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  Standing Room Only At Auction Today 2 Jan 2006 (News)
  Friday 20th January 10.00am start Fleet & Finance, LTSB Autolease, Leaseplan, Motability, Lex Vehicle Leasing, Citroen UK, Vauxhall Leasing, Masterlease, Hitachi Capital, General, Peugeot Charters p/x, Private Direct, Inchcape p/x. Monday 23rd January 10.00am start Top Car , Black Horse top cars, Porsche Retail p/x, Fleet & Finance, Motability, Lex Vehicle Leasing, Inchcape no reserve p/x, Reg Vardy p/x, Hartwell p/x, Pendragon p/x, Franchised Dealer p/x, West London Nissan p/x.
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  A Grand Monday: Vauxhall Astra 8v Envoy 2 Sep 2019 (News)
  This is a wonderful example of one of the last truly basic mainstream cars, with the added bonus of less to go wrong. We really hope it gets kept that way rather than used as a donor shell for something more sporty, which is often the fate of a sunroof-free three-door… Read our Vauxhall Astra Mk4 review and buyer's guide How many Vauxhall Astra Mk4 survived?
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  MotorEasy launches breakdown assistance service from £25 a year 14 Nov 2017 (News)
  The four levels of cover provide local or nationwide recovery, along with home assist and Europe-wide cover. A free car health check, worth £60 + VAT, is also included. The recovery packages start from £25.10 for roadside and local assistance, which provides help over one mile from the home address, with recovery up to 10 miles from the breakdown site.
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  PSA completes deal for Vauxhall and Opel 1 Aug 2017 (News)
  The reported £2 billion buyout of General Motor’s loss-making European division gives PSA a 17 per cent market share of the EU car market. Michael Lohscheller has been appointed CEO of both Opel and Vauxhall and will present a detailed strategic plan within 100 days. He has outlined a target to save £1.5 billion from both brands in the mid-term.  Lohscheller has promised to return Opel and Vauxhall to profitability by 2020, while PSA chairman Carlos Tavares has moved to quell job fears by stating that “Opel will remain German and Vauxhall will remain British”.
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  Honest John's Deals of the Week 21 Jul 2017 (News)
  It's compact, lightweight and has a 200° p ivoting nose to clean awkward spaces - making it the perfect too to clean those tough to reach places in your car. >> Click here to see the deal Save £500 on a new Ford Get £500 dealer deposit contribution when you text drive almost any model (excludes the KA+, Mustang and Focus RS) before 31 July.
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  Supermarkets go to war over fuel prices 29 Jun 2017 (News)
  utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter%2015%20June%202017%20Real%20MPG%20Special&utm_content=Newsletter%2015%20June%202017%20Real%20MPG%20Special+Version+B+CID_f19b36de7df1ceb637465d0ab012ec2e&utm_source=campaign%20monitor&utm_term=Real%20MPG"> Which cars are most honest when it comes to fuel economy? Find out with Real MPG The reduction in the cost of petrol means that the driver of an average family car - like the Ford Focus - with a 55-litre tank can now fill up for about £2.10 less than in April.
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  Ex-Eric Clapton Ferrari F40 for sale 26 Jan 2017 (News)
  An iconic Eighties supercar that was once owned by legendary guitarist Eric Clapton is for sale at a London-based classic car dealer. The 1991 Ferrari F40 has covered just under 11,000km and is for sale at GVE London for £925,000. Clapton, a self-confessed Ferrari collector and enthusiast, owned this F40 between 2000 and 2003.
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  Modern classics in demand at auction 8 Dec 2016 (News)
  A 1987 Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 sold for £75,900 at auction over the weekend. The fast ford went under the hammer at the Classic Car Auctions sale at the Warwickshire Exhibition Centre on Saturday, 3 December. The Cosworth was offered on the open market for the first time since 1988, and had covered just 12,000 miles from the new.
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  Fuel prices continue to surge as pound plummets 2 Nov 2016 (News)
  It now costs £64.20 to fill an average-sized 55-litre petrol family hatchback, with a similar diesel car costing £65.25 per tank. The picture is bleaker for van drivers, with an 80-litre tank now costing a whopping £94.92 to fill from empty. While the increases will add woe to those who are striving to cut the cost of their daily drive there are some signs of improvement on the horizon. A barrel of Brent crude averaged just under $50 through the month but ended October at a one-month low of $46.63.
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  Barn find Jaguar E-type sells for £80,800 at auction 17 Oct 2016 (News)
  That’s strong money for a restoration project. But the talk on the floor was of a car that was solid and that should be straightforward to re-commission while leaving the exterior and interior beautifully patinated. It wasn’t the only E-type project at the sale, however.
