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  Lancaster Insurance’s Mini restoration heads to the NEC 22 Feb 2016 (News)
  ’ Follow Margo’s journey throughout 2016 in Classics Monthly, which will exclusively feature the restoration. For more information on the Practical Classics Restoration & Classic Car Show, taking place on 5-6 March visit the website .
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  National Motor Museum founder Lord Montagu dies 31 Aug 2015 (News)
  A champion of the classic vehicle movement, he often took part in the London to Brighton veteran car run. Most recently, he played a part in the campaign to exempt historic vehicles from the MoT test. The legislation, which came into effect in 2012, means that cars built before 1960 don’t need to have an annual test.
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  Diesel continue to tumble towards £1 per litre 7 Aug 2015 (News)
  We expect this to be good long-term news for the nation’s 10.7m diesel car drivers as well as for businesses operating commercial vehicles. Everyone should benefit from a better, fairer deal at the pumps going forwards.” He added.
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  Have you been a victim of counterfeit xenon bulbs? BBC1 wants to hear from you 8 Apr 2015 (News)
  BBC1's Fake Britain wants to speak with car owners who have fallen victim to counterfeit xenon bulbs.  Fake vehicle accessories are a growing problem in the UK, with online vendors selling everything from interior mats to exterior bodywork.
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  800 Used Citroens in Manheim Bruntingthorpe Auction 4 Feb 2015 (News)
  Bidding will begin at 11:00 am on Thursday and 10:30am on Friday, with the East Midlands auction centre expecting 300 cars and 100 LCVs on offer on each day of the sale.  Manheim’s Bruntingthorpe centre has three lanes and recently benefited from a multi-million pound investment, creating a 56,000 sq ft facility.
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  Rare 1938 Mercedes 540K cabriolet could make £1.9m at Stuttgart sale 27 Jan 2015 (News)
  Held in the Mercedes-Benz Museum, Bonhams auction will showcase a variety of some 40 classic motor cars from across the German marque’s century-long history.
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  Get ready for Pistons and Props 17 Sep 2014 (News)
  Held at the Sywell Aerodrome in Northamptonshire on 27-28 September, you can expect to see more than 70 cars blast up the runway, from a 1929 Amilcar CGSS Monoplace and a Riley Brooklands of the same year, to a 1983 Lancia LC2 with its Ferrari engine and iconic Martini livery. There’ll also be some amazing aerial displays as well as a fly past from a Lancaster, Spitfire and a Hurricane on Saturday.
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  Jaguar’s new heritage workshop to offer early bird discount 11 Sep 2014 (News)
  Martyn’s team of speciliasts will also look after Jaguar’s own heritage vehicles. Martyn said, ‘The recreation of the new Lightweight E-type period competition cars has demonstrated the unique skillset within the Jaguar Heritage team.’ Customers can visit while work is being carried out, and receive a detailed photographic book of the work done on their car (for an extra fee).
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  Motorist banned after driving with no hands 3 Jan 2014 (News)
  To see the video in full, click the link below:     Get classic car breakdown cover from £17.79 a month. Click here for a quote
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  Final 2006-2013 MINI rolls off the line 29 Nov 2013 (News)
  No less than 1,041,412 of the 2006-203 MINI have been produced at the high-tech facility, which has built more than 2.4 million MINIs in total since 2001. 14% of all cars built in the UK last year were MINIs, accounting for for 14% of all UK vehicle exports in 2012. When launched in 2006, the MINI saw the introduction of turbochargers for the fastest versions, and and a new British-made four-cylinder engine, co-developed with Peugeot, and assembled at Hams Hall in Birmingham – thus increasing local content compared with the 2001-2006 car.
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  Save as much as £7276 off the price of a new Jaguar F-Type 19 Nov 2013 (News)
  .  www.drivethedeal.com  will put you in touch with a Jaguar UK main dealer who will supply the car at these discounted prices, and you will still get the same specification and warranty you would have got if you’d bought it from your local dealer. Jaguar F-Type 3.0 Supercharged V6 2dr Auto £53,346 Saving £5,174 Jaguar F-Type 3.0 Supercharged V6 S 2dr Auto £61,446 Saving £6,074 Jaguar F-Type 5.0 Supercharged V8 S 2dr Auto £72,709 Saving £7,276 Jaguar is offering PCP finance at  5.9% APR Representative  over 20 to 48 months with a deposit of up to 30% for cars financed by 31 December 2013.
