of the old car being left behind.
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  MG launches approved used scheme 30 Aug 2012 (News)
  It was engineered in Britain and is assembled in Birmingham.  Richard Bourton,MG’s Business & Used Car Sales Manager, said: “Initially most of the cars in the programme will be less than a year old and with a reasonable mileage. They will be great buys for people wanting to get into an MG6 and the cars will still have the balance of the original warranty, AA European Breakdown Assistance and the higher spec models will have lifelong subscription to Traffic Master.”