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  Cars £500 Less Than a Month Ago at Auction 30 Mar 2005 (News)
  Upcoming auctions at Blackbushe include tomorrow, Thursday 31st March: LCVs from Dagenham Motors, Lex Defence, FIAT, Citroen, Fleet Direct; Wednesday 6th April: Renault Financial Services including at least one Modus and some more mega bargain Vel Satis; and a Ford ex-rental sale open to the public on 26th April. For Top Car sales at Blackbushe, Measham, Brighouse, and Nottingham, phone 0845 702 3366 or link to www.bca-europe.com/prestige Remember, Top Car sales now include sections direct from Black Horse Finance, Bank of Scotland, Porsche retail and BMW Group.
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  UK Drivers Pay Up To 6 Times Too Much For Parts 1 Feb 2005 (News)
  Model and Part / Franchised / Garage / Independent / % Difference Honda CR-V Wheel Bearing £135.13 £116.33 £21.88 517 % Vauxhall Astra Wheel Bearing £145.70 £111.63 £25.26 476 % Citroen Xantia Wheel Bearing £64.63 £35.65 £14.50 345 % Toyota Previa Shock Absorber £68.29 £80.82 £16.94 303 % Nissan Primera Shock Absorber £61.57 £89.45 £22.40 299 % Peugeot 306 Shock Absorber £79.43 £56.40 £21.88 263 % VW Golf Air Con £528.75 £450.31 £169.42 212 % Renault Megane Air Con £233.70 £352.50 £130.54 170 % Scenic Mercedes E Class Air Con £630 £432.13 £234.04 169 % Ford Focus Starter Motor £191.58 £129.25 £91.85 108 % The four-year-old cars analysed by Warranty Direct engineers would no longer be covered by the manufacturer’s traditional three-year aftersales warranty.
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  January Sale Euro Bargains from Showroom4cars 10 Jan 2002 (News)
  Available in Amulet Red, Denim Blue, Raven Black and Silver, with 17inch Competition alloys, cruise control, Bose sound system, CD autochanger and cup holders. £25,999 on the road, saving £2,881 on UK list. 2. Ford Mondeo 2.0 TD LX 5-door hatchback. Immediate delivery, in silver. £11,999 on the road, saving £5,231 on UK list. 3. Peugeot 206 2.0 SE Cabriolet. Immediate delivery, in Moonstone metallic, with grey pebble cloth.
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  Rover P8 & P9 2 Aug 2013 (News)
  Why was this decision made? Much speculation about William Lyons’ personal involvement with the P8′s death has been made, but an ex-employee of AE-Brico, Peter Wilson, shed some new light on this in Jaguar World Monthly magazine. ‘I arrived one morning to find a large group of engineers, all with long faces, surrounding a P8, which had been subjected to a 30mph frontal impact test at MIRA as part of its proving programme, Peter recalled. ‘The reason for their consternation was all too obvious.
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  Is this Britain’s cheapest car? 24 Mar 2017 (News)
  And the deal was made even sweeter on the realisation that there was enough petrol in the tank to get it home – well over £3.19’s worth, indeed. Result... The downsides? Well, it was filthy and for the first few miles of driving it, I did think it was destined to be a breaker - although it ran well, the heater was refusing to generate any warm air.   Given the K-Series engine’s reputation for head gasket failure, my automatic mindset was to think the worst.
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  Honest John's Deals of the Month - February 25 Feb 2015 (News)
  Experts from HonestJohn.co.uk search the market every day to find you the latest money saving deals and offers. Here’s our round up of the latest discounts to save you £££££s on everything from insurance to new cars.   Simply bookmark this page and return regularly to find the best deals and discounts.  Friday 27 February Jaguar is offering a free upgrade on new XJ models .
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  Honest John’s deals of the week 30 Jun 2014 (News)
  Here’s our round up of the latest discounts to save you £££££s on everything from breakdown cover to new cars.   Monday 30 June Sainsbury’s has halved the price of the Vax H88-12V-C Cordless Hand Held Vacuum Cleaner .
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  Curios: British Leyland Safety Research Vehicles 25 Apr 2014 (News)
  Of course, by 1974, the shape of the Princess had long been signed-off, so a cynic would conclude that the SRV2′s front had in fact been deliberately styled in order to mimic the new car’s outline. SRV3 The third SRV prototype was based on the BMC 1800, and like the other cars in the series, it featured heavily-modified frontal styling.
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  Friday concept: Triumph Fury 19 Jul 2013 (News)
  Built in the same year that the TR4A was launched, the prototype uses the 2000 ’s six-cylinder engine and MacPherson strut front and trailing arm rear suspension in a monocoque bodyshell, a first for a Triumph sports car. Other noteable features were pop-up headlights and a dashboard design perfectly redolent of Canley products of the era.
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  Triumph Fury 19 Jul 2013 (News)
  Built in the same year that the TR4A was launched, the prototype uses the 2000 ’s six-cylinder engine and MacPherson strut front and trailing arm rear suspension in a monocoque bodyshell, a first for a Triumph sports car. Other noteable features were pop-up headlights and a dashboard design perfectly redolent of Canley products of the era.
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  Used car buyers queue up for quality 19 Aug 2009 (News)
        VW Passat 2.0 Sport 4dr                                      06-plate/27,257 miles    £9425                 104 8.      Volvo XC90 D5 S auto                                         05-plate/49,056 miles    £13,875               95 9.
