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  Five of the best value sports cars
  1. Mazda MX-5 2.0i Sport Tech   Price: £21,135Power: 160bhp0-62mph: 7.6 seconds Top speed: 132mphWeight: 1173kg Why buy? Mazda’s MX-5 has been in production in one way or another since 1989. It...
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  Renault Scenic 1.6 Energy dCi 130
  As Renault continues to try to portray itself as a clean and green company, this image isn’t coming from purely focusing on zero emission electric cars but also from significant advances made...
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  Peugeot RCZ V Audi TT
  Peugeot and Audi have been battling it out on the diesel front in the Le Mans 24 Hour race for several years. In the past year the two car makers...
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  How to cut your fuel costs
  As petrol prices have hit record highs, with no sign of dropping, driving economically is more important than ever. It has the capacity not only to save you money but to help the environment...
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  New trim for Skoda models
  Skoda is offering customers a new trim level called SE Plus on all models right across the range. Available on the Fabia, Octavia, Roomster, Superb and