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  Only Fools & Horse’s Jaguar E-type sells for £116k at auction 6 Sep 2016 (News)
  From Munich, another very rare car, a 1990 BMW E30 M3 Convertible, sold for £59,625, more than £20,000 over its lower estimate.
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  Record price for Peugeot 205 GTI 2 Aug 2016 (News)
  A Peugeot 205 GTI sold for £31k at the weekend – a new auction record for the model. The car, a 1989 1.9-litre, fetched £30,938 - £12,000 over its lower estimate – when it went under the hammer at the Silverstone Auctions sale on 28-31 July. Prices for the iconic hot hatch have been rising steadily, but this low-mileage example caught the eye of bidders during the Silverstone Classic event.
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  Stag hits trouble on TransAm rally 24 Jun 2015 (News)
  Phil Garratt and Kieron Brown have led the pack in the V8-powered classic since the event started on 6 June, but it broke down in the Yellowstone National Park.  Believed to be the first Stag ever to take on an endurance rally, the car arrived in Idaho Falls on the back of a flatbed truck after the Triumph lost its transmission.  The news might not be all bad, though, we hear that a differential and seals are being shipped in from Arizona on an overnight service and that a garage in Idaho Falls where they 'work on old cars' has offered to help them put it all together.
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  Lexus launches groundbreaking RC F racing experience 22 Jun 2015 (News)
  Lexus has become the first car company to utilise emerging virtual reality software to create an immersive digital racing experience. The new app works with the Oculus Rift headset and the Google Cardboard viewer, and can be viewed with YouTube’s VR streaming function.
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  Porsche scores historic one-two at Le Mans 15 Jun 2015 (News)
  However, while the R18 e-tron quattro was fast - achieving a new track record -  it was beset with technical problems.  Third place went to 2014's winners Andre Lotterer, Marcel Fassler and Benoit Treluyer, despite an early puncture and a large section of the engine hood coming adrift and causing damage to the car.   
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  Young people take on ten week MG Midget restoration challenge 15 Dec 2014 (News)
  This time, the students will work towards gaining a certificate from Edexcell in car mechanics and another in personal development. The ten week programme is taking place at Propex Youth Club in Islington, north London, in co-operation with Hyde Housing Association and Draper Tools.
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  Ferrari 308 GTS QV set to light up Silverstone sale 16 Sep 2014 (News)
  As the mileage suggests, it’s been tucked away in the vendor’s garage with only light use, but this 308 does come with some history and the original handbooks and service records. These show that the car was laid up in 2006 – although we’re told it will be taken to a specialist for a cambelt change and be sold with a fresh MoT. You’ll notice, however, that it’s currently undergoing a registration plate transfer.
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  Goodwood Revival victory for future F1 star 15 Sep 2014 (News)
  But the most exiting of the weekend’s 14 races was the second part of the St Mary’s Trophy, in which the little Austin A40 of British Touring Car team boss Mike Jordan eventually saw off a pair of Jaguar Mk1s. The racing cars were not the only ones to take to the track with more than 100 military vehicles from the 1939-1945 conflict lapping the circuit on Sunday as part of a tribute headed by Lord March.
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  Motoring group urges fuel sellers to pass on savings 5 Jun 2014 (News)
  AC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said: “Transparent, fair fuel pricing is vital for the economy and to maintain the trust of motorists.” “While two thirds of Britain’s 29m cars run on petrol we use twice as much diesel, around 26bn litres a year, which demonstrates how important it is to business through our 460,000 HGVs, 3.2m vans and all the diesel-powered company cars on the road which cover high mileages every year.” “In the last year retailers have been noticeably quicker to pass on reductions in the wholesale price to forecourts, but we are now seeing an unfortunate blip in that trend where diesel prices are higher than they really need to be.”   “There has been talk of the fuel retailers using higher diesel prices to keep petrol prices lower, but whether or not that’s the case, the simplest way to operate must be to make sure retail prices always reflect wholesale prices proportionately.
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  Heritage Motor Centre invests with lottery funding 1 Apr 2014 (News)
  The award is the culmination of more than two years’ work to develop plans for a new building in which to store and display more than 200 historic British cars from the collections of both the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust and its partner the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust. The £4m project received initial support from HLF in 2011, and the latest HLF grant, together with match funding from Jaguar Land Rover, The Garfield Weston Foundation and both Trusts, will enable work on this project to begin in the spring of 2014. The new Museum Collection Centre will enable people to view many cars from the reserve collections of both Trusts for the first time in a purpose-built facility which will also include a vehicle restoration and conservation workshop and space for enhanced education and lifelong learning programmes.