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  Ferrari Daytona Driven by HRH Prince Charles up for Auction 29 Mar 2011 (News)
  Soon after its arrival from Italy however, the iconic GT was loaned to Prince Charles for a week, before subsequently being sold for a seemingly modest sum of £9,250 later that year. The fastest production road car of its time, this Daytona was purchased in the late 1980’s by John Coombs, the famed ‘patron’ of the 1960’s and 1970’s racing Jaguars and Ferraris, before Modena Engineering Ltd acquired the car in 1988.
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  Big Savings on Brand New Cheap Mazda 3 and Mazda 6 Stock 5 Feb 2010 (News)
  Call 08451707770 Now For Prices and Availability or email sales@uk-car-discount.co.uk Visit www.uk-car-discount.co.uk and check specification. Part Exchange Welcome. Obtain a cheap finance quotation (no fee HP and Lease Purchase quotes online).
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  Drivers who don't have regular eye tests risk voiding their insurance 7 Nov 2017 (News)
  It's no surprise that many drivers don't get their eyes regularly tested, but do you know that a crash deemed to be caused by bad vision can lead to prosecution and possibly covering the cost of repairs yourself?
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  Young drivers offered free safety training by Ford 1 Sep 2014 (News)
  The practical training will take place on private roads, with AA driving instructors in Ford Fiestas; however Ford has stressed that there will be no commercial pressure on pupils to buy cars. Ford has invested more than £1.2 million in the scheme and helped more than 5000 young drivers. The 2014 programme will start in Scotland at the Silverburn Shopping Centre in Glasgow from 18 to 20 September.
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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.
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  Get That Bargain Used Car Checked For Just £99 9 Sep 2003 (News)
  This is the month of the year when the used car market hots up. There are a lot of private vendors out there with something new in their driveway anxious to move their previous cars on. Especially if they bought via a broker or supersite which doesen't take part-exchanges.
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  Michelin Launches Two New High Performance Winter Tyres 29 Feb 2012 (News)
  Normally a recipe for disaster. But with quite a lot of Northern Europe and Russia covered in the white stuff for months on end from October to March and more than a few high performance cars headed in that direction, performance winter tyres have become a necessity rather than a luxury.
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  Mayor to Review Congestion Tax for Low Emitters 4 Aug 2009 (News)
  In essence, drivers of hybrid cars enter the zone free of charge on a daily basis while drivers of low emission cars powered by conventional internal combustion engines with the same, or even lower, levels of emissions are charged £8.00 per day.
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  Silver is the New Blue, According to BCA 2 Jul 2009 (News)
  BCA reveals Silver as the top used car colour in 2009 Leading vehicle auction company, British Car Auctions (BCA), has published details of the most popular used car colours sold in the first three months of 2009. With data covering 125,000 vehicles, Silver took the number one position at nearly 25%, posting a 1.5-point increase since last year.
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  Bugatti Type 57 Atalante is top lot at Revival sale 16 Sep 2019 (News)
  The Bugatti was the jewel in the crown in the collection of the late Barry Burnett, acquired as a straight swap for a Delage from another collector in the 1980s.  The Bonhams catalogue cover car - a 1961 Aston Martin DB4 GT- sold away before the sale, selling in advance by mutual agreement for an undisclosed sum.  Another collection that attracted plenty of attention was from the late Peter Phillips, former owner of the Jones Bootmaker footwear chain, with all motor cars offered this weekend being sold.
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  Get set for MGLive! 2017 11 May 2017 (News)
  This year’s MGLive! is promising to cater for enthusiasts of all classic cars – not just those of the octagon badge persuasion. Held at famous Northamptonshire circuit Silverstone on 17-18 June, this year’s MG Car Club-organised extravaganza promises to be the biggest and best yet.
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  Bugatti Veyron to Star in Saturday Auction 20 May 2010 (News)
  --StartFragment--> A Bugatti Veyron, one of the world’s most desirable supercars, will feature in a massive ‘Fast and Furious’ sale of 350 sports cars, coupes, performance vehicles, motorcycles and convertibles at BCA Blackbushe near Camberley in Surrey on Saturday 5 th June.     The cars have been entered for sale by Lex Autolease and Black Horse and represent one of the most valuable sales of contemporary vehicles ever staged in the UK.
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  A quick guide to Vauxhall OnStar 18 Sep 2015 (News)
  Here’s a brief guide to its features. What is it? In essence, OnStar connects an enabled car to the web via mobile data and GPS, which isn’t all that unusual in cars these days. But OnStar unlocks a very powerful suite of features, ranging from in-car WiFi to automatic emergency assistance.
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  More than 100 classics set for CarFest auction 26 Aug 2015 (News)
  More than 100 cars will be going under the hammer in Classic Car Auctions’ (CCA) two-day sale at CarFest South, taking place at Laverstoke Park Farm in Hampshire, on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th August. From celebrity-owned cars, iconic British classics to Italian supercars, as well as classic campervans and pick-up trucks, there are a wide range of classics avalable.
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  Raymond Loewy honoured by Google 5 Nov 2013 (News)
  But the overall look and feel of the A30 - and those subsequent cars - were clearly influenced by that car. But arguably, with so many cars to his credit - both directly and indirectly, it could be argued that Loewy helped modernise the car industry, after a rapid period of post-WW2 growth.
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  Surprising and delightful vehicles in Historics 26th November Classic Auction 3 Nov 2016 (News)
  Built by Alpine in Dieppe it featured a mid mounted 150PS 2.0 litre engine from the Renault Megane Coupe and no windscreen (though this later became an option for the road-spec cars). Many were seen at track day events in the late 1990s though this rare RHD example apparently never raced. It comes with V5C and MoT and is estimated at £22,000 to £26,000, They used to say "the fastest car is a rental car."
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  Why now could be a great time to sell your car 8 Dec 2020 (News)
  HonestJohn.co.uk has received lots of questions via ASK from readers who are looking to sell their car in the final weeks of 2020.  What's more, the impact of lockdown has prompted many two-car households to downsize to one vehicle. The increasing number of homeworkers has also resulted in a dramatic reduction in the distance many car owners cover, prompting many to sell their diesel in favour of something petrol or electric.   How can I sell my car during a pandemic?
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  Why we should be backwards in looking forwards 2 Aug 2017 (News)
  The 2CV may have been a car that mobilised a nation, but it was also an old-fashioned tin umbrella with very little in the way of technical innovation, and that made it unfashionable. Today, though, manufacturers’ heritage cars are creeping out of the woodwork.
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  Manheim Predicts a Buyers Used Car Market in the Summer 17 Apr 2014 (News)
  Though average used car auction prices continue to rise, Manheim predicts that more cars coming to market will soften prices by the summer. Manheim’s latest Market Analysis shows that average prices or part-exchanges sold at its auctions continued to rise during March 2014 with values reaching £3,285, which is a £69 increase when compared with the previous month.
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  London Classic Car Show to celebrate the McLaren F1 7 Jan 2016 (News)
  Of that figure a just 64 were standard road cars – so next month’s show is a good chance to see one up close. Five F1s will be on display at ExCeL on 18-21 February - two standard road cars, two GTR racers and a ‘long tail’ F1 GT road car.