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  Croft Circuit 2012 Fixtures List 11 Jan 2012 (News)
  Croft Circuit, near Darlington, has issued an action-packed motor sport fixture list for 2012 with the star-studded Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (23-24 June), its own historic racing festival, Nostalgia Weekend (4-5 August), and the Roger Albert Clark Rally on 24 November featuring the hero cars of rallying’s golden era from the Seventies among the major highlights.
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  MB World Experiences Make Excellent Christmas Presents 17 Nov 2010 (News)
  At this impressive visitor attraction, visitors will find a 3D experience, a Mercedes-Benz cinema, interactive displays, and enthralling motorsport exhibits.  For those with a passion for cars there is the opportunity to see, touch and feel the latest Mercedes-Benz models which are joined by a host of beloved classics and Formula 1 cars. Fascinating stories also give visitors the chance to appreciate the inspirational events that have linked Mercedes-Benz with Brooklands since it was built in 1907.
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  More Hybrids Sell at Auction Today 13 Jul 2007 (News)
  While a 52k mile 04 Civic IMA also sold for £5,550. It was a big sale today with massive numbers of cars ‘got gone’ so I’ll restrict today’s report to sold only. Bargains? Yes. A 7,500 mile 2006/56 Renault Megane CC 1.9 DCI 130 for £11,700. A 17k mile 2006/56 old shape Honda CR-V 2.2i CDTI for £11,150. 72k mile 2004/54 Accord 2.2iCDTI Executive Tourer for £7,650. 10k mile 05 Fiesta ST 150 for £7,200. 7k mile 06 Fiesta 1.25 Style Climate 3-door for £4,900.
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  More Top Brits in Historics 11th June Classics Auction 30 May 2016 (News)
  But just 1,677 Daimler Sovereign 4.2 Coupés are thought to have been built and this 3-owner car comes with the desirable options of include leather interior, chrome wheels and tinted glass. One owner since 1990, it comes with a full service history, V5C registration document, an MoT test certificate which expires in December 2016, old MoT test certificates which back to 1987, a full handbook pack, invoices and a warranty letter from Jaguar.
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  Honest John's Deals of the Week 26 Jan 2016 (News)
  The offer guarantees at least £2000 off when you swap in your old car no matter  what make or age it is. Click for more info Wednesday 27 January  Free mobile tyre fitting with KwikFit when you order two or more tyre s.
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  Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 16-5-2015 16 May 2015 (News)
  The chassis is apparently very good. The rest is all looking very tired. The previous owner (who the dealer bought the car from) was doing the restoration, but died before he could complete the task. The dealer is giving me no guarantee on the car, engine and gearbox, etc. I feel that the car is ostensibly a pile of wreckage.
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  Full Auction Report: Bangers to Supercars on 23-10-2013 26 Oct 2013 (News)
  At the other end of the scale I counted four cars sold for £150 each and a respectable 10-year-old 165k-mile Primera sent on its way for £175. Massive mileages and potential for trouble mean than most of the trade won’t waste its time with these motors.
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  More Cheap Cars at Auction Today 9 Jul 2007 (News)
  Leggy Honda Accord diesels are now sensible money for cars of better quality than contemporary MB C Class. BMW E90s aren’t so much any more. But prices paid for a par of 530ds would seem to indicate that maybe the bigger cars now have some RHD export potential.
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  A Grand Monday: Porsche 944 8 Sep 2014 (News)
  It’s also had new front wishbones, discs, pads and CV joints replaced, as well as benefitting from a reconditioned alternator and starter motor – not uncommon in these cars as the wiring harness runs close to the exhaust manifold, which often causes problems. The vendor says the sills were welded in 2008 and have been annually rustproofed, but they could still need special attention.
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  Honest John's Deals of the Week 28 Jul 2016 (News)
  Each day the HonestJohn.co.uk team scours the market to find you the best deals and discounts. There are huge savings to be made on new cars, insurance and accessories.  Visit this page regularly in July to see how much you could save on your everyday motoring.  The best SUVs for under £30k  |  Top 10: small cars for under £100 a month Thursday 28 July  Get £500 off any new SEAT when you book a test drive this summer.
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  IAM Celebrates 60th Birthday with Party Event and Change of Name 6 Jul 2016 (News)
  Special guests, and taking part in three ‘Stars on Stage’ discussion sessions are 1964 Monte Carlo Rally winner and all-round Mini legend Paddy Hopkirk and former Top Gear presenters Sue Baker and Chris Goffey. Joining them on the stage will be 18-year-old advanced driver Eloise Peabody-Rolf, IAM RoadSmart young driver ambassador. In addition, under 17s will have the chance of driving a one kilometre course in a road car under expert guidance in co-operation with the experts from the Under 17 Car Club.
