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  New Mercedes C200K Bids to £20,400 19 Oct 2001 (News)
  There were ups and downs throughout the sale, yet still plenty of bargains to be had. A smart, dark metallic blue 2000W Jaguar S Type manual with a/c, CD and leather and a low 23,000 miles sold for a sensible £16,750. A similarly equipped 46,000 mile 97R Mazda Xedos 6 2.0 SE (strategy line: "The new small Jaguar from Mazda") looked a good buy at £5,400.
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  New Lexus IS300 Here from 1st October 25 Sep 2001 (News)
  It develops 211bhp at 5,800rpm and 212lb ft (288Nm) torque at 3,800rpm. That's a bit short of the 231bhp of the BMW 330 and 240bhp of the Jaguar S-Type 3.0 V6, but it still gets the IS300 to sixty in 8.2 seconds and on to a top speed of 143mph. The combined fuel consumption figure of the saloon is 26.1mpg with CO2 output of 256g/km (SportCross 25.2mpg and 265g/km).
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  Auction Prices Firmer; Few Bargains 4 Apr 2001 (News)
  Mileage did not knock diesels back too badly either with £8,000 paid to secure an 86,000 mile Sharan TDI 90 S 7 seater and a massive £7,875 paid for a 103,000 mile 98R Passat TDI 110 Sport Estate which kicked off at £5,400 (reg 'R478 RTY' in case it gets a haircut). Other high prices included £15,450 paid for a 28,000 mile 2000W E46 BMW 318iSE; £8,950 paid for a 90,000 mile 98R Audi A6 2.4SE Tiptronic; and all of £7,650 paid for an old shape 23,000 mile 98R Hyundai 2.0SE Coupe.
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  Auction Prices Fall as Dealers Clear Decks for March 28 Feb 2001 (News)
  Three Hondas failed to get anywhere near where the auctioneer needed them to be. A 13,000 mile 2000W Civic 1.8VTI and a 10,000 mile 2000W Accord 1.8 VTEC S both ran out of bids at £8,500, while a 5,000 mile 2000W Integra 1.8 Type-R didnt even get started at £11,000. Big money did come his way for a couple of cars, though. A 42,000 mile 97R Peugeot 306 2.0 Cabriolet which started at £7,000 bid past its reserve of £9,000 to sell for all of £9,700.
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  Heroes: Stanley Mann 11 Feb 2016 (News)
  He twice led a team across Russia and in one unforgettable year, led a team of Bentleys on a 1000-mile-long rally across America, arriving covered in dust and oil at Laguna Seca, where he placed his car on pole and won the race by a huge margin, much to the puzzlement of the locals who could not understand how such a scruffy old Bentley could go so fast! In November 2015, Benjafield’s Racing Club was voted Club of the Year at the annual International Historic Motoring Awards, a fitting tribute to his vision and unswerving commitment. Stanley was well respected the world over and built enduring friendships, with a portfolio of wealthy and famous clients who purchased often high value cars for their collections.
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  London Classic Car Show to celebrate the McLaren F1 7 Jan 2016 (News)
  Technical drawings, photos and special films produced by McLaren to celebrate the car’s 20 th anniversary its famous Le Mans 24 Hours victory in 2015 will also be shown. Murray said, ‘When we started work on the F1 we benchmarked all the existing supercars from Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche and so on, as well as aspects of cars as varied as the contemporary Honda NSX and the 1960s Lotus Elan.
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  Volkswagen also manipulated emissions tests in Europe, says German minister 24 Sep 2015 (News)
    The emissions scandal broke last week when Volkswagen admitted it had used specific  software in the US to cheat the NOx emission test. In the US, the Jetta, Beetle, Golf and Audi A3 - all from between 2009 and 2015 - along with the 2014 Passat were all software fitted that detected when a test was being carried out and could lower the emissions accordingly.  Volkswagen has since confirmed that 11 million cars worldwide are fitted with software that could potentially manipulate emissions test results.
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  SMMT issues a statement on Volkswagen emissions scandal 23 Sep 2015 (News)
  The latest emissions standard is Euro-6 – and all new cars registered in the EU from 1 September 2015 are required to meet this standard. A range of emissions is tested, including carbon monoxide, particulate matter, hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides (NOx). What is the test? It is a laboratory test, which ensures consistency and absolute comparability from one vehicle to another.
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  Law Commission Looks Into 'logbook loans' 10 Sep 2015 (News)
  The consultation closes on 9 December 2015. A consultation paper with full details of the Commission’s recommendations is available at  http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/bills-of-sale .
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  VW Type 2 Samba sells for £67,500 22 Feb 2015 (News)
  Recent history shows a 1967 VW Type 2 21 window bus was sold for $112,000 by Barratt-jackson at Scotsdale, Arizona on 16th January 2015. Another, a 1964, sold for $115,000.  A 1967 Volkswagen Splitscreen Camper that used to belong to American blues singer-songwriter Seasick Steve sold for £29,500 at Coys' Autosport auction on 10 January.
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  EC Makes ESP Mandatory 14 Apr 2009 (News)
  In addition to ESP, predictive emergency braking and lane departure warning systems will be mandatory for commercial vehicles with a gross weight of more than 3.5 tons and for minivans and buses with more than eight seats from November 2013 (new model) and November 2015 (new registrations). Compulsory low rolling resistance tyres and tyre pressure monitoring systems will further reduce fuel consumption starting in November 2012. Additionally, more than 50 existing EU directives and more than 100 amendment regulations will be removed and replace by UN/ECE regulations wherever possible.
