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Rare Aston could make £750,000 at auction 2 Jul 2015 (News)
. The sale also includes one of the original ‘hot hatches’ – a 1987 Ford Escort RS Turbo. According to the vendor, apart from the upgraded Scorpion stainless steel exhaust, the car is 100% original, and still has the stereo and cassette holder it was equipped with in the factory. It could fetch between £5000-£7000. For more information (or to consign a car to the sale) visit Barons Auctions . -
Race Retro: Fantastic Fiats delight Stoneleigh crowds 22 Feb 2014 (News)
Central to the display (above) was a 1974 Abarth Osella PA2, which was raced by Prince Jorge de Bargration of Moukhrani in the European Group 6 2.0-litre Championship. The car currently belongs to Tony Castle-Mille of Middle Barton Garage, who rebuilt and restored the car. The PA2 is now a regular at hill climbs and sprints across the UK and Spain. Other highlights at the Fiat display included three freshly restored 500 Abarths, with a 1964 1600 OT being notable (pictured below). -
Goodwood Festival of Speed: Drive it yourself in Gran Turismo 11 Jul 2013 (News)
What’s more, visitors to the 2013 Festival of Speed will be able to sample a demo of GT6 featuring the hill route and a selection of cars. "I have always been a huge admirer of the Festival of Speed and what Lord March has achieved," explains Polyphony Digital President and legendary creator of Gran Turismo, Kazunori Yamauchi, who will drive a number of cars up the famous Hill at Goodwood. " Goodwood represents every type of motoring and motor sport which very much mirrors what we aim to achieve with Gran Turismo and so it is very special that we have forged this partnership" he continued. Those who wish to try the Gran Turismo 6 demo will find PlayStation race ‘pods’ at the Goodwood Road Racing Club, the Family Area and the Goodwood Hotel. -
Goodwood Festival of Speed: Ferrari to bring its latest cars 5 Jul 2013 (News)
The V12 powered F12 Berlinetta will appear at Goodwood, along with a bespoke FF, a tailor made 458 Spider and Eric Clapton’s one-off 512BB inspired SP12 EC. -
Marmalade rewards its safest drivers 25 Jun 2013 (News)
Car insurance company Marmalade, which specialises in telematics or “black box” based insurance for young drivers, has awarded three of its safest customers with a trip to the Isle of Wight aboard a Yacht. -
New network of EV charging points launched 3 Sep 2012 (News)
A new nationwide network of charging points for electric vehicles has been launched, and it allows users to charge their cars on a ‘pay and go’ basis, with no monthly fee, besides a refundable £10 for account activation. Access to the charging points doesn’t require a card – users will instead use an SMS text message to access chargers and to stop and start charge cycles. -
Audi launches business mileage app 12 Jul 2012 (News)
Audi has launched a free iPhone app for company car drivers that uses GPS to precisely calculate journeys and then calculates the expense depending on their mileage per mile rate. The easy to use app is available on iTunes now and lets users enter their mileage rate and then, using real time GPS, logs the length of the journey. -
Offers on Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Peugeot iOn and Citroen C-Zero brings down the cost of going electric 22 Mar 2012 (News)
offer=288960&partner=256&campaign=3954&vertical=4">Mitsubishi , Citroen and Peugeot - the three companies offering different versions of the same electric car - have all announced offers for companies leasing the cars. Both Peugeot and Citroen are offering their versions for £245 per month (excluding VAT). The Peugeot deal is over three years, while Citroen's is over four. -
Auto eBid offering BMW 3 Series savings 15 Nov 2011 (News)
318i ES SERIES TOURING at £19,664 – Saving £4,241 316d ES 4d DIESEL SALOON at £20,674 – Saving £4,206 3 318i SE 2d SERIES COUPE at £23,014 – Saving £3,981 335d Sport Plus 2d Step Auto DIESEL COUPE at £35,760 – Saving £6,410 335i Sport Plus 2d DCT CONVERTIBLE at £39,110 - Saving £7, 610 Auto eBid offers orders for customer cars to all competitive suppliers in the UK in real-time. Suppliers then compete against one another on price and delivery times, so besides the minimum savings you could save again. For more information on how AutoeBid works, as well as offers on various other cars with money off, visit www.autoebid.com -
