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News: convertible auction promises bargains this Saturday...


THE SHEEPSKIN coats will be changed for something lighter this Saturday when used car dealers, and a sprinkling of brave private buyers, bid to buy...
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Car clinic: Your motoring problems solved


My neighbour has left a decrepit old car parked on his driveway for months.
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Tailgater? Let him pass


ALMOST ONE in five motorists is so worried about dangerous drivers that they have opted out of making a journey, claims new research.
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Pleasure seekers


A real sports car should have a roof that folds down and an engine behind the driver, or so goes the fondly held view of men with string-backed driving...
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Tiny tearaways


This car is almost identical to the Volkswagen Up! and Seat Mii but offers better value than either.
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People eaters


If space is the final frontier, then set a course for the Citroën C4 Grand Picasso. Like a black hole, this car will swallow anything you can throw...
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Minor miracles


Ford Fiesta Zetec 1.0T EcoBoost stop-start 5-dr This is such a brilliant small car that you will be smitten
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High and mighty


Range Rover 3.0 TDV6 Vogue SE Despite strong competition from the new BMW X5, the Range Rover is still the car to beat
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All aboard!


VW Golf 1.4 TSI SE 5-dr “If you set out to rethink the concept of a table, you’ll end up with a table.
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Suited and booted


BMW 318d Sport against an ageing Mercedes C-class that’s due to be replaced this summer and an uninspiring Audi A4
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New registration special


IT'S BEEN a long, hard winter but as the flood waters and gales subside, the first signs of spring are in the air.
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News: Timid buyers paying too much for their cars...


A FEAR of haggling is costing UK car buyers thousands of pounds in lost discounts and spoiling their quality of life, claims a new report.