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BCA to Sell Classics Nationwide 13 Feb 2009 (News)
to sell their car and to offer classic vehicles more regularly around our network.” Honest John adds, "This makes much more sense for modern 'classics' such as ten to twenty year old Porsches that at previous Classic Sale commission rates priced themselves out of being purchased -
Reliability Index Names Most Reliable Superminis 25 Jan 2006 (News)
reflection of the true price of keeping a car on the road. The supermini database is 45,000 Warranty Direct policies. The Sunderland-built old-shape Nissan Micra records reliability Index Rating of just 7.99, presenting an average bill of £88.83 to the owner. Brake problems account for 73 -
Private Multi-Car Insurance Policicies 19 Jun 2005 (News)
to go back to the old days of different insurance companies, different policy numbers and different renewal dates. Our clients love the simplicity and feel much more in control”. Primo has PiPs with three different insurance companies. All allow at least 6 private cars but no limit -
Private Multi-Car Insurance Policies 19 May 2005 (News)
to go back to the old days of different insurance companies, different policy numbers and different renewal dates. Our clients love the simplicity and feel much more in control”. Primo has PiPs with three different insurance companies. All allow at least 6 private cars but no limit -
E270 CDI Makes £28,250 at Top Car Today 9 Feb 2004 (News)
W211 E270 CDIs and E320 CDIs are still hard to get quickly unless you pay a premium. And this was a nice one, with autobox, Elegance trim and leather, a few weeks over a year old with 16k miles on it. So £28,250 was about right. A small drop of £5k on list price new -
Ex-Works Triumph TR2 set for NEC auction 19 Sep 2019 (News)
An ex-works Triumph is one of the early highlights of this year’s NEC classic motor show auction. The TR2 finished in 19 th place at the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1955. It is one of three works cars by Leslie Brookes and Mortimer Morris-Goodall. Finished -
Sixties pop hero and Kinks frontman Sir Ray Davies' Bentley heads to auction 28 Apr 2017 (News)
A Bentley that was once owned by legendary singer-songwriter Sir Ray Davies is set to go under the hammer in May. Davies wrote The Kinks’ hit Apeman in the back of this 1960 Bentley S2 and the car was used in a photoshoot for one of the band's albums. It will be offered -
A Grand Monday: Jaguar XJ40 Sport for under £1000 16 Aug 2016 (News)
XJ40 bugbear. Indeed, we’re not sure the owner realises the car’s true potential. With a comprehensive service history, no visible rust and a stack of old MoTs, the car looks to be an extremely well-tended example that, other than a small amount of lacquer peel on the roof, sounds -
One-owner Ferrari stashed in garage for 25 years could make £400,000 at auction 10 Dec 2014 (News)
. Although he returned to Toronto in 1995, the Ferrari remained hidden until last month. Now 77 years old, Sinn has decided to part with the car. It cost him $18,000 when he bought it but is now expected to fetch $600,000 (about £380,000) when it goes under the hammer at RM's Amelia Island sale -
No Scrappage Discounts on Microcars 13 May 2009 (News)
been specifically excluded from the scrappage scheme. “In addition, the UK still has a significant number of older motorists who do not hold licences to drive traditional cars, and who are therefore still driving old polluting and worn-out three wheelers. “Parts -
Be Prepared For Flatt Batteries 3 Nov 2005 (News)
to operate Booster Starter and Charger has been designed that is capable of starting a vehicle in minutes. It will produce up to a massive 36amp of Power in one go. If your battery is too low to start your vehicle you simply connect up to the car battery - Plug in to the mains - and in few minutes you're -
Mazda Tops Reliability Index Again 29 Sep 2004 (News)
For the fourth year running, Mazda has come out top of Warranty Direct's Reliability Index. This is an index which combines both frequency and cost of repair on 30,000 Warranty Direct MBI policies which are mostly for cars more than three years old and out of manufacturer warranty -
Summer savings on more than 5000 MG Rover parts 15 Jul 2010 (News)
www.xpartautoservicecentre.com . "As the MG Rover vehicle parc is now at least five years old and depreciating in value, many owners may be tempted not to purchase replacement parts, such as trim, that are not vital to keeping the car on the road," explains Barry Smith, UK Sales Manager, XPart. "By reducing -
Volkswagen launches improved fixed price servicing 15 Jul 2010 (News)
Volkswagen has launched its most straightforward and comprehensive fixed price servicing offer yet, aimed at providing great value to customers who own Volkswagen cars aged between three and 10 years old. This easy to understand service and maintenance solution also gives -
Classic cars over 40 to be exempt from MoT testing 14 Sep 2017 (News)
for Roads, Local Transport and Devolution, said: “After considering the responses, we have decided to exempt most vehicles over 40 years old from the requirement for annual roadworthiness testing. “This means lighter vehicles (such as cars and motorcycles) and those larger vehicles -
NEW CAR TAX RULES WILL HIT RESIDUAL VALUES 27 Mar 2008 (News)
- ONCE BUYERS COMPREHEND THE ADDITIONAL TAX BURDEN According to EurotaxGlass’s, the 98 per cent increase in Vehicle Excise Duty (VED), recently announced by the Chancellor for some cars up to 7 years old is certain to have an impact on their residual values - but only when -
New Warranty Direct Reliability Survey 1 Dec 2005 (News)
having to fork out an average repair bill of £310.66. With an estimated 7.2m cars*1 aged 3-5 years old on the road that’s a massive £677million on unforeseen – and unwanted repairs annually. Ironically, the poor reliability performance of Jaguar’s XJ -
X5s Alive at Auction With More to Come 27 Sep 2002 (News)
Seems that if you crave the status of a BMW X5 right now, you can go to Top Hartley www.tomhartley.com , or you can buy one at auction. At the last Top Car sale at BCA Blackbushe, a brand new heavily loaded Mafia black 3.0D Sport auto imported -
A Grand Monday: Low-mileage Metro, £999 8 Feb 2016 (News)
Interest in popular cars from the Nineties seems to be surging at present, with masses of attention from the ‘new generation’ of 20 and 30-something classic enthusiasts. There also appears to be a glut of immaculate, low-mileage cars finding their way onto the market -
Jaguar Land Rover fights back on potholes 10 Jun 2015 (News)
hopes it will at least help them to "prioritise repairs." That said, in response to the system Coventry council has trotted out a lovely quote about potentially saving the good old taxpayer money. Says Councillor Rachel Lancaster of Coventry City Council: "We already collect lots of data which we