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  Preview: Three Castles Welsh Reliability Trial 9 Oct 2013 (News)
  It's based in the Victorian seaside town of Llandudno in North Wales, and the field of wonderful classic cars visits castles, stately homes, mountains and coastline, as well as enjoying some of the finest roads the UK has to offer. It's the 12th running of this popular event, and for 2014, it will be expanding to include a ‘Prologue’ day.
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  Goodwood Festival of Speed: Supercars to take centre stage 5 Jul 2013 (News)
  An eclectic collection of supercars will take centre stage at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed - on 11- 14 July - with the return of the Michelin Supercar Run. Around 75 of the latest and greatest sports cars will be in action over the weekend and there'll be world debuts for the McLaren P1, Vencer Sarthe and Alfa Romeo 4C.  Each of the 75 supercars will be driven up the world famous 1.16-mile hill as manufacturers make their final preparations to unleash their automotive exotica to the masses.
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  Gallery: Concorso d'eleganza Villa d'Este 31 May 2013 (News)
  The Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este swallows the exclusive resort of Cernobbio on the shore Lake Como for one weekend a year, and it offers enthusiasts the opportunity to experience the world's most beautiful cars, motorcycles and people first hand. Andrew Elphick supplies the words and pictures. Best in show award went to the fabulous 'nero' teardrop coupe Bugatti Type 57C Alantic - surprisingly large for a vehicle whose creator once claimed Bentley's were merely 'the world's fastest lorries'.
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  Latest offers from Drive the Deal 14 Sep 2012 (News)
  Drive the Deal  Is currently offering signifcant reductions on the Ford Focus and Audi A6 Avant. All cars are supplied by UK main dealers - prices including road tax and delivery to your door. Thee cars below are all one offs listed on their special offers page, so these deals are subject to stock, and will be sold on a first come first served basis.  With savings of up to 30% off, these deals are not to be missed.
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  Replacement door sills now available for MGF 9 Feb 2012 (News)
  The firm is best known for producing replacement shells and individual body panels for the MGB, Mini and other British classic cars. Both left (ALG460050) and righthand (ALG460040) sills are available now from all BMH’s MG specialists. They are manufactured on the original tooling in the same zinc-coated steel as the original panels plus, in common with all BMH products, come finished in industry-standard electrophoretic paint.
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  National Motor Museum to host largest ever exhibition of James Bond vehicles 12 Aug 2011 (News)
  The National Motor Museum, Beaulieu will next year stage the largest exhibition of James Bond vehicles ever displayed to celebrate 50 years of the film franchise. It will run for the whole of 2012 and will include some of the most fanmous cars from the films, inlcuingthe 2002 Jaguar XKR with SFX weapons from Die Another Day, the 1964 Aston Martin DB5 from Goldeneye and the 1937 Phantom lll Rolls-Royce from Goldfinger.
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  Saab to restart production soon 30 Jun 2011 (News)
  If all goes well Saab should be able to restart production within two weeks, and that in turn will allow the company to supply cars and receive much needed payments for them. Victor Muller, CEO of Swedish Automobile and chairman of Saab Automobile said: "I am relieved to report that we made the June salary payments this afternoon from the proceeds of the sale of cars we announced last Monday.
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  Mercedes Benz Backs Young Australian F3 Driver 3 Mar 2011 (News)
  Mercedes Benz today announced its backing of Scott Pye, the incredibly successful young Australian F4 driver, for his first season in F3. After a terrible crash as passenger in a car being deriven home from a go-kart race, Scott read Pery McCarthy's biography, 'Flat Out, Flat Broke', and phoned Perry asking how he could get into single seater racing. Not one to miss an opportunity, McCathy signed him up, flew him over from Australia, saw him through an incredible season in F4, and has now secured him a drive in the Mercedes engined RR Racing team F3 car.
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  Hyundai set to launch digital service record 18 Feb 2011 (News)
  The catch is that the car needs to be serviced within the Hyundai dealer network in order to keep the digital service record up to date. Hyundais will continue to be supplied with the traditional service book, which can be stamped.