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  Latest Volvo offers from Drive the Deal 3 May 2013 (News)
  Drive the Deal is offering as much as £12,000 off the price of a brand new XC90, and also has savings of the new V40 hatchback and the popular V60 estate.
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  Ask HJ: What’s trending October 2012? 25 Oct 2012 (News)
  October has seen numerous questions about the best approach to winter tyres, with plenty of readers choosing to fit them to smaller steel wheels so they can preserve their alloys. On top of that, some readers want to upgrade to a car with all-wheel drive in order to best cope with the conditions in their area. Honest John explains the best approach to 4x4s and winter tyres “ Winter tyres will make more of a difference than four wheel drive, but obviously four wheel drive with winter tyres is the best solution.
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  Mini Day at Castle Combe 24th September 17 Sep 2011 (News)
  If drooling over the cars on display and watching them on the track leaves you hungry for more then drivers from the Mighty Mini Championship, including the 2010 Champion - Louise Inch, will be offering high-speed passenger rides around the circuit in their race cars - it's £20 a session, with the money raised donated to charity. Louise will also be leading a woman-only track session at 1.15 pm to show the men how to drive. Also new for this year's show, will be several displays of drifting cars, guaranteed to bring tears to your eyes as they smoke their tyres around the circuit. For those not familiar with this crazy and spectacular sport, Drifting refers to a driving technique where the driver intentionally over steers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels through turns, while maintaining vehicle control and a high exit speed.
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  World's Most Dangerous Roads Starts Soon on BBC2 26 Aug 2011 (News)
  Featuring an array of well-loved household names, including Sue Perkins, Charley Boorman, comedians Rhod Gilbert and Greg Davies, and Ben Fogle and Hugh Dennis, each episode follows a celebrity pair who have decided to take on some of the toughest driving challenges in the world. ALASKA - Sunday 4th Sept, 9pm Comedian Sue Perkins and adventurer Charley Boorman travel across Alaska to the notorious Dalton Highway - a dirt track built in the 1970s as a supply road to support the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline.
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  Young drivers being 'priced off the road' 3 Jun 2011 (News)
  The survey also highlighted a worrying trend with 84 per cent of respondents ignoring the advice of the Driving Standards Agency and spending twice the amount of time a week practising with family rather than a driving instructor. On the plus side 95 per cent gave a thumbs up to the way that they are being taught, while just 3 per cent thought they were being given just enough tuition to pass a test ­.
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  Brian Blessed to be the new voice of Tom Tom Sat Nav 9 Aug 2010 (News)
  "Companies have been spending so much time and money trying to work out how to use Social Media to sell us stuff, I wondered whether it was time they started thinking about using it to ask us what we'd like to buy?" Perhaps best known for his role as Prince Vultan of the Hawkmen ("Drive, my Hawkmen, Drive...") in the film Flash Gordon, Brian Blessed will now be able to 'save every one of us' from getting lost. It's not yet known whether he will shriek "Gordon's arrriiiiiived" when drivers reach their destination.
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  Ford Powershift 'auto' Now More Widely Available 14 Aug 2009 (News)
  Drivers have the option of using a full automatic mode or selecting gears manually.  In automatic mode, the enjoyment of relaxed driving is the same as for a conventional automatic transmission, with the usual Park, Reverse, Neutral and Drive settings. Shifting the gear lever to the right activates a sports mode, enabling the driver to make swift and smooth manual changes when the lever is moved forwards (to change down) or backwards (to change up).
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  Free London Motor Show Now On 11 Jun 2009 (News)
  Today has been one of our busiest opening days ever and we look forward to both welcoming visitors to this year’s London event all week and working alongside our exhibitors to try and drive sales at this very tough time”. More at www.motorexpo.com (choose London)
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  Flying Scotsman Trial to Begin at Mercedes Benz World 18 Mar 2009 (News)
  •AMG Passenger Experience – £30 for 15 minutes •AMG Experience – £170 for 1 hour •AMG Advanced – £470 for 3 hours •Off-Road Passenger Experience – £30 for 15 minutes •Off-Road Experience – £110 for 1 hour •Mercedes-Benz of your Choice - £85 for 30 minutes •Kids Driving Experience - £40 for 30 minutes. •Kids Driving Experience - £75 for 1 hour. •Young Driver Training - £40 for 30 minutes. •Young Driver Training - £75 for 1 hour.
