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  New Skoda Octavia 4x4 Estate 23 Jan 2001 (News)
  It has the same sophisticated Haldex clutched 4x4 system as the Audi TT, together with ABS, EDS, ASR and ESP, so traction is not going to be a problem in winter driving conditions. The engine is the VAG 150bhp 1.8 litre 20v Turbo as found in Golfs and Audis, giving the car a top speed of 130mph plus. Wheels are 16" alloys so drivers should not feel as much weight transfer as they can in Octavias with tall profile tyres.
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  Used Buying Guide: Volkswagen Amarok 2011-2019 16 Jun 2025 (News)
  Both engine choices at launch came with a six-speed manual transmission as standard, all coming with 4Motion four-wheel drive, it being selectable in all but a single Highline offering - where it’s a permanent four-wheel drive system. The selectable four-wheel drive system comes with a low-ratio gearbox. Within a year of its launch, the Amarok gained a boost in performance with the Bi-turbo seeing its output increase to 180PS.
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  Peugeot Expert Used Guide 2007-2016 16 Jun 2025 (News)
  The 2012 changes also saw Peugeot offer the Expert with ‘Grip Control,’ an optional extra that allows it to find traction in tricky situations via a sophisticated traction control system. With it the driver could select from four different drive modes - Sand, Snow, Mud and ESP. Not as effective as a four-wheel drive offering that some rivals can produce, but a useful add-on for those customers who might visit work sites, or live in remoter areas in winter.
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  Used Pick-Up Buying Guide: Ford Ranger 2011-2020 22 Nov 2019 (News)
  Interior space in the double cab is good, it comfortably sitting four adults, and five at a push, the interior feeling durable and looking good. Praised for both its on-road drive and off-road ability most Rangers get four-wheel drive as standard, it switchable on the move, and featuring a low-ratio gearbox for more extreme off-road conditions. The payload is in excess of one-tonne on all models, while the towing capability is as much as 3500kg with a braked trailer.
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  Used Van Buying Guide: Transit Connect 2014 - 2019 21 Nov 2019 (News)
  That’s obvious when you drive it. Ford has long had a reputation for developing fine-driving vehicles, and while that’s perhaps not at the top of the list of buyer’s requirements, it does make a difference when you’re sat in one all day.
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  Historics 23rd November Catalogue Now on Sale 11 Nov 2019 (News)
  It stops as well as it goes by virtue of ventilated brake discs and four piston front calipers. These cars are good to drive even when a bit baggy, but this perfect example should be sensational. Estimated at £37,000 to £42,000. Lot 207 is a 1958 Porsche 356A coupe.
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  Are future classics a thing of the past? 15 Jun 2016 (News)
  The same can be said from any car built up until the mid-2000s, when complex multiplex wiring and drive-by-wire systems started to become commonplace, along with even more complicated and stringent emissions controls. Under the bonnet of most pre-2005 cars, I don’t need a bigger and beefier computer at the other end to tell me what’s wrong, whereas with most modern cars, especially the more interesting ones, I do.
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  Nokian Weatherproof Wins Auto Zeitung All Season Tyre Test 3 Nov 2015 (News)
  The All-Weather tyre of the world’s leading winter tyre specialist reaches the highest score on slush. “Highest safety with aquaplaning, short braking distances, good wet grip, safe driving properties” – that is the outstanding rating of Auto Zeitung in its all-season tyre test for Nokian Weatherproof All-Weather tyre in the wet.  “Exact steering, reliable driving behaviour – that makes the Nokian fast”.
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  Blue Bird celebrates 90th anniversary record 28 Jul 2015 (News)
  Owned by the Brooklands Museum since 1977, the Napier-Railton also made a few runs along the sand at Pendine, with Museum Director & CEO, Allan Winn, in the driving seat.
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  Blue Bird returns to Pendine for anniversary run 3 Jun 2015 (News)
  /> Malcolm Cambell at Pendine Sands ‘I cannot believe that I will get this fantastic opportunity to drive this iconic machine on Pendine.’ He added, ‘My grandfather was a remarkable man and for us to remember him and honour some of his achievements in this way will be very humbling.’ Wales also thanked the team at Beaulieu for the chance to drive the car, and for the hard work the restoration team have done to get the car ready.
