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  Save 65% on a 2 Year Old SAAB at Motorpoint 30 May 2009 (News)
  Only 1 mile at £19,999 - a saving of £7,087 on list price when new* This model comes fitted with ABS, Air Bags, Alloy Wheels, Climate Control, Cruise Control, CD Autochanger, Central Locking, Electric Mirrors, Electric Windows, Power Steering and Traction Control. 33.2 MPG (combined) 4x4 Ssangyong Rexton II 270 S 5dr Manual. NEW. Only 7 miles at £11,999 - a saving of £6,545 on list price when new* This model comes fitted with ABS, Air Bags, Alloy Wheels, Central Locking, CD Player, Climate Control, Electric Mirrors, Electric Windows, Metallic Paint, Power Steering and Traction Control. 31.4 MPG (combined) Convertible Vauxhall Tigra 1.4i 16v Air 2dr Manual. 09 Reg.
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  JAGUAR XKR AND XFR AT LONDON MOTOREXPO 2009 12 May 2009 (News)
  Between 8 – 14 June, this bespoke motor show promises to attract more than 350,000 visitors, making it an ideal venue for the UK debut of Jaguar's range-topping models. Jaguar will also display the recently launched XF Diesel S – What Diesel magazine's 'Best Executive Car' for 2009 - featuring a high performance, 3.0-litre diesel engine. This new car is 1.8 seconds quicker than the outgoing 2.7-litre it replaces while producing 10 percent less CO2 with an improved average fuel consumption of 42.0mpg – a 12 percent improvement.
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  Caravan Owners providing Student Accommodation 21 Oct 2008 (News)
  * Changing rooms: At a time when the government is relaxing house extension rules, caravan owners appear ahead of the game with a large number of people will using their caravan as the extra room they always wanted on their house. 16% will turn it into a kid's playroom for a bit of peace and quiet and 16% will turn it into a study to help them work from home. Young families in their 30's were most likely to go for the playroom option - 20%, whilst 50 something's were keen to use it as a quiet study - 16%. * Mobile student digs: Some caravan owners (9%) are taking advantage of the shortage of student digs in university towns around the UK and have decided to rent out their caravan as student accommodation.
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  VALUES STILL UNDER PRESSURE IN AUGUST, SAYS BCA 10 Sep 2008 (News)
  Since January, fleet & lease volume 4x4 models have fallen from averaging around 98% to under 85% of CAP Clean, while premium 4x4’s have fallen from a similar highpoint to just under 88% in August. These falls have been more accelerated and larger than has been seen for other fleet & lease stock. Henstock commented “Some of these bigger, premium 4x4 models are starting to look spectacular value for money now.
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  DB6 Made £324,000 at Harrogate Auction 29 Apr 2008 (News)
  All four of the catalogued Bentleys changed hands, with the highest price going to the 1951/69 Bentley MkVI Turbocharged Special at £27,500. The 1937 4.25 Litre Saloon (£24,750), 1988 Mulsanne S (£15,675) and the dilapidated 1956 Bentley S1 Freestone & Webb Saloon (£10,780) were keenly contested, too. Another restoration project - bearing the highly appropriate registration number XKA1 - the 1956 Jaguar XK140 Roadster comfortably exceeded its high estimate to fetch £31,900.
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  Two Cheap Cadillacs at Auction Today 21 Nov 2005 (News)
  A 25k mile 2004/53 Mercedes E270CDI Avant Gard Estate stuck at £22,000. And a rare 42k mile 2000X Jaguar S Type 3.0V6 manual bid to £6,125. A 47k mile 02 reg Honda Jazz 1.4SE sold for £5,250. An ex-Motability 228k mile 2002/52 Yaris Verso auto also sold for £5,250. And a 27k mile 03 reg facelift Yaris 1.3 T3 5-dr bid to £4,025.
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  Rover 75 CDTIs Sensible Money at Auction Today 26 Aug 2005 (News)
  While an 80k mile 02 BMW 320CI 2.2 with leather shot past its reserve of £9,750 to sell for £10,400 and a 28k mile 02 reg MINI Cooper S was also dear at £11.650. Probably best buy of the day was a 7k mile 2004/54 reg Citroen Berlingo Multispace 1.9D, which sold for £5,850. Coming up:- Monday 29th (Bank Holiday) Fleet & Finance, Lex Vehicle Leasing, Porsche Retail p/xs, Franchised Dealer p/xs, Inchcape no reserve p/xs, West London Nissan p/xs, Reg Vardy p/xs, Hartwell p/xs, Pendragon p/xs.
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  Plenty of Auction Action Today 22 Dec 2004 (News)
  A 12k mile 03 reg Volvo S60SE auto with the right 2.4T 200bhp engine bid to £11,600 provisional; an unwarranted mileage 03 reg Renault Avantime 2.0T Dynamique bid to £11,050; a 35k mile 03 reg Avensis 1.8 T3-S auto bid to a strong £8,950; a 27k mile 2001X Audi A2 1.4 sold for £4,900; an 83k mile 2001/51 Punto 1.2 5-door went for £1,825. But what you’re waiting for is the car in the photo.
