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  Top ten: Celebrity cars sold at auction 18 Dec 2012 (News)
  There is incredible breadth when it comes to car auctions. Sellers will move on everything from rusting old wrecks to exotic supercars, but the sales that garner the most attention are usually of vehicles with famous owners. We look at ten cars with famous - or infamous - owners sold at auctions over the past 12 months. 
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  Glass's Predicts December 09 Well Up On December 08 6 May 2009 (News)
  “Furthermore, inflation-busting increases in new-car prices, already implemented by a number of manufacturers, will soften the seasonal influence on used cars under one year old.” The value for the average three-year-old car from the supermini, lower-medium and upper-medium sectors now stands at £5,625 – exactly the same figure as at this time last year.
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  MoT 'failed by fifth of three-year-old cars' 7 May 2008 (News)
  The initial MoT test is failed by over one in five cars within its first three years, new research has found.According to figures attained by...
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  £7,650 Buys Polo 1.4TDI at Auction Today 17 May 2002 (News)
  The car in the picture was a sensible spec 3-door in silver with air-conditioning, just 11 months old, 8,558 miles and with the desirable 75bhp 1.4TDI engine. But it started at £7,000 and went on to sell for just £7,650.
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  Still Time To Save up to £6,000 on Scrappage With Mazda 30 Dec 2009 (News)
    In the first two weeks of December alone, more than 450 motorists took advantage of the Government's subsidy and Mazda's cracking scrappage deals to treat themselves to a new Mazda by trading-in a vehicle that was at least 10 years old. With the scheme due to run out in the first weeks of 2010 now is the time to act and there couldn't be a better time to take advantage of the outstanding deals on offer and trade in your old car for a new Mazda.
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  The MoT Files: MoT pass rates by year of registration 18 Feb 2019 (News)
  Cars in this year have the lowest MoT pass rate of any year - just 50.4 per cent. Cars registered before that have an increasingly high pass rate as the old, sheddy examples are scrapped and people start to treat their cars like classics.
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  Minister threatens Christmas purge on young drink drivers 9 Dec 2010 (News)
  Road Safety Minister Mike Penning today threatened "no mercy" on drunk 17-25 year old drivers over the Christmas period. They have been targeted as the most likely to cause carnage on the roads over the festive season. Getting into a car driven by a 17-25 year old drunk driver has been statistically proven to be the most dangerous thing a young person can do.
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  Average insurance prices down 15 per cent 9 Jul 2014 (News)
  The average cost of a car insurance policy in 2014 is down 15 per cent on 2013 – with an even larger reduction of 32 per cent year-on-year for 17-year-old new drivers. The average cost of an insurance policy in the UK in Spring 2014 was £579, down by £99 on Spring 2013.
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  Confusion as new child car seat law is delayed 5 Dec 2016 (News)
  UK law must be consistent with European regulations and the United Nations too. The delay is unavoidable, but the safety of children in cars is our prime consideration." The new law means all children up to the age of 12-year old or 125cm tall must travel in an E-marked booster seat with a back. For children between 126cm and 135cm in height, they can use a booster cushion with no backrest, but this type of seat is being phased out and will only be on sale for a limited period after the change in the law comes into force.
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  Prices of second-hand cars plunge as dealers struggle to make profit 13 Jun 2019 (News)
  This means buyers are refunded the difference if they a similar model at a competitor being advertised for less money with five days. Data from British Car Auctions (BCA) - which is responsible for supplying second-hand car dealers with stock and handles 3.5 million cars a year - reveals that cautious buyers have led to the average prices of used cars dropping.
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  BLEAK ECONMIC OUTLOOK WILL HIT CAR VALUES 9 Jan 2008 (News)
  Sharper declines in used car values could also be avoided thanks to an expected drop in availability. “New car sales in 2005 were down on the previous two years, which means that there will potentially be fewer three-year-old cars arriving in the wholesale market this year,” continues Rushmore.
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  Cheap SL55 AMG at Top Car Today 8 Dec 2003 (News)
  Okay, it was 18 months old with 22k miles, it was left hand drive and it looked used, but a top provisional bid of £60,500 is bound to send shockwaves through the premium brokers still looking for fat ‘overs’ on these cars.
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  Peugeot’s latest Just Add Fuel model for young drivers 14 Jan 2013 (News)
  The latest car to be added to Peugeot’s Just Add Fuel scheme is the 208 1.0 VTi, which Peugeot is aiming at young drivers aged from 21-years-old. Just Add Fuel allows buyers to pay one monthly bill covering finance, insurance, road tax, maintenance and roadside assistance, so all the buyer needs to do is pay for fuel.
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  Ford Approved Used scheme relaunched 11 Jul 2014 (News)
  Buyers can also search the entire Ford dealer network in-depth for their ideal used car via the Ford website, which enables users to narrow down searches to specific colours and equipment. The Ford Direct programme - which is for cars up to 18 months old and with up to 20,000 miles – continues to run as part of the Ford Approved Used programme.
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  Cash incentives 'available now' 23 Apr 2009 (News)
  Motorists keen to trade in their old banger for a brand new model may not have to wait until May to be offered a cash incentive it has been revealed. Citroen reminded drivers it is already running a scheme similar to the vehicle incentive programme unveiled by the government yesterday.
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  VIDEO: Out of control Bentley Continental GT driver smashes pensioner's car off the road 15 Feb 2018 (News)
  >> Top 10: Best dash cameras to suit all budgets The 46 year old driver of the Bentley, Richard Plumb, climbed out of the driver's side window following the crash. He then called a friend, who arrived minutes later, and fled the scene in another vehicle. He was traced by the blood left on the airbag of his car.
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  Minimum £2,500 Off Under Skoda Scrappage Scheme 9 May 2009 (News)
  koda is helping customers to make one last journey in their qualifying ten-year old cars, with some of the most competitive offers in the industry. koda has confirmed its participation in the government’s scrappage scheme. It might be an emotional journey to trade in an old car, but low on-the-road prices and very attractive finance offers on vehicles across the koda range will make it easier to say goodbye.
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  £850 Vectra at Auction Today 25 Jan 2002 (News)
  The cars everyone wants are expensive, of course. But that doesn't prevent others being bargains. It helps. The public wants to buy one to three year old hatchbacks in nice bright colours, so it simply isn’t interested in mega-mile ex-taxis like the otherwise respectable 96N Vectra 1.7TD Envoy in the photo.
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  One Third of Used Cars Break Down in 1st Year 5 Nov 2003 (News)
  Failures are highest in the first six months, suggesting very strongly that that an impending problem was the reason for sale. 17.1% of 3-5 year old cars suffer a failure in the first 6 months, 23.2% of 6-8 year old cars and 24.1% of cars 9 years old or more. People buying privately can protect themselves against this in two ways: Firstly, have the car inspected for faults before they buy it.
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  Classic advert of the week: Volkswagen Golf 28 Jul 2015 (News)
  The advert finishes with our favourite granny waving off her old Golf, with Dutch text rolling on to the screen that loosely translates as: 'Not every old lady is reliable, but fortunately every Golf is'.  Brilliant, eh?