15th April 2019
BMW WINS AT APRIL FOOLS
April Fools pranks have long been the preserve of the motor industry, with previous crackers including a MINI specifically for hipsters, a Hyundai i10 ‘Popemobile’ and a four-door Mazda MX-5.
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12th April 2019
SWVA APRIL SALE PREVIEW
At the time of writing the catalogue for SWVA‘s April sale extended to 80 lots (including nine motorcycles) which offered the intriguing variety we’ve come to expect from the South Coast auctioneers.
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12th April 2019
CAR CLOCKING BACK ON THE RISE
It immediately conjures up images of sheepskin-wearing 'Arfur Daley' types winding back odometers with a drill, but car clocking is now increasingly a thing once again.
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11th April 2019
MG OFFERS ‘SWAPPAGE’ SCHEME
The long-running scrappage debacle still fills us with dread every time we hear the term, with the prospect of perfectly decent old motors being scrapped in exchange for money off a new car.
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11th April 2019
MARKET TRENDS – LOTUS SPORTS CARS
In this Market Trends we take a look at three sports cars from Lotus; the FWD Elan M100, Esprit V8 and Excel...
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11th April 2019
OLDER PLATES CONFUSING ANPR
From this month, vehicles manufactured before January 1, 1979 can display traditional ‘black and white’ number plates according to the government’s Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency – a change that has coincided with older style…
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10th April 2019
MARKET TRENDS – BRITISH SPORTS SALOONS
In this Market Trends we take a look at three British sports saloons: the Bentley Derby, Jensen CV8 and Jaguar's Mk1 and Mk2...
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10th April 2019
RETRO STYLE MAKEOVER
'Backdating' is all the rage these days. But is it really worth doing? We looked at these two iconic classics to help make our minds up.
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10th April 2019
MGLIVE! RESTED FOR 2019
MG fans will be without a major summer event at Silverstone for the first time in nearly 70 years, following the news that MGLive! has been rested for 2019. Last month, the Northamptonshire circuit announced…
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9th April 2019
THE DEATH OF RILEY
Fifty years ago saw the first great British car name to be axed. In retrospect it would turn out to be the first of many over the decades to come, but at the time few…
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9th April 2019
CLASSIC FORD REVS UP FOR MALLORY DEBUT
The Classic Ford Show has a brand new home for 2019, with Mallory Park set to play host to thousands of Europe’s finest blue ovals in Europe on June 2.