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  Stunning Mk1 Mondeo for sale at £1500 25 May 2015 (News)
  to make the jump to classic status. With early models now 23 years old, we think it’s high time people started appreciating this car for what it was – a well specified, hugely capable family car
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  ‘Blue Train’ Bentley to star at Paris classic car show 4 Feb 2015 (News)
  . There are many exciting plans for the car to mark its 85 th  anniversary, including a recreation of the original run from Cannes to London.’ The Speed Six evolved in 1929 as a racing version of the 6½ Litre, introduced in 1926. The first car raced as No 1 at Le
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  A Grand Monday: Citroen Visa Leader 14 Apr 2014 (News)
  been extremely well cared for: Zero rot. Apart from small amounts of superficial surface rust under the bonnet, there is no rust anywhere on this car. There are a few tiny blemishes on the paintwork but overall it is well above average for what is nearly a 30-year-old car. Of course
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  UK’s most reliable cars and vans revealed 9 Nov 2011 (News)
  The results of the largest vehicle reliability survey in the UK show that German brands build the most reliable cars and commercial vehicles. The FN50 survey, commissioned by trade publication Fleet News, analyses fleets operated by the 50 largest vehicle leasing
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  Auto Windscreens Sponsors Jason Plato 28 Apr 2009 (News)
  The Star in the Reasonably Priced Touring Car has won sponsorship from Auto Windscreens for the 2009 BTCC Automotive glazing services provider Auto Windscreens has confirmed its sponsorship of Jason Plato in the 2009 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC
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  Mega Merc Just £4,750 at Auction Today 9 Jul 2004 (News)
  With the used car market on holiday, the big stuff is out of bed in a fairly big way. This 73k mile 95N S320 sold for just £4,750 today. A super clean pale gold 70k mile 2000X Jaguar Sovereign 4.0 V8 LWB (well out of the engine trouble period) bid to just £10,300 against
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  More Ups Than Downs at Auction Today 23 Mar 2001 (News)
  From what I saw at BCA Blackbushe today, used prices have jumped quite a bit. But whether they are sustainable is another matter. Quiet a lot of cars did not reach their reserve prices and, in the words of one dealer who failed to sell a single car last week, "they won't get them because we can't
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  Hidden Heroes: Rover 45 2003 Model Year 20 Dec 2019 (News)
  Right, cut us some slack on this one as it takes some explaining. The Rover 45 itself was never a car that was going to set the world alight, itself a rehashed Rover 400, which was - in turn - a rehashed Honda Civic.  During its turbulent final years, MG Rover had
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  The MoT Files: When does a car become a classic? 27 Feb 2019 (News)
  , with the Ferrari 550 Maranello boasting a 91.5% pass rate. The first model with more than 1000 tests under its belt is the Porsche 911 (72.5% pass rate) Of course, cars that more than 40 years old are no longer required to have an MoT test - although as our data shows there are still plenty of conscientious
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  Report: Historics classic car auction, Brooklands, 1 June 4 Jun 2013 (News)
  of £1.58m. The strong interest in sports cars was typified by the 1961 Lenham-Healey Six. It exceeded its estimate to make £20,720 - a good result reflecting its rarity. Further examples of the sports car buying spree included the 1972 MGB GT in Old English White to score more than
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  Mileage and Status Separate Best Auction Prices From the Rest. 26 Oct 2011 (News)
  the car needed a new set of tyres. They could switch to a set of winters on straight away. That said, big mileage Audis weren’t attracting high bids. And a 41k mile 3 year old A5 3.0V6 TDI quattro coupe was bang on trade book at £17,400. Jaguars don’t carry the same premium, and bargain
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  Brits buying used cars in record numbers 13 Dec 2008 (News)
  £17,000 on the new price of a 57-reg Saab 9-3 2.0T Aero Sport Sportwagon. Explains Vince: "I had been driving a 10 year-old Vauxhall Omega but it wasn't working properly and rather than spend a small fortune getting it repaired I decided to look into buying another car. I choose the Saab 9-3 after seeing
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  Bang on Book at Auction Today 3 May 2002 (News)
  for the excess miles and I'd have been happy to pay £5,000 for it. Bit of work, bit of expense, and I'd have sold it at the pub for £6,000. But the bidding started at £4,500 and soon shot past my £5k limit, with someone's £5,350 securing the car. No profit in that one
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  Spotted in the classifieds: First cars below £1000 23 Nov 2011 (News)
  In a recent Data Bank feature we brought you a selection of new and nearly-new cars ideal for younger drivers. That was all well and good for those with money to spare, but most learners will be on a limited budget when it comes
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  Your favourite classic cars revealed 3 Sep 2015 (News)
  design every day. Earlier this year, Honest John Classics teamed up with Carole Nash to quiz you – the readers of Honest John Classics – about the old cars you love the most
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  Endurance Rally Association shows the way ahead 15 Apr 2015 (News)
  of the ERA team will be on-hand throughout the forthcoming Flying Scotsman and look forward to meeting as many old and new friends as possible. Fred added, 'Philip was a visionary and an innovator, a real ideas man. His spirit of adventure is the backbone of the ERA events and what inspired not only
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  A Grand Monday: BMW 316i Touring 1 Dec 2014 (News)
  at £1750 – not a bad price when you consider how E30 values have risen in the past couple of years. There’s plenty to like about this example – no rust, long MoT, clean inside and out. Best of all it comes with plenty of paperwork, including all its old MoTs. With 127k
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  New insurance saving tech from TomTom 8 Feb 2012 (News)
  drivers, young and old, and, rather than basing the price of insurance on gender, age or postcode the system uses technology, in the form of a special TomTom PRO 3100 sat nav unit, to measure your driving, picking up on things like hard braking, excessive speed and cornering too quickly. "We've
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  Hidden Heroes: Ford Escort RS2000 16v 7 Jun 2019 (News)
  sports seats and white dials hinting at the fact this was much more than just a normal Escort.  Yet from the outside, the RS2000 wasn’t as brash or in-yer-face as fast Fords of old. At the time of its launch, Britain was in the middle of a car crime epidemic, and hot Escorts and Astras
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  Up to £5,870 Off Under Vauxhall's Scrappage Scheme 9 May 2009 (News)
  the regular £2,000 scrappage discount . Best of all, for those buyers who take up the scrappage scheme, Vauxhall retailers will be happy to handle all the paperwork for them, including the arrangements for their old car to be scrapped. ‘There’s never been a better