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  Ssangyong Now Approved for Motability 26 Aug 2008 (News)
  This gives 165 PS and a thumping 340 Nm of torque. Mercedes T-Tronic auto transmission is available and the Kyron comes with two or four-wheel drive. Manual transmission Kyrons have the lowest CO2 levels in the class at 191 g/km. All three SsangYong Rexton models have all-wheel drive and the 2.7 litre common rail turbo diesel engine for big towing capacity and off-road capability.
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  MOTORISTS SAVE ON REPAIRS WITH REMANUFACTURED CAR PARTS 21 May 2008 (News)
  A new steering rack for a vehicle can cost well over a thousand pounds at a car dealership. Other parts like steering pumps, drive shafts, alternators, starter motors and brake callipers can cost hundreds of pounds to replace – now motorists can save cash, help the planet and strengthen the UK economy by fitting British remanufactured car parts.
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  Winter driving safety pack for women 29 Nov 2005 (News)
  Managing Director, Terry Hogan says, "With these arctic weather conditions and the prospect of a very severe winter ahead the free packs, which contain a spade, a blanket and a warning triangle may come in handy. We're also including a copy of the Department of Transport's Winter Driving safety leaflet. "We want to encourage more women to buy their cars online. If they visit our website www.new-car-discount.com they will be able to see for themselves how easy, safe and convenient it is to buy a car online.
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  Techno Classica 2015: Porsche celebrates 30 years of the 959 20 Apr 2015 (News)
  This twin-turbocharged monster was the world’s fastest road-legal production car when it was launched in 1985 with a top speed of 195mph. Hailed as one of the most technologically advanced supercars of its day, its all-wheel-drive layout was so good that Porsche designed to make it standard on all 911 Turbos. Of course, it wasn't all about the 959...
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  Classic concept cars celebrated at British Motor Museum exhibition 29 Jul 2019 (News)
  Stephen Laing, curator at the British Motor Museum, said, 'We are delighted to be hosting this thought-provoking exhibition which we hope will spark debate amongst our visitors. Will there still be cars in 100 years’ time? How we will drive them? Will we drive at all? 'As visitors journey through the exhibition they will be asked a series of questions about how they think the car might change in the future and how it may affect them.
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  Porsche Launches "Intelligent" 194mph 911. 8 Aug 2009 (News)
  Owners of the new 911 Turbo will also enjoy a further improvement in driving dynamics, with detailed enhancement of the Porsche Traction Management (PTM) fully-controlled all-wheel drive and Porsche Stability Management (PSM) being further supported by the new option of Porsche Torque Vectoring (PTV).
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  AMG Exhibition at Mercedes Benz World 26 Mar 2009 (News)
  AMG Passenger Experience – £30 for 15 minutes AMG Experience – £170 for 1 hour AMG Advanced – £470 for 3 hours Off-Road Passenger Experience – £30 for 15 minutes Off-Road Experience – £110 for 1 hour Mercedes-Benz of your Choice - £85 for 30 minutes Kids Driving Experience - £40 for 30 minutes Kids Driving Experience - £75 for 1 hour
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  Pair of modern classic Mercs head to auction 17 Apr 2018 (News)
  Lighter and more powerful than their showroom cousins, these cars were built for the track.’ The 2005 CLK DTMs is one of just 40 right-hand drive examples. In total, 100 coupes were built to celebrate the CLK winning the German touring car championship (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters). Mercedes added track-inspired upgrades to the body, including flared wheelarches, larger air intakes and a boot-mounted rear wing.
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  Amazon moves forward with drones that can charge your car while you drive 13 Oct 2017 (News)
  Online sales giant, Amazon, has had its car-charging drone patent approved.
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  Mercedes-Benz 300 to star at Salon Privé auction 23 Aug 2017 (News)
  The 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer Cabriolet is to be offered at auction at Silverstone Auctions’ Salon Privé Sale on 2 September at Blenheim Palace. The high-performance luxury car is one of only seven Mercedes built in right-hand drive during 1953 and 1954. Custom built and luxuriously appointed, the car features leather upholstery, burr walnut trim and chromium-plated dashboard instrumentation. Its speed and luxury made it a favourite of German government officials – as did the fact it could carry six people in comfort.
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  Honest John's Deals of the Week 21 Jul 2017 (News)
  Save £500 on a new SEAT Get a £500 dealer contribution to any new SEAT model when you take a test drive before 2 October 2017. The SEAT Leon FR is also currently available with a £1500 deposit contrbution, while the all-new SEAT Ibiza FR comes with a £2500 deposit contribution and one year's free insurance until 31 July 2017.