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  Santa Pod Main Event 1st-4th June 28 Apr 2012 (News)
  Both cars and bikes are represented, with some of the entrants able to hit an incredible 300 mph in well under 5 seconds. If this wasn’t impressive enough, between racing will be the displays of the awesome Fireforce 3 Jet Funny Car and ridiculously brave Frenchman Eric Teboul, who thinks that strapping himself to the World’s fastest Jet-bike is a sane way to make a living.
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  Preview: RM Auctions, Arizona, 16-17 January 11 Dec 2013 (News)
  RM Auctions is pitching up at its first sale of 2014 with an impressive lot-list topper - a 1958 Ferrari 250GT LWB California Spider. It tops the 120-car sale, the 15th time RM pitches up for the Scottsdale week - its sale taking place at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa in Phoenix on 16-17 January. The headline Ferrari is the 11th of 50 long-wheelbase California Spiders.
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  Jaguar founder William Lyons’ MkX to go under the hammer 27 Jul 2016 (News)
  Nick Wale, managing director of Silverstone Auctions said, ‘We are honoured to have Sir William Lyons’ personal car in the sale, and what a beautiful car it is. This car has a very special history but it is also a very stylish and elegant car to own. Every inch of the car says luxury. Cars like this just aren’t made anymore.’ Today the car is finished in its original colour of Opalescent Dark Green with beige leather interior, and still bears its original Coventry number plate, 7868 RW.
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  Budget 2014: Classic car road tax exemption now rolling at 40 years 19 Mar 2014 (News)
  The new cut-off date for classic vehicles will take effect from 1 April 2014, and covers all cars manufactured before 1 January 1974, and confirms our prediction that from 2014, VED exemption would move from fixed to rolling.  In the Overview of Legislation and Tax rates for 2014-'15, the treasury states that the rolling benefit will affect around 10,000 classic car owners per year, who are currently paying VED, but will be newly exempt from 2015.
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  Round up of the latest manufacturer deals 4 Jan 2013 (News)
  cat=new">More Volvo new car deals
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  MOTORISTS SAVE ON REPAIRS WITH REMANUFACTURED CAR PARTS 21 May 2008 (News)
  The customer's existing part is collected, delivered in to the factory, fully remanufactured, then returned back to the customer on an overnight courier service – the fully remanufactured part is covered by a full two-year manufacturer's warranty. The Car Parts Direct round-robin re-manufacturing service usually takes three days and is used regularly by franchised car dealers, garages and even motorists carrying out their own repairs.
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  2012's Most Reliable and Least Reliable Cars, According to Warranty Direct 28 Dec 2012 (News)
  "As an example, the first car we ever covered was an Audi 100 - that was replaced by the A6, which features start/stop technology, an electromechanical parking brake, a park assist system and sensors for tyre pressure, light and rain, to name but a few new gadgets."
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  Fleets vote BMW most reliable make under 3 years old, Honda Civic most reliable car. 7 Nov 2009 (News)
    The FN50 reliability survey, undertaken by Fleet News and financial consultants Grant Thornton and covering 840,000 cars, asks leasing companies to assess reliability according to the number of breakdowns per model on their fleet. As the majority of the surveyed vehicles are used for business and so are subjected to higher than average mileage and are in constant use in all conditions.
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  Motorists face £117 fine for driving in France without emissions stickers 30 Mar 2017 (News)
  The launch of the online car checker in October will coincide with the introduction of the T-Charge, which will require all cars registered before 2005 to pay an extra £10 to enter the London Congestion Zone from 23 October.
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  Lotus Elan Sprint project sells for £25k 3 Aug 2016 (News)
  It had also been converted from a fixed-head coupe to a drop-head, but that didn’t deter keen buyers. Another strong seller was a 1987 Ford Capri 2.8i. The car, which had covered 63k from new with three former keepers, had been extensively restored in 2006 after 14 years storage. It sold for £12,992 – against a top estimate of £10k. A 1967 Lancia Flavia 1.8 Coupe that had been featured on television show Car SOS also sold well.