Ayrton Senna ‘Airfix’ kit to go under the hammer 3 Aug 2011 (News)
A giant Airfix style kit of Ayrton Senna’s MP4/6 F1 car is set to go under the hammer at the Nurburgring on August 13 th . The gigantic model was revealed at the COYS Concours d’Elegance in July, which took place at Blenheim Palace by Senna’s former manager Dennis Rushden. -
Double Nectar points from Ford 27 Jul 2011 (News)
Andy Barratt, Ford's UK customer service director, said: "Summer vacations are a popular time for driving, so now is the perfect time for our customers to earn extra points while they get a holiday check-up for their car." Last year Ford gave away more than 180 million Nectar points to its customers. -
MINI Countryman in demand at auction 16 Jun 2011 (News)
The highly sought after MINI Countryman was in demand at Manheim’s all-MINI auction recently, making more than its predicted value. The auction resulted in the sale of 151 cars, with an overall average value of 111% ‘CAP Clean’ – which is the highest value CAP assigns to used cars. The star of the show was a 2010 MINI Cooper S ALL4 Countryman, with 9,832 miles – this achieved 134% of its CAP Clean value in its auction debut. -
Mercedes top for customer satisfaction 1 Mar 2010 (News)
Ranked alongside companies such as John Lewis, Waitrose and Virgin Atlantic, Mercedes scored 82.7 out of 100 marks to be the highest ranked car company in the survey of 26,000 UK consumers. BMW and MINI were next highest of the car companies included with a score of 81.8. Honda, Toyota and Audi were in third, fourth and fifth spots respectively. -
Fleet managers targeted by motoring advice 14 Dec 2009 (News)
Fleet managers have been targeted by a car advice campaign from road safety charity Brake. Aimed at company drivers, a range of e-learning tools, workshops that are free across the country and catchy slogans have been developed to help improve road safety. -
Nissan announces updated Qashqai 4 Dec 2009 (News)
Those considering buying a new car may be interested in news that Nissan is releasing an updated version of its Qashqai range for 2010. Nissan said the new line was an improvement on the old in several domains, notably in the environmental department. -
Hyundai Second only to Ford in Scrappage Sales 11 Oct 2009 (News)
Most car manufacturers had a much better September in 2009 than they did in 2008. But the big winners of sales under the Scrapage scheme were Ford, very closely followed by Hyundai, with Toyota third and FIAT fourth. -
Ford buyers may want to be quick 25 Jun 2009 (News)
People planning on buying a car from their local Ford dealership may want to be quick. The manufacturer has announced its prices will be going up by an average of four per cent next month. It explained this would mean vehicles like the Fiesta, Ka, Mondeo, Focus, Kuga and C-Max will be between about £600 and £700 more expensive. -
Michelin 'highlights its green credentials' 8 Jun 2009 (News)
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New Golf VI GTIs at up to £954.84 Discount 11 May 2009 (News)
VW Golf 2.0 GTI 5dr 3 Door @ £21,568.56 (save £841.44) VW Golf 2.0 GTI 5dr 5 Door @ £22,118.47 (save £876.53) VW Golf 2.0 GTI 5dr 3 Door DSG @ £22,795.27 (save £919.73) VW Golf 2.0 GTI 5dr 5 Door DSG @ £23,345.16 (save £954.84) For more information on any of the above please call the new car leasing sales team on 0844 880 9271 or email sales@newcar4me.com Please mention Honest John when calling. More information and more new car leasing deals at www.dsgauto.com . -
New Mazda6s to be launched next year 10 Nov 2008 (News)
The motor news follows the announcement that the Association of Scottish Motoring Writers has named the Mazda6 the best family car in the Scottish Car of the Year Awards 2008. Are you buying or selling? Click here to find out what Honest John has to say.
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