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  1954 Austin Healey 5.7 V8 in Historics 2nd March Classic Car Auction 25 Feb 2019 (News)
  And, due to the awkward installation of the distributor at the rear of small block Chevrolet 350 V8s, he went for the lighter Ford 289 V8 instead. Nevertheless, Healey Chevrolets were often seen at British speed hillclimbs in the 1960s, sometimes jacked up between runs while their owners changed the spark plugs via the front wheelarches (they wouldn't have had that problem with a Chrysler hemi).
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  NEC Pride of Ownership finalists revealed 1 Oct 2018 (News)
  Previous winners include Steve Mills’ skiff bodied 1926 Packard 420, followed by Stuart Turp’s 1969 Ford Capri Mk1, James Cribb’s 1989 Austin Metro City, Keith Edmund’s 1972 Triumph Spitfire, Simon McNamara’s 1983 VW Golf GTi Mk1, and most recently Paul Clappison’s 1972 MGB GT.
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  Why we should be backwards in looking forwards 2 Aug 2017 (News)
  Their most recent project has been the restoration of a Viva GT, a nuts and bolts concours job that follows on from similar renovations on a CA van, HP Firenza and PC Viscount, restored in the colours of Vauxhall’s old directors’ cars. There are other companies that have impressive collections. Ford, for example, has some wonderful vehicles tucked away under Dagenham’s arches. But the Vauxhall collection is unique in that it has been part of the company’s public affairs department since its inception back in 1947 and has always been used to promote the company.
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  Talbot takes top spot in Flying Scotsman rally 20 Apr 2016 (News)
  While the Spirit of the Rally award went to Matthew Abrey and Jasper Hulscher in the 1931 Ford Model A, who found themselves taking the engine out of the car on Saturday night after the clutch failed. A new clutch was driven from Norfolk to Scotland arriving in the early hours. It was ‘all hands on deck’ to get the clutch fitted and car reassembled but the crew managed it, even checking out of the first time control on time.
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  Comment: Has the recession wiped out some future classics? 21 Mar 2016 (News)
  In recent weeks, we’ve seen once ubiquitous cars start to rise from the under-a-grand ‘bit of fun’ category to being worth a reasonable amount of cash. Three grand for a Ford Orion Ghia, for example, or Citroen XM Exclusive that reached the heady heights of £4,850 on eBay, and it wasn’t even a low mileage example. Indeed, I was offered £3,000 for my 1995 Rover 800 Vitesse just the other day, and it must be worth that much at least, because I said no.
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  1929 Bentley 4.5 in Historics 6th June Auction 19 May 2015 (News)
  1939 Fords were big news in January when the late Boyd Coddington's customised versions made megabucks in Barratt Jackson's Scottsdale Arizona auction. This car runs a 359 inch Chevy putting out between 350 and 400 horsepower through a 350 automatic with Lokar shift.
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  Cabbie jailed after MGB death crash 23 Jan 2015 (News)
  Last summer saw another fatal crash involving a classic car, when Lincolnshire resident Anne Pattrick was killed after being flung from a Ford Anglia 105E in which she was a passenger. The Anglia had been in collision with a Scania truck on the M1 motorway, as Anne and her friend – Linda Upsall – followed their husbands who were in another vehicle heading to a classic vehicle event at Gaydon.
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  Easter Bank Holiday HRDC Racing at Castle Combe 2 Feb 2012 (News)
  Looking to keep the Ford pairing honest will be Goodwood ace, Rae Davis, in his diminutive Austin A35 - "I'm looking forward to giving all the big cars a real run for their money at Castle Combe - I can't wait to get out there!"
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  Smart ForTwo Diesel and Petrol Congestion Charge Exempt 29 Nov 2010 (News)
    Other cars congestion charge exempt from 4th January include:-   Petrol engined cars emitting less than 100g/km CO2 Congestion Tax and VED Exempt: FIAT 500 TwinAir 95g/km Honda Insight 80g/km  Hyundai i10 1.0 3-cylinder Lexus CT200h 96g/km Nissan Micra K13 Supercharged Toyota IQ 1.0 5-spd manual 99g/km  Toyota Auris hybrid Toyota Prius III   Diesel engined cars emitting less than 100g/km CO2 Congestion Tax and VED Exempt:  SEAT Ibiza 1.6 Ecomotive 89g/km Renault Twingo 1.5 eco2 (from early 2011) 90g/km Renault Clio 1.5 eco2 (from February 2010) 98g/km  Vauxhall Corsa ecoFLEX 1.3 3-dr (from January 2010) 98g/km  Ford Focus ECOnetic 1.6 with stop/start 99g/km (from January 2010)  Volvo C30 1.6 DRIVe 99g/km (from October 2009 production) MINI One D 2011 model diesel MINI Cooper D 2011 model diesel Citroen C3 Airdream + 99g/km Citroen DS3 DStyle 99g/km Peugeot 207 1.6HDI Economique 99g/km SEAT Leon Ecomotive 1.6 diesel 99g/km from October 2009  Peugeot 207 Economique 1.6HDI 90 99g/km  from October 2009 Peugeot 3008 Hybrid4 99g/km Hyundai i20 blue 1.4 75PS 6-speed 99g/km from 2009)  VW Golf Mk V1 1.6TDI Bluemotion 99g/km  from mid 2009  Ford Fiesta 1.6 ECOnetic 5-speed manual 99g/km SEAT Ibiza Ecomotive 5-speed manual 99g/km  Vauxhall Corsa Ecoflex VW Polo Bluemotion 1 5-spd manual 99g/km  VW Polo Bluemotion (all 2008 models) 5-spd manual 99g/km  VW Golf VI Bluemotion 99g/km Volvo C30 DRIVe 99G/KM FROM 16-11-2010 Volvo S40 DRIVe 99G/KM FROM 16-11-2010 Volvo V50 DRIVe 99G/KM FROM 16-11-2010