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  Deals on new Volkswagens from Drive the Deal 14 Jul 2012 (News)
  Drive the Deal is offering reductions on new Volkswagen models including Golf and Passat, all supplied by UK main dealers.
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  A Grand Monday: Toyota Celica GT 8 Apr 2019 (News)
  If you fancy yourself as Carlos Sainz, then do bear in mind that the car is only a two-wheel-drive  Toyota Celica GT 16v  and not a genuine GT4, but it sure looks the part. We even wonder if the vendor hired in a snow machine especially when he took the pics, as with the white steel wheels it helps to deliver the full Monte Carlo rally look… At £750, it’s not bad money for a seemingly solid and rot-free Celica, even in a standard colour scheme.
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  A Grand Monday: Volvo 940 Celebration 24 Sep 2018 (News)
  It’s a 940 ‘Celebration’, the run-out model produced to mark the last few months of production for the rear-wheel-drive big Volvos. Finished in ‘Blackberry’ metallic paint, with grey leather and wood door cappings, the Celebration also got a smart design of alloys unique to the model, with the owner including two spares in the sale.
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  A Grand Monday: Volvo 940 Celebration 24 Sep 2018 (News)
  It’s a 940 ‘Celebration’, the run-out model produced to mark the last few months of production for the rear-wheel-drive big Volvos. Finished in ‘Blackberry’ metallic paint, with grey leather and wood door cappings, the Celebration also got a smart design of alloys unique to the model, with the owner including two spares in the sale.
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  World Speed Record Ferrari for sale 20 Apr 2018 (News)
  A Ferrari 550 Maranello ‘World Speed Record’ edition is heading to auction. The car, which is one of just ten right-hand drive models built, is part of the Silverstone Auctions’ Ferrari sale in May. In total, 33 of the special editions were built to commemorate the world speed records set by a modified 550 Maranello in Ohio in 1998.
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  100 cars from Jaguar collection head to auction 22 Feb 2018 (News)
  Perhaps the most interesting entry is a one-of-a-kind Reliant Scimitar prototype with Ferguson four-wheel drive. But there is also Vauxhall 2300 HS Chevette, a Metro Turbo and a Maestro Turbo. Brightwells will auction off a 1960 Vauxhall Velox by Martin Walter, a Rover P6 3500 estate, two low-mileage Citroen CX Familiales, a low-mileage Polski Fiat 125P and three Ford Zodiac estates by Abbot.
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  Motor racing legend John Surtees dies aged 83 10 Mar 2017 (News)
  He has set a very real example of someone who kept pushing himself at his peak and one who continued fighting until the very end.' Surtees won the 1964 Formula One world championship driving for Ferrari aged 30, but before that he was a hugely successful motorbike racer.  John Surtees: hero on two wheels and four
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  Two men jailed over classic Mini thefts 13 Apr 2016 (News)
  Police said the pair were able to use their specialist knowledge to gain entry to the vehicles and ‘hotwire’ the immobilisers in order to drive them away. Detective Inspector Caroline Clooney, of the Met’s organised vehicle crime unit, said, ‘These men systematically targeted the owners of classic Minis across the south east.
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  Retro Classics 2016: Cars from the Louwman Museum to star at Stuttgart 22 Jan 2016 (News)
  It also boasts underfloor heating and a communication system that allowed the passenger to relay instructions to the drive without words. There are buttons on a small console in the back activate dashboard lights with directions like: fast, slow, stop, left, right, and home. The rest of the display is yet to be confirmed.
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  Russ Swift’s old Montego to go under the hammer 7 Jan 2016 (News)
  Coming from a private collection, it has two leather Montego key fobs (still in their bags), a number of previous MOT certificates, owner’s handbook pack, and a Haynes manual. It comes with a number of rare (and hard to get hold of) MG Montego Driving Display team documents featuring Russ Swift himself. There is also a DVD of Russ Swift's life in motorsport and with the MG Montego team. Obviously, it’s a great opportunity for any Austin Rover collector and we’re still waiting to find out how much it’s expected to fetch at ACA’s sale on Saturday, 23 January.