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  More Top Brits in Historics 11th June Classics Auction 30 May 2016 (News)
  . This example has been the subject of considerable inventment in recent years with an all synchromesh gearbox fitted, making it easier for anyone to drive, and recently a total engine rebuild including modifications to run on unleaded fuel. Supplied with a V5C registration document, a current MoT test certificate and a history folder, this Triumph is very competitively estimated at £20,000 - £25,000. A proper 'James Bond' Aston Martin with a 450hp 6.0 litre V-12 engine, the Ian Callum designed Vantage was unveiled at the 2001 Geneva Motor Show.
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  Honest John's Deals of the Month - August 24 Aug 2015 (News)
  image=0">Top 10 tips for buying a new car  /  Car finance advice  /  Fuel cost calculator Friday 28 August Ford is offering £2880 (including VAT) savings on Ranger Limited and Wildtrak models . There are also £1980 (including VAT) savings on XL and XLT Rangers too.
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  Honest John's Deals of the month - November 25 Nov 2014 (News)
  cm_re=home+Page-_-pillar2-_-motoring">Click here Thursday 20 November New car insurance customers with Sainsbury’s Bank can get £30 of supermarket vouchers to spend in store . What’s more, Nectar card holders get double points for two years and shopping and fuel with Premier Cover. Click here Wednesday 19 November Kwik Fit has a range of winter deals, including MoTs from £30 and air con recharges from £49 .
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  Megane RenaultSport Snatches Back Nurburgring Record 16 Jun 2014 (News)
  At the wheel, these developments deliver better acceleration in intermediate gears, for less frequent down shifts. This new engine definition has no impact on fuel consumption or emissions which remain contained at 7.5 l/100 km and 174 g/km of CO2/ . Akrapovic designed a special exhaust system in partnership with Renaultsport. The titanium exhaust, running from the intermediate silencer to the tail, cuts vehicle weight by 4 kg.
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  Honest John’s deals of December 15 Dec 2013 (News)
  Click here Wednesday 18 December Vauxhall is offering £500-worth of free fuel with all new cars and vans sold. The offer is available until 13 January and covers a wide range of vehicles in the Vauxhall line-up, including the Mokka SUV, the Corsa and Astra.   Click here Tuesday 17 December Veloce is offering 40 per cent off all its motoring books.
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  Latest Kia offers from UK Car Discount 24 Sep 2013 (News)
  Kia Ceed ‘1’ audio and display features: RDS Radio/CD/MP3 player with USB, AUX, iPod and music streaming compatibility. Mobile phone Bluetooth connectivity with voice recognition, trip computer showing distance fuel consumption and average speed, external temperature display, door(s) open and washer fluid low warnings. The Kia Ceed ‘1’ safety and security features: Twin front airbags, twin side airbags, twin curtain airbags, front passenger airbag cut-off switch, impact sensing auto-door unlocking, alarm, immobiliser and dead locks, ISOFIX child seat top tethers and anchor fixings, rear door child locks,  electronic stability Control (ESC) and  vehicle stability management (VSM), ABS with electronic brakeforce distribution (EBD) and brake assist system (BAS), emergency stop signalling (ESS), hill-start assist control (HAC) and intelligent stop and go (ISG) (on 1.6 CRDi models only).  KIA CEED 1.4 2 5dr - £14,470 - Saving of £1,935 KIA CEED 1.6 GDi 2 EcoDynamics 5dr - £15,102 – Saving of £2,093 KIA CEED 1.6 CRDi 2 EcoDynamics 5dr - £15,895 – Saving of £2,400 The Kia Ceed ‘2’ model adds:  16” alloy wheels, graphite chrome grille surround with black gloss finish,  cornering lights, LED daytime running lights,  electrically folding and adjustable heated door mirrors with LED indicators and kerbside lights, black and silver 'Oval' interior upholstery, leather trimmed steering wheel, gearstick and handbrake,  rear centre armrest, front and rear electric windows with auto function,  cruise control and speed limiter, 12v luggage power socket,  reversing sensors, flex steer (normal, comfort and sport modes) and locking wheel nuts.
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  £4,000 Savings in Chevrolet Spring Sale 4 Apr 2012 (News)
  Voted best in class, in the supermini category by Euro NCAP, the 5-star rated 5-door Chevrolet Aveo also offers decent fuel economy.  The 1.2 LS comes with air conditioning, front, side and curtain airbags and brake and hill start assist safety systems all as standard for only £9,495, or £159 per month with personal contract hire plan.
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  Renault Delivers First Zero Emission Van in UK 20 Dec 2011 (News)
  It is great for our customers too, as they are also concerned about the environment. We can now deliver locally with zero emissions and make considerable savings on fuel costs over a period of time.  “Renault talked us through the whole electric process and have been really good, so we had no concerns or reservations about purchasing the van. Our charging point is installed at the office - we are all ready to go.
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  Three MX-5s for Britcar 24hr race at Silverstone on 1 October 22 Aug 2011 (News)
  The three race prepared Mazda MX-5s will be relying on their handling, nimbleness, and lightness to reduce pit time through fewer tyre changes and frugal fuel consumption, while maximising track time to beat the race thoroughbreds including Seat,  Honda,  Lotus and BMW.  The cars are expected to complete 1,000 competition miles in 24 hours making this the most gruelling race in the British motor racing calendar.
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  Buying at Auction: BCA Offers Some Tips 27 Mar 2010 (News)
  Users visiting www.british-car-auctions.co.uk can search by location or nationwide via Auction View to look for a particular make, model or body type and even through to fuel, transmission, age and mileage. The search will provide a shopping list of vehicles and potential buyers can browse each vehicle to see exactly what's on offer. www.british-car-auctions.co.uk  also features a jargon buster to help new visitors to auction car buying understand trade terminology, as well as know what to look for when they come to a sale.