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  Sports and Supercars via N.E. Automotive 10 Jan 2008 (News)
  Price Subject to Specification 000-0701124 Audi TT Coupe 2.0 Manual Brilliant Red - New UK - Immediate - GBP 26500 000-0701125 Audi TT Coupe 2.0 Manual Phantom Black - New UK - January - GBP 29955 000-0701126 Audi TT Coupe 2.0 S-Tronic Phantom Black - New UK - Immediate - GBP 31207 000-2711986 Audi TT Coupe 2.0 Manual Mauritius Blue - New UK - Immediate - GBP 28730 000-1812003 Bentley Continental Speed Beluga Black - New UK - Immediate - GBP 139340 000-0211001 Bentley Continental Speed Beluga Black - New UK - Immediate - GBP 139340 000-0211002 Ferrari F430 Coupe F1 Rosso Corsa - Pre-Registered.
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  MOTORPOINT STAR DEALS 19th - 26th JULY 20 Jul 2007 (News)
  Convertibles Nissan Micra CC 1.4 Urbis 2dr Manual NEW AT £10,599 HUGE SAVING OF £3,211 These models are equipped with ABS, Air Conditioning, Central Locking, Electric Windows, Manual air conditioning, Radio CD player, and Alloy wheels. Available in a choice of colours. Peugeot 206 Coupe Cabriolet 1.6 S 2dr Tip Auto NEW AT £11,599 HUGE SAVING OF £4,756 These models come fitted with ABS, Air Bags, Air Conditioning, Central Locking, Climate Control, Electric Mirrors, Electric Windows, Leather Trim, Power Hood, Power Steering, Radio CD player, and Alloy wheels.
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  Frazer Nash sells for £236,000 at Brightwells auction 14 May 2015 (News)
  A 1976 TVR 3000M, one of only 10 ‘Martin Edition’ models made and in superb condition throughout raised a top estimate £15,000, while a tidy 1997 TVR Chimaera 4.0 V8 fetched a more typical £7900. Equally lairy but rather more antiquated was an intriguing part-finished 1941 Ford V8 Special ‘rat rod’ with a hotted up Mercury ‘flathead’ engine and Iskenderian cam which was snapped up by an Austrian bidder for £5,700. Sticking with V8s, a 1966 Ford Mustang Fastback 289Ci Automatic which still looked sharp following a rotisserie restoration in America some 20 years previously fetched the required £28,000.
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  Is now the time to cash-in on used car market boom? 11 Nov 2021 (News)
  From quarter two to quarter three of this year, the brands that have seen the largest average stock price increase for used models are Peugeot (+20 per cent average price), Ford (+20 per cent), Nissan (+17 per cent), Hyundai (+15 per cent) and Renault (+15 per cent). HonestJohn.co.uk readers have been wondering whether now is the time to cash-in on the used car price boom.
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  Historics 23rd November Catalogue Now on Sale 11 Nov 2019 (News)
  So it’s a genuine hand-built AC Cobra, not a copy, with all the looks and sound, but a comparatively mild, catalysed 5.0 litre Ford V8 and a modern carbon fibre body. Huge fun to drive and actually very forgiving. One of only 37. Estimated at £72,000 to £80,000. A lovely 1925 3-litre Bentley tourer with the Vanden Plas body style we all picture in our minds.
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  Comment: Could the new MG be China's Datsun 240Z? 21 Apr 2017 (News)
  Datsun, it soon became apparent, had been entirely serious, and its 240Z was such a big hit in the USA that it even stopped supplying cars in the Japanese domestic market for a while to keep up with Stateside demand.  It became the fastest selling car in the USA since the original Ford Mustang, and customer orders were such that it would be a further 18 months before European buyers could sample what the 240Z had to offer. Which, it turned out, was a terrific combination of a torquey six-cylinder engine, rear-wheel-drive and rewarding handling, along with a smart, modern feeling cabin that made its British rivals feel old hat.
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  Record number of visitors flock to 2016 NEC Classic Motor Show 14 Nov 2016 (News)
  The winner was James Cribb from Winsford in the 1989 Austin Metro City; second place went Stuart Turp from Barnsley in the 1969 Ford Capri Mk1, while Mark McClelland from Kilmarnock, Scotland, in the 1984 Vauxhall Astra GTE took third. All the highlights from the Classic Motor Show 2016 Richard Morley, divisional head for Lancaster Insurance, said, 'This year's show has once again blown us away and shows the dedication, pride and passion of our industry.
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  British Car Auctions Celebrates its 70th Birthday 11 Jul 2016 (News)
  .  6 – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, registered GEN II, that starred in the 1968 Dick Van Dyke movie was sold by BCA twice in the 1970s. Six replicas were made, but this was the fully functional road-going Ford V6 powered car seen driving throughout the movie. The car was later bought by Chris Evans at auction in the USA for £496,415, but has lost its GEN II plate and been re-registered 772 YUJ. 5 – In the 1990s, BCA sold the actual 1964 Austin Princess Hearse that had been used for the funeral of Sir Winston Churchill in January 1965.
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  Millers Launches New Range of Energy Efficient Oils 28 Feb 2013 (News)
  The Millers Oils Energy Efficient range: EE Longlife ECO 5w30 - Fully synthetic fuel efficient engine oil suitable for the latest technology petrol and diesel engines. Suitable for use in the very latest Ford petrol and diesel engines meeting Euro IV/V emissions standards. 50% reduction in wear, 47% reduction in friction compared to XF Longlife ECO 5w30 ACEA: A5 / B5-08, API: SL, CF EE Longlife C3 5w30 - Fully synthetic mid SAPS engine oil suitable for the latest technology petrol and diesel engines.