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  Rovers Not Cheap at Auction Today 27 Apr 2005 (News)
  A 52k mile 2000W 75 2.5 Connoisseur SE auto with satnav bid to £5,250, which isn’t bad for a 5 year old. While the auctioneer wisely turned down a top bid of £7,500 for a 4,000 mile 2003/53 75 2.0 CDTI Connoisseur auto that would have flown out of any showroom for £9,995. (If you want the car it should come up again in the Snows Group section.)
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  Sudden Shortage Forces Auction Prices Up 11 Sep 2002 (News)
  But the general level of prices can vary from week to week, sometimes by huge amounts. Last Wednesday there were plenty of cheap cars at Blackbushe. This Wednesday if felt like dealers were bidding hard to secure stocks in anticipation of a shortage. It seems that the public hasn’t taken too well to the idea of a 52 plate on its cars.
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  Manufacturer new car offers, deals and promotions 8 Jun 2015 (News)
  Depending on which car you’d like to buy, Vauxhall will offer up to £1500 in part exchange for your current car providing it’s over seven years old. They’re also offering money off throughout the range for customers who wish to buy outright, along with competitive finance packages. 
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  A Grand Monday: Citroen CX Familiale 23 Oct 2017 (News)
  You'll need to check the underside carefully to make sure there's nothing truly horrendous under there, but on the other hand its not unreasonable to expect a 27-year old Citroen to have seen the warm end of a welding torch by this stage. The car has spent its life in London, so has probably seen less exposure to salty motorways than most (which may explain why it has even survived this long), while an extensive history with respected Citroen specialists at least suggests it has been sympathetically maintained.  It'll probably need a power steering pump before its next MoT, too, and unless you're handy with hydraulics, that's probably a £300-400 job.  But even so, CX Familiales fall into the 'hen's teeth' category of rarity, and this one is strikingly and temptingly cheap...
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  Restored Volkswagen Samba campervan to go under the hammer 22 May 2017 (News)
  A rare 1959 Volkswagen 23-window Samba campervan is heading to auction. The camper, which has been restored, is part of the Classic Car Auctions sale in Warwickshire on 10 June. The right hand drive, manual example is believed to be one of just a handful on UK roads and looks like it has just rolled off the line at the German factory.
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  1966 Mini Cooper 1275S Makes £31,000 at Historics 3 Sep 2015 (News)
  A rare 1990 Alfa Romeo SZ sold for £26,000. An ultra-rare 1961 Alfa Romeo Formula One single seater with FIA papers sold for £60,000 and the newest car amongst the consignments, a 2006 Ferrari F430 Spider, made £70,000 and might not drop any lower, representing a reasonable 9 year old investment for its new owner. The 1973 Iso Fidia that had languished in a barn since the mid 1980s and needed very expensive restoration changed hands for a £6,250.
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  Toyo Launches New Proxes Tyre 23 May 2013 (News)
  Low noise is a distince improvement over the old Proxes, excellent high-speed stability ensure a smooth and comfortable ride, while the clever blending of Super Active, Grip and Wear Resistant polymers offer drivers improved fuel economy and 25% less rolling resistance than the outgoing Proxes CF1.
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  Cape Town to London. In 10 days. In a Panda! 28 Nov 2012 (News)
  In contrast, Philip Young and Paul Brace's car is an 85bhp Fiat Panda TwinAir, and it will be receiving a small number of rally-spec modifications to cope with the challenging conditions in Africa. The pair will need to cover almost 1000 miles per day to remain on track.
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  Official 20% Off Hyundai Getz 11 Aug 2008 (News)
  There will be some buyers who can’t manage to find the deposit though – perhaps because their old car has just failed its MoT or the savings have just been spent on a holiday. So as an alternative the second offer requires no deposit at all. The first payment would be £285, followed by £139 per month for 35 months.
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  Ford Ex-Rentals on the Rise Again 8 Jan 2002 (News)
  Smart operators who speculated well by bulk buying last October and November are still retailing cars for prices that reflect what they paid plus a bit of profit. The Great Trade Centre www.greattradecentre.co.uk had 5,250 cars in stock on Christmas Day waiting for the New Year rush.