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  Comment: So you think that navigation systems are lost? 30 Jul 2015 (News)
  And as it turns out, that’s six-tenths of the current fifth biggest consumer electrical market in the UK – and one that's doing an Alan Partridge. It's bouncing back. Here’s why: “there are round about 32, 33 million cars on the road [in the UK], and at the moment not all cars come with built-in navigation - it still tends to be the more premium cars - so actually there are tens of millions of cars out there that don’t have built-in navigation,” says Tom.
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  Comment: So you think that navigation systems are lost? 25 Jun 2015 (News)
  And as it turns out, that’s six-tenths of the current fifth biggest consumer electrical market in the UK – and one that's doing an Alan Partridge. It's bouncing back. Here’s why: “there are round about 32, 33 million cars on the road [in the UK], and at the moment not all cars come with built-in navigation - it still tends to be the more premium cars - so actually there are tens of millions of cars out there that don’t have built-in navigation,” says Tom.
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  World's Longest Drift at Mercedes benz World 20 Jun 2011 (News)
  At this impressive visitor attraction, visitors will find a 3D experience, a Mercedes-Benz cinema, interactive displays, and enthralling motorsport exhibits.  For those with a passion for cars there is the opportunity to see, touch and feel the latest Mercedes-Benz models which are joined by a host of beloved classics and Formula 1™ cars. Fascinating stories also give visitors the chance to appreciate the inspirational events that have linked Mercedes-Benz with Brooklands since it was built in 1907.
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  More Cheap Cars at Auction Today 29 Oct 2007 (News)
  Yet another Maxima QX V6 SE+, this one a 56k mile 02 was bang on book at £3,700. And a couple of bidders got into a right old fight over a very ordinary 117k miles unwarranted 97R Passat TDI 90 S. One of them ended up paying a whopping £1,625 for it. Here’s the list. As usual, ‘s’ means sold.
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  eBay Auction Report 11 Apr 2005 (News)
  £645 was enough for a 95M Rover 214SEi with half-leather seat facings, 7 months MOT, a fairly recent new head gasket and cambelt and 69,000 miles. A couple of old big prestige cars passed through too. A 91J Audi 100 2.6 V6 with 3 months MOT but needing a bit of work after its 150,000 miles made £555.37 whereas a classless cream 85B Mercedes 230TE auto estate with a new ticket and a reconditioned engine after 80,000 of its 113,000 miles made £530.
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  BCA Launches a New Classic Car Website 16 Feb 2008 (News)
  The event features a wide selection of vehicles, including some very rare Americana, show-condition commercials and cars ranging from the 1930s to the 1990s on offer.” Arguably the most desirable car in the sale is the 1957 Thunderbird Convertible, complete with porthole hard-top. Finished in black with black trim the car remained with it’s original lady owner until 2000 and was later sold from her estate in 2003 to undergo a complete nut and bolt restoration before being purchased by the current owner and subsequently` imported to the UK in 2006.
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  No Recession at Today’s Auction 18 Jan 2008 (News)
  But an 8k mile 07 Prius T3 made a very respectable £13,850. A 49k mile 2001/51 SIX YEAR OLD Yaris 1.0GLS 5-dr made an enormous £3,075. You could say that Yaris always have been strong money, yet a 59k mile 2000X old-shape Mondeo 2.0 Zetec sold for a very solid £1,425. A 34k miles 03 Rover Streetwise sold for £2,350.
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  Ari Vatanen to be crowned Rally Legend 24 Oct 2014 (News)
  ‘It wasn’t without its dramas as we rolled the car in Wales,’ he said. ‘I thought it was finished; we seemed to have landed in some sort of swamp. Terrible. But then some people came and suddenly we could get the car over again. We could go again.
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  Packed starting grids at Croft Circuit this weekend 9 Sep 2011 (News)
    Countdown begins to Croft’s R.A.C Rally stage Meanwhile Croft Circuit, the North East’s premier motor racing venue, is counting down to its stage of this year’s high-profile Roger Albert Clark historic car rally featuring a mouth-watering entry of many of the machines that wowed the nation on the RAC rallies of old during the Sixties through to the early Eighties.   Ford Escort MK1s and 2s, Vauxhall Chevettes, Porsche 911s, Opel Asconas, Saab 96s, Mini Coopers and even the odd Lancia Stratos, Renault 5 Turbo and Talbot Sunbeam are among the expected entries for the four-day event – regarded as one of the finest of its kind in the world and which stops off at Croft on the afternoon of Saturday 3 December.