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  Mercedes 540 K makes £2m at auction 30 Mar 2015 (News)
  A 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Cabriolet A sold for £2,034,396 at auction in Stuttgart, Germany. The car went under the hammer at Bonhams’ Mercedes-Benz Museum sale on Saturday, 28 March. It was a good day for selling cars with a total sale value of £9.5m and 92.9% of all lots sold by value.
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  Mercedes offers new service plan 15 Mar 2010 (News)
  The Service Care plan is offered on most Mercedes cars up to seven-years old, with AMG models not included. All work is carried out at official Mercedes-Benz workshops.
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  British Motor Show tickets 'a great gift for Father's Day' 12 Jun 2008 (News)
  Sons and daughters wondering what to get dad for Father's day this year should consider buying tickets to the British International Motor Show, which promises to be a great day out for all car-loving families. Over half a million people are expected to walk through the doors of ExCeL London between July 23d and August 3rd to see over 600 cars on display, some of which are being unveiled for the first time.
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  Young Drivers Priced Out of Insurance 22 Oct 2004 (News)
  Yet these same premium rates are not reflected in the Far East. In Bangkok, for example, an 18 - 20 year old driver driving a new 109PS 1.5 litre £10,000 car pays just £250 a year for comprehensive insurance which returns 90% of the original price of the car in the event of a total loss. It could be that statutory caps on the rates paid out for personal injury and death claims, and a complete overhaul of the ludicrously high rates paid for accident repairs, could reduce the price of insurance to a sensible level that makes it a viable proposition for the many of the 31% of young UK drivers who presently drive uninsured.
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  2009 was worst years for used car sales 12 Mar 2010 (News)
  Alternative fuel and hybrid-powered cars become more popular in 2009, helped by rising fuel prices. However, used cars aged between 0- and 3-years old also endured lower sales as the scrappage scheme encouraged more buyers to purchase a new car instead of a used one.
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  SLKs Take a Dive at Auction Today 4 Oct 2004 (News)
  Last week I mentioned that Audi TTs, Boxsters and old-shape SLKs were on the slide. Today confirmed it. A 35k mile 99S 230K auto stuck at £12,300, the 79k mile 98R in the photo, in a really nice metallic blue, hit the buffers at £10,900, while bids for a 49k mile 97P 230K ran out at just £10,400.
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  02 Jag for £8,600 at Auction Today 2 Jul 2004 (News)
  Entries for that one include 44 Mondeos, 44 Fiestas, 36 Focus, 18 Fusion, 2 Ka and one quite rare Maverick 3.0V6 auto. The next Top Car is on Monday 12th July. As always the best way to look for a specific car coming up at auction or to pre-check a day’s sale is to visit www.auctionview.co.uk Brightwells next HUGE WEEKLY 4x4 SALE takes place next Tuesday, 6th July at Leominster Market on the A49 by-pass, Leominster, Herefordshire, start time 11.00am, phone: 01568 611325, website: www.brightwells.com
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  Explosion of Activity at Auction Today 5 Jul 2002 (News)
  BCA even opened an extra 100 public parking spaces at Blackbushe. As to be expected, 7 seater holiday cars were flavour of the week. A Moon-and-back mileage 94L Merc E320 7-seater estate made £4,875; a 33,000 mile 2001Y Galaxy TDI LX 7-seater sold for £12,150; and there was a right old battle to secure the 105,000 mile 99T Zafira 1.8 Elegance in the photo.
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  Campaign For Tax Breaks For Cars Given for Charity 9 Mar 2012 (News)
  Giveacar is a charity that takes away people's old cars, then donates the proceeds from disposal or scrapping to the charity of the donpr's choice. Giveacar has now started an epetition to the government calling for a widening of tax relief to include assets like cars < http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/30886 > .
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  Motor Codes Backs Mercedes Over Rust 20 Jul 2013 (News)
  Because the cars affected are now between 10 and 17 years old, issues over the Mercedes Benz Mobilo Life 30 Year warranty against rust perforation are gradually going away. This was a huge problem 10 years ago.
