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  Percy Lambert remembered at Brooklands 21 Oct 2013 (News)
  A brass plaque commemorating the life of Percy Lambert gone on permanent display at its original home at Brooklands. Lambert was the first man to drive more than 100 miles in one hour there in February 1913 in a Talbot owned by the Earl of Shrewsbury. Lambert broke the existing speed record by driving 103.76 miles in an hour at Brooklands, and to commemorate the occasion, a brass plaque was placed on the wall of the circuit's Clubhouse where it remained until the track closed.
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  Report: Peking to Paris, day eight 5 Jun 2013 (News)
  The wonder of Mongolia is that there is still a wilderness on earth so vast that cars like ours can drive day after day after day through such stunningly beautiful, breath-taking scenery. 'Today has been a truly great driving day,' was the summing up of Bentley driver Mark Wilkinson. More information including blogs and a full leaderboard at www.endurorally.com
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  Mobility Roadshow Moves to Telford 27th-29th June 31 May 2013 (News)
  Celebrating 30 years as the UK's original consumer mobility and independent lifestyle event dedicated to people with disabilities of all ages, The Mobility Roadshow 2013 will be held at the Telford International Centre on 27th, 28th and 29th June 2013. For the first time in the show's history, test drives will take place on public roads around the venue, offering visitors a more authentic driving experience. The Mobility Roadshow was the first event to offer opportunities to test drive production model vehicles with a variety of adaptations, enabling people with disabilities the rare opportunity to 'try before they buy'.
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  £1,673 to £10,852 Off New Volvos via Drivethedeal 6 Jan 2011 (News)
    Volvo C30 D2 [115] ES 3dr £16,703 Saving £1,673 Volvo C30 D4 [177] R DESIGN 3dr £19,800 Saving £2,723   Volvo V50 DRIVe [115] ES 5dr £20,079 Saving £2,331 Volvo V50 D4 [177] R DESIGN 5dr £22,464 Saving £3,326   Volvo S60 D3 [163] ES 4dr £20,784 Saving £2,954 Volvo S60 D3 [163] SE 4dr £22,724 Saving £3,056   Volvo V60 D3 [163] ES 5dr £22,393 Saving £3,038 Volvo V60 D3 [163] SE 5dr £24,333 Saving £3,140   Volvo V70 D3 [163] ES 5dr £23,262 Saving £4,161 Volvo V70 D3 [163] SE 5dr [Lthr] £24,830 Saving £4,669   Volvo XC60 D3 [163] DRIVe ES 5dr £25,137 Saving £2,994 Volvo XC60 D3 [163] DRIVe SE 5dr £25,457 Saving £4,742 Volvo XC60 D5 [205] SE Lux Premium 5dr AWD Geartronic £32,111 Saving £6,301   Volvo XC90 2.4 D5 [200] Active 5dr Geartronic £27,377 Saving £7,374 Volvo XC90 2.4 D5 [200] SE 5dr Geartronic £28,561 Saving £9,494 Volvo XC90 2.4 D5 [200] Executive 5dr Geartronic £33,331 Saving £10,852   These deals and many more at  www.drivethedeal.com    
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  Vauxhall Ampera plug-in hybrid to cost £28,995 14 Dec 2010 (News)
  Commuting within the 50 mile range will ensure very low running costs on battery electric drive only. The Vauxhall Ampera's 50 mile battery electric drive range exceeds the UK’s average commuting distance but when a longer journey is required, the Ampera’s range-extender engine/generator produces electricity on board.
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  X-Trail 2.2DCI 136 Sports, Just £15,999 10 Apr 2005 (News)
  www.motorpoint.co.uk of new and nearly new cars at three sites and in many cases drive-away deals can be done in less than two hours. Sample stocks include:- 04 reg Mondeo 2.0 TDCI 130 Ghia 6-speed, silver, 10,512 miles £11,999 04 reg Vectra 1.9CDTi 150 SRI Estate, black, 9,246 miles £12,999 04 reg Zafira 1.8 Elegance, black sapphire, 14,160 miles £10,599 2004/53 Rover 75 1.8 Club SE, royal blue, 13,115 miles £6,999 New Mondeo 2.0iLX, blue, from £10,999 New Astra 1.4i 16v Club, silver, from £9,699 New Grand Scenic 1.9DTI Dynamique, 7 seater, from £13,999 New Megane 1.6 VVT Sport Tourer, blue, from £10,599 New Golf 2.0 GT TDI 140, silver, from £15,999 New Touran 1.9 TDI PD 100SE 7 seater, from £14,999 New Volvo XC70 2.4 D5 SE Estate, silver, from £25,999 New FIAT Multipla 100ELX, 6-seater, ruby red, from £9,999 New Honda Accord 2.0i VTEC Executive auto, from £16,999 New Discovery 3 2.7 Td V6 S, silver, from £30,999 New Mercedes CLK240 Avantgarde Convertible auto, from £34,999 New Nissan X-Trail 2.2DCI 136 Sport, red, from £15,999 Motorpoint, Charwell Drive, West Meadow, Derby, tel: 0870 1209611 Motorpoint, Rosegrove Lane, Burnley, Lancs, tel: 0870 1270821 Motorpoint, 60 Hamilton Road, Mout Vernon, Glasgow, tel: 0870 1261481 Website link: www.motorpoint.co.uk
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  307 Award and HDI 110 Tax-Beater 4 May 2002 (News)
  ISP judges, Geoff Posner, Geoff Howe and Cindy Roper described the Summer Parties as "strong events which overcame test-drive inertia to bring the showroom to a family audience". Over 15,000 people attended the 'Ride and Drive' events with over 2,500 taking test-drives. Peugeot has also launched HDI 110 Rapier versions of the 307 and 406 list priced at £14,160 and £15,195.