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  'Elvis Car' Ford Model A Hot Rod Comes Up For Auction 1 Aug 2019 (News)
  'The Elvis Car', Elvis Presley's 1929 Ford Model A Highboy Hot Rod from the movie 'Loving You' Comes up for auction on 31st August. Probably the World's most famous hot rod ever built, and the first Model A roadster body on a V8 '32 Deuce frame, it was created by 19 year old John Athan in 1937 with some help from his great friend, engine tuner Ed Iskendrian.
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  'LIFE ON MARS' CARS IN DEMAND 31 Jan 2008 (News)
  British Car Auctions predicts that demand for iconic 80's cars will be stimulated once again when the sequel to BBC TV's highly successful 'Life on Mars' begins on 7th February. 'Ashes to Ashes', the new series that will see the return of DCI Gene Hunt, played by Philip Glenister.
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  The Mot Files: What does the test involve and why is it important? 18 Feb 2019 (News)
  The MoT test is a legally-required examination for all vehicles when they reach three years old, cars over three years are then tested every 12 months after that. The MoT test is used to determine if your vehicle is roadworthy, you also need a valid MoT certificate to tax and insure your car.
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  A Grand Monday: Volvo 480ES for £800 17 Dec 2015 (News)
  Built in the old DAF factory in the Netherlands, the 480ES came into being partly to keep the factory operating until a new generation of Volvos came along to replace the ageing 340 and 360 Series. Initial receptions were mixed.
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  Nostalgia Weekend at Croft Circuit 31 Jul 2010 (News)
  Its uniqueness – mixing static displays with top-class historic motor racing – is going to appeal to so many people young and old and it’s great to see something like this at last in the North-East. You certainly don’t need to be just into racing cars to get a big kick out of it.   “The kids are always amazed by all the chrome and styling of many of the classic cars and the sight and sound of the racing is going to create a really big buzz.
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  Cayenne Turbo at Top Car Today 26 Jul 2004 (News)
  A 26k mile 94M, Bentley Continental R Coupe, that should have been the star of the show until the Cayenne usurped it, bid to £45,500 and would have been a lot of car for the money if it came for that. Yet, there were also some relatively good buys. A 50k mile Y reg (three years old, now) X5 3.0i Sport manual with satnav, TV and leather sold for £25,800, and in Hall 2 a 75k mile 2000W Jag S-Type manual with a slightly noisy V6 saw a top bid of £5,500, which must make it the cheapest S Type in post ‘Sweeney’ history.
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  Bargains and Premiums at Auction Today 17 Oct 2003 (News)
  There must still be plenty of money (or credit) slopping around for profits to be made on these bids. But if you want a car, and it’s a desirable car, better to pay a bit more than you expected at auction than to pay a lot more to a dealer. On Monday 20th there will be a big BMW Group auction at Blackbushe, starting 13.00, with the main attraction a 51 reg X5 3.0d Sport auto with leather.
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  Police Auction Real Crowd Pleaser 13 Dec 2002 (News)
  And even liveried cars are no longer any colour you want as long as it’s white. A cheerful little silver Skoda Fabia SDI, 2001X and just 11k miles, sold for £4,500 last night. Star car was probably the one in the picture: a clean and tidy ex Leicestershire police 99T Focus 1.6LX with 106k miles which sold for £3,100.
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  Santa Pod Run What You Brung 6th March 28 Dec 2010 (News)
   This will ensure  that friends and 'bar-room rivals' get the chance to race side by side and settle old scores on the FIA-approved track, under fully timed conditions.  The more cars that each club pre-books, the more track time will be allocated to them. Spilt into sessions 10 to 20 cars will get a total of 40 minutes of track time, 30-40 cars will get 80 minutes.
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  Big Premiums Stall at Top Car Today 11 Nov 2002 (News)
  Star of BCA’s Top Car sale at Blackbushe today was undoubtedly a brand new 52 reg BMW M3. Not just any old M3, but a convertible, with a hard top, satnav and the SMG box. It was top of the list in BCA’s own Top Car advertisement.