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  Motorpoint offers Savings up to £7,525 on New Cars 2 Nov 2009 (News)
  Motorpoint offers 'Savings' of up to £7,525 on new cars and up to £8,600 on 2 year old cars compared to list prices of new. Deal of the Week Ssangyong Rexton II 270S [Leather] 5dr Tip Auto. NEW. Only 5 miles at £13,999 - a saving of £7,525 on list price of equivalent new car* This model comes fitted with ABS, Air Conditioning, CD Player, Central Locking, Electric Windows, Electric Mirrors, Leather Trim and Power Steering. 28.8 MPG (combined) Steal of the Week Ford Mondeo 1.6 Edge 4dr Manual.
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  1949 MG TC Sells for $490,000 18 Jan 2015 (News)
  A 1949 MG TC has sold for for $490,000. Okay, it was Carrol Shelby's first race car, this was Barrett Jackson, Scotsdale Arizona, and as part of the Ron Pratte collection the money was going to charity. But us folks over in little old England are more used to a £20,000 - £30,000 price range for MG TCs.
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  Young male drivers more likely to use their phones at the wheel 31 Jul 2014 (News)
  A survey by Intelligent Car Leasing has revealed that younger drivers and male drivers use their phones at the wheel more often than older and female drivers. 1000 adults were asked if they had held their phones while driving in the last 30 days – 10 per cent of males and 4.5 per cent of females admitted that they had.
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  Take a break: Ford Escort Mk2 launch film 4 Feb 2014 (News)
  Codenamed Brenda during development, the 1975 Escort Mk2 gained a number of new variations and trim options as well new styling. Although little more than a facelift of the old Coke bottle car, the ’75 Escort was considered new in the eyes of most of its customers, and ended up sitting atop its sector in the UK sales charts during its production run. It did well in Europe, too, selling almost a million in five years.
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  A Grand Monday: Ford Focus Millennium 1 May 2017 (News)
  And most of those are probably dangling perilously close to the edge in shoestring banger territory. After all, a 17-year old car in the same colour as a Morrisons delivery van isn't really going to have that much pent-up demand to satisfy. To the initiated, though, the Focus Millennium is an interesting package. Based on the range-topping 2.0 -litre Ghia, the yellow peril is well equipped: black leather, heated seats, a high-end stereo, cruise control, climate control.
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  R reg under £3,000; P reg under £2,000 9 Mar 2001 (News)
  High mileage 3 - 4 year old ex-lease cars are now seriously cheap at auction. At BCA Blackbushe today you could have bought a smart 115,000 mile 97R Alfa 2.0 Twin Spark Spider SE with aircon and leather for just £6,900.
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  New Audi Suspension Failure Warning 26 Sep 2001 (News)
  No two wheel drive VAG vehicles are affected by this new recall, even though VAG has been having a lot of trouble with lower front suspension bushes on old shape Audi A4s and Passats.
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  Motorists Pay £1.6 Billion for Car Repairs 17 Feb 2004 (News)
  apc=311234599718640342" target="_blank">www.warrantydirect.co.uk on cars aged between 3-10 years old found the Ford Ka as the cheapest to repair with an average £86.49 bill for each visit. At the other end of the scale, engine failure on the World Rally inspired Subaru Impreza pushed it to an average of £1,623.
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  Scrap car values are up by 13% compared to 2019 11 Dec 2020 (News)
  >>>  Honda halts Swindon production over parts shortage In April, during the height of the Covid-19 lockdown, scrap car prices were 24 per cent lower than those seen the year before. However, the market has recovered over the past few months as showrooms have reopened and people have bought new cars and part-exchanged their old vehicles.
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  Save £5000 on a new car with the Renault Scrappage Scheme 24 Sep 2018 (News)
  Renault's scrappage scheme is back, allowing buyers to save up to £5000 on a new model when they trade-in their old car. Applicable to the full range of Renault's new car range, the scrappage scheme lets buyers save a total of £9500 on a new all-electric Renault Zoe when the existing government plug-in car grant of £4500 is combined with a potential scrappage saving of £5000.