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  New Honda CR-V 12 Oct 2001 (News)
  Transmission options are a 5-speed manual with floorshift or Honda's Grade Logic 4-speed automatic with dashboard mounted shift lever. A centre clutch in the drive-train leaves the car in front-wheel-drive except when slip is detected at the front and four-wheel-drive is automatically engaged. The current CR-V has been the best selling sports utility in Europe with more than 138,000 now on the road.
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  Drive it Day 2019 3 Apr 2019 (News)
  ticket=sunday-scramble-tickets   Cestrian Motoring Enthusiasts Group Location: Near Queensferry Deeside for 9.30am Breakfast (pre booking breakfast needed) From: 9.00am Details: After breakfast we will be taking a drive through the lanes of north east Wales and Cheshire to the Secret bunker near Nantwich, the drive will be approximately 30 miles one way and taking in some interesting villages for photo shoots, ending in a tour of Hack Green secret bunker (Entry fee applies).
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  Second Callum Mk2 in production 5 Mar 2015 (News)
  Nick Goldthorp, managing director of CMC, said, ‘The second Mark 2 by Callum is in production, it is going to be a left hand drive car and the body is nearing completion. We should finish the vehicle by the end of this year.’ Each vehicle will be tailored to an individual buyer, who will spend time with Ian Callum to finalise the specification.
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  NEC ticket winners announced 10 Nov 2014 (News)
  With only five pairs of tickets up for grabs, picking the winners was tricky – but we’ve reached a decision. Here are the names of the winners and their dream drives. Rehan Osman – Jaguar E-type from Browns Lane to Geneva, recreating Norman Dewis’ legendary drive before the car’s official launch at the show in 1961. Clive Sayer - a 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS around Goodwood, Brands, Le Mans, Nordschleife and Spa Francorchamps and before returning via the Jabbeke highway.
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  Jaguar Land Rover seeks up to 200 new apprentices 5 Nov 2014 (News)
  Jaguar Land Rover has started its latest drive to recruit apprentices, with up to 200 places on offer. The company already employs 620 apprentices and is the largest provider of apprenticeships in the UK OEM automotive sector. Four year apprenticeships aimed at GCSE level entrants and six year courses for A Level entrants are on offer across all six of Jaguar Land Rover’s UK sites.
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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. The survey also revealed that drivers aged 18-24 were 100% more likely to use their phone at the wheel than the average across the whole group, while 25-34-year-olds were 234 per cent more likely to use their phones when driving.
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  VIDEO: Volvo demonstrates the benefit of winter tyres 2 Dec 2013 (News)
  To demonstrate the benefits of winter tyres Volvo fitted one front-wheel drive V40 with them and left another on summer tyres, then drove them in turn up a snow covered ski-slope. The car on summer tyres barely made it past the five metre mark while the car on winter tyres made it right to the top.
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  Video: Ford’s self parking car 9 Oct 2013 (News)
  Additionally, should you return to the car and find it impossible to get into the driver’s seat care of someone parking too close the car will drive forwards on its own so you can get in. The technology is still in its early stages and getting it into production will doubtless be fraught with issues – it might well be tricky to convince safety legislators and insurance bigwigs to let self driving cars loose.
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  Volkswagen Golf Mk7 dealer launch events this weekend 11 Jan 2013 (News)
  Dealers are inviting Golf fans and potential customers to visit their showrooms and find out all about the latest generation car, take a test drive in the new car and benefit from some launch offers. The new Golf officially went on sale on 7 January, and over the course this weekend (11-13 January), Retailers across the country will be holding a number of special launch and test drive events.
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  Get behind the wheel of a MINI at a famous track 12 Jan 2012 (News)
  I'm delighted we've joined forces with the iconic MINI brand - it really is the perfect car for young people to sample driving for the first time.”
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  Nissan's Juke of Hazzard 25 Oct 2011 (News)
  Just two versions of the Nissan Juke-R are being created, one in each of left-hand and right-hand drive. The cars have been developed by Nissan and are being built by leading motorsports outfit RML with input from Nissan Technology Centre for Europe (NTC-E). Testing of the car will begin in November.
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  World Car Awards: "And Now There is One." Or is that Two? 21 Apr 2011 (News)
  You can see why EVs make such sense, particularly in towns and cities." Having installed solar panels on the roof of his house, Goodier later claimed to be driving the first regular solar powered car, costing him and the environment precisely nothing.
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  Voided warranty not the only risk for drink-drivers 17 Dec 2009 (News)
  For those with new cars , it is unlikely that a warranty would cover any repair or replacement costs incurred during an accident if the driver were intoxicated. With heavy fines and possible prison sentences also associated with drink-driving convictions, the reasons to stay alcohol-free this Christmas could be persuasive for anyone expecting to get behind the wheel. Norfolk Constabulary adds that, in its own jurisdictional area, a relatively small proportion of motorists continue to imbibe before driving.