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  Classics face £10 charge to enter London 12 Jul 2016 (News)
  The so-called ‘T-charge’ would apply to the most polluting vehicles entering central London from 2017. The charge would cover all vehicles with pre-Euro 4 emission standards - mainly cars registered before 2005. It means drivers of classic cars will have to pay an extra £10 per day on top of the existing Congestion Charge.
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  Jaguar Land Rover fights back on potholes 10 Jun 2015 (News)
  "We are also researching how we could improve the measurement and accuracy of pothole detection by scanning the road ahead, so the car could predict how severe they are before the vehicle gets near them.” Dr. Bell continues by explaining that the company is working on a system that will automatically guide a car around a pothole – or even stop the car if the pothole was big enough. 
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  Aladdin’s cave of 60 classics worth £12m unearthed in France 7 Dec 2014 (News)
  A barn find collection of more than 60 classic cars worth £12 million will go under the hammer at auction next year. The collection, which ranges from the early days of motoring through to the 1970s, has been left untouched for 50 years. Bugatti, Hispano-Suiza, Talbot-Lago, Panhard-Levassor, Maserati, Ferrari, Delahaye, Delage – the collection includes cars from all these famous marques.
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  Low mileage Austin Maestro makes £3260 at auction 12 Sep 2014 (News)
  Another E-type – this one a bright red Series Three Roadster that had been in the same ownership for 29 years and had covered less than 60,000 miles – just nudged over its top estimate to achieve £42,072. The Weber twin-choke carburettors possibly putting off the Jaguar purists. The sale also featured some non-British cars that made good money, including a 1988 UR Quattro coupé (£11,384), closely followed by a 1976 VW T2 Campervan £11,100).
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  Stunning lots line up for RM and Sotheby's new sale in Manhattan 8 Nov 2013 (News)
  RM Auctions has confirmed that its new Art of the Automobile sale and exhibition, which takes place at Sotheby's New York in Manhattan, will featuring one of the most significant car collections to be offered in auction history. The catalogue spans a Brewster-built Vanderbilt family carriage to one-off Bugatti Veyron, and 18 of the 21 cars on offer are expected to fitch more than one million dollars.
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  Preview: Anglia classic car auction, 24 August, King's Lynn 23 Aug 2013 (News)
  Tomorrow's Anglia Car Auctions’ August Bank Holiday sale is its biggest one yet, with 160 lots going under the hammer. As well as a number of cars from the recently uncovered Porsche 'barn find collection' there's a wide selection of classics to suit all tastes and budgets.
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  Glass's Guide Valuations Via Your Mobile 12 Feb 2007 (News)
  Developed by EurotaxGlass’s in conjunction with Auto Trader, the new service will initially cover all mainstream UK-specification cars manufactured from 1999 to the present day. Valuations for older vehicles will also be available in the near future. Each valuation will automatically be charged to the customer’s phone bill, or deducted from their ‘pay-as-you-go’ balance, at a rate of £1.50 per valuation *.
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  Paris introduces classic car ban 20 Jun 2016 (News)
  It previously experimented with halving the number of cars in the city by only allowing those with even-numbered licence plates for one day in March, 2015. From the beginning of July, all car owners driving in to Paris will have to register and obtain the correct window sticker for their vehicle.
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  Play the depreciation game and win 7 Aug 2009 (News)
  As long as it has been looked after, a good nearly new car will look and feel just like a new one, only it will cost much, much less. Since most new cars now come with three-year warranties, it will still have a couple of years’ cover left to run, provided it has been serviced on time and to the manufacturer’s requirements.
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  DB6 Mark 2 Volante could fetch £800,000 at auction 8 May 2017 (News)
  The right-hand drive example was sold new to Sir John Saunders, chairman of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) in 1970. It has had only two further owners, and is thought to have covered just 24,000 miles. The car is one of the lots at Bonhams’ 18th annual Aston Martin sale, which takes place on Saturday, 13 May, at Aston Martin Works, Newport Pagnell. More than 40 examples from 65 years of Aston Martin and Lagonda history will be offered for sale.