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  Mitsubishi i-MiEV First Electric Car on Government Trial 13 Dec 2009 (News)
  The other five manufacturers that will roll out vehicles in 2010, include:     * Smart ed x 40 electric cars     * Tata Indica x 25 electric car     * Microcab x 10 Hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles     * Land Rover Range_e x 5 plug in hybrid vehicles     * LTI x 5 electric taxis Martyn Mangan, automotive cluster manager for Advantage West Midlands, said: “The West Midlands is expertly positioned to co-ordinate these trials, as home to the UK’s largest regional automotive industry and around 60 per cent of our annual industry research and development is commissioned here.
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  Old MINI diesel top of residuals league 26 Nov 2008 (News)
  It also benefits from being seen as a good compromise for those who need to downsize from a larger, more expensive premium-brand offering. New entries in the 2008 Residual Value Top 10 [listed below] are small, fuel-efficient and available to buy at low cost - models in tune with consumer sentiment as the UK economy slips into recession. Three-year-old examples of the Citroen C1, Toyota Aygo, Peugeot 107, and Smart are all affordable new entries - retailing between £4,000 and £5,000, and qualifying for lower levels of Vehicle Excise Duty.
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  540K Makes £3,967,125 at London Auction 3 Nov 2007 (News)
  From the Abba Kogan collection, the 1931 REO Racing Car, raced extensively in Argentina in the 1930s by local hero Ernesto Blanco, fueled a frenzy of telephone bidding from Argentina which only ended when the original estimate was doubled to £470,000. George Harrison’s star attraction, the silver 1964 Aston Martin DB5 sold for an excellent £223,500.
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  New SAAB 9-3 Details, Specs and Prices 21 May 2002 (News)
  Dimensions Length: 4,629 mm (14’ 0”) Width (including mirrors): 2,011 mm (6’ 9”) Height: 1,415mm (4’ 8”) Luggage capacity (rear seats up): 425 litres Kerb weight: 1,440 – 1,490 kg Performance, Fuel Consumption and CO2 emissions 1.8t 5-speed manual: 0-60 9.2 seconds; top speed 129 mph; combined mpg: 34.4; CO2 emissions: N/A g/km. 1.8t 5-speed automatic: 0-60 10.4 seconds; top speed 126 mph; combined mpg: 30.7; CO2 emissions: N/A g/km.
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  Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 30-5-2015 30 May 2015 (News)
    Towed haul I have a 2014 Honda 2.2 diesel CR-V, which I run normally in Eco mode and obtain good fuel economy. I am about to re-start towing my caravan and wonder if I should switch off the Eco mode whilst towing? Thank you for an excellent section in Saturday’s paper, very useful at times.
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  Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 9-5-2015 9 May 2015 (News)
  Would I be asking for trouble with a diesel engine for the lifestyle described or has time and German engineering made the clogging problems a thing of the past? (I’m not so worried about fuel cost, just the risk of engine problems.) PR, Cheltenham Unless you drive the car greater distances, then you probably will have problems. It's not the total amount of use the car gets; it's the length of the runs it does after starting from cold.
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  New Audi A6 2.0 TDI Here for 54 reg at £24,020 6 Aug 2004 (News)
  Uninterrupted by conventional automatic gear changes thanks to its continuously variable gear ratio, and unhindered by a power and fuel-sapping torque converter, the A6 2.4 accelerates to 62mph in 9.2 seconds, just 0.3 seconds down on its manual counterpart, and tops out just 3mph short at 140mph. Fuel economy of 29.4mpg (combined cycle) actually shows a slight improvement over the manual model, and emissions are only just behind at 233g/km, keeping the A6 2.4 multitronic in the same 32% tax bracket.
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  BCA CLASSIC CAR AUCTION ON MONDAY 27 Nov 2001 (News)
  FOUR HISTORIC RALLY CARS A 1965 Ford Cortina Lotus entered from a private collection has been rebuilt to full competition specification, with no expense spared. The fully seam-welded shell is fitted with lightweight panels all round, foam filled fuel tank and twin pumps, Aeroquipe fuel and brake lines throughout and a custom-built wiring harness, with all circuits being individually fused in the cabin. The interior features a full Safety Devices roll cage, competition seats and Willans harnesses, plumbed-in fire extinguisher, rally trip computer and electronic speedometer.
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  Extra £1,000 Off in Renault Electric Range Offer For July 6 Jul 2019 (News)
  ZOE available in July from £199 per month, + £69 monthly battery rental, with a total Renault contribution of £2,550 including the promotional support Renault Kangoo Z.E. 33 and Master Z.E. commercial vehicles available with a £500 Renault contribution ‘Electrify July’ lease deal sees Renault Kangoo Z.E. 33 available from only £214 per month Extra £250 Renault contribution available on Twizy and Twizy Cargo Offers available in participating Renault dealers until 31 st  July 2019 As well as savings on fuel, all Renault EVs are exempt from annual VED and the London Congestion Charge.  Renault ZOE Including the offer, the Renault ZOE Dynamique Nav model is available from £17,420 and the S Edition version from £18,270 – making the ZOE the most affordable new four-seater EV in the UK.
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  Honest John's Deals of the Month - July 31 Jul 2015 (News)
  .  Top 10 tips for buying a new car  /  Car finance advice  /  Fuel cost calculator Friday 31 July Those who book an MoT test online this weekend at a Halfords Autocentre will get a £5 discount . The cost has been reduced from £35 to £29.99 and applies to any of the 300+ Autocentres across the UK.