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  X3 Makes £39k at Top Car Today 12 Jul 2004 (News)
  Supercharged Jags were strong too with £32,600 paid for a 35k mile 02 XKR 4.0 coupe and £32,850 bid for an 03 S-Type 4.2R. Still on Jags, an 8,000 mile 03 XJ6 Sport auto bid to £28,800. The first W211 E Class I’ve seen under £20k was a 47k mile 02 E220CDI Classic auto, sold for £19,500, while a 14k mile 03 E200 1.8 Kompressor Elegance auto bid to £21,200.
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  Plenty of Cheap Cars at Auction Today 11 Jun 2003 (News)
  A 43k unwarranted 2001Y Honda S2000 sold for £17,950; a 14k mile 2001/51 Freelander V6ES sold for £12,675; a 58k mile 2000X BMW 523iSE manual sold for £10,950 and even a 90k mile 99T Jaguar S Type 3.0V6SE auto made £9,250. And there’s always something if I had the time and space. Today it would have been a 92k mile 95M Mercedes W124 E200 auto, sold for £3,000.
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  Big Premiums Stall at Top Car Today 11 Nov 2002 (News)
  You could have had a 47k mile 98S 540 auto for £14,700, or an almost identical 47k mile 98S 535 auto for £13,500. Seduced by an S-Type? A 64k mile 2000V 4.0V8 sold for £14,100. Lusted after a Lotus? A new shape 7,000 mile 2001/51 Elise bid to a provisional £16,100. Promised someone special an SLK? A 44k kilometre 99T 200K six-speed, which has been making regular Top Car appearances, could have been yours and hers for £13,750.
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  Business as Usual at Auction 5 Jun 2002 (News)
  Top bid took it to £2,900 provisional. It wasn’t all like that. The book was spot on for a 92,405 mile 99T S-Type Jag 3.0 litre V6 manual with no extras to speak of but in a fetching shade of light metallic blue. The estimate for 90,000 miles was £9,900. Top bid was £9,575. So reckon it probably came for £9,750.
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  Entries open for Pride of Ownership final at NEC classic motor show 30 Jul 2019 (News)
  John’s 1964 Volkswagen Type 2 Deluxe Microbus saw off competition from Rob Sargent’s 1969 Ford Cortina Savage, Paul Clappison’s 1972 MGB GT, and Simon McNamara’s 1983 VW Golf GTi Mk1. The Lancaster Insurance Pride of Ownership takes place twice a year with the autumn edition at the Classic Motor Show and the spring final at the Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show.
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  Prices of second-hand cars plunge as dealers struggle to make profit 13 Jun 2019 (News)
  age=3&l=&s=PriceAsc">as little as £8000 , while a Kia Sportage of the same age can be found for just £9000 . Two-year-old Ford Fiesta models can be bought for  less than £6500 , while even premium cars are being discounted heavily. A three-year-old BMW Z4 will cost you 

  Silverstone Classic 2019: Minis set for Silverstone party 1 Feb 2019 (News)
  As well as honouring the Mini in record-breaking style, this year’s Silverstone Classic is also marking Bentley’s centenary and 50 years of the Ford Capri. The track programme also features evocative retro races for prized Formula 1, Formula 2 and Formula 3 single-seaters for the very first time. Full details of all tickets (which must be purchased in advance) – as well as hospitality packages and weekend festival camping – can be found on the official www.silverstoneclassic.com website.
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  London Classic Car Show to honour designer Ian Callum 28 Nov 2018 (News)
  This will feature some of the most notable and cars that he has designed, including the Aston Martin DB9, Jaguar I-PACE, F-TYPE and XK and the Ford RS200 rally car. There will also be a Q&A with the man himself at the show. Talking about the exhibition and receiving the Icon Award, Callum said he was honoured to chosen for the award.
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  Two Stingray Corvettes and one C1 in Historics 22nd September Auction. 2 Sep 2018 (News)
  Competing against the Corvettes in the 1950s, this 1956 Ford Thunderbird automatic was recently imported from the US and a V5C application is currently being processed by the DVLA that should be completed prior to the auction. The green on green interior looks original and the chrome is good, though the exterior paint could do with some work.
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  'Built to last' to be theme of this year's NEC show 7 Jun 2018 (News)
  As well as honouring the military and service personnel, the theme also affords itself to celebrating those marques that have also reached huge milestones such as 130 years of Rover, 120 years of Renault, and 110 years of the Ford Model T. There are also those vehicles that have been ‘built to last’ so that they can be passed down from generation to generation, undertake epic journeys and challenges, and even remain on the roads to this day – some with their original drivers.
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  Motorsport event returns to Crystal Palace 18 Aug 2017 (News)
  The show field will house hundreds of classic cars and bikes as more than 20 clubs and their members display their pride and joys including the Crystal Palace Street and Sprint Car Club, Morris Minor Owners’ Club, Fords the Only Way, Stag Owners’ Club, and Alfa Romeo Owners’ Club. Visitors can enjoy live music from vintage singer Jess De Guidici and get on their dancing shoes for the Rock-ola-Rockets, a four-piece authentic rockabilly band that perform 1950s hits from the likes of Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly and many more.
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  Fuel price round-up 12 Jun 2017 (News)
  The reduction in the cost of petrol means that the driver of an average family car - like the Ford Focus  - with a 55-litre tank can now fill up for £63.91, a saving of £2.20 since February this year. The average price of diesel is also down by 1.7 per cent, to 117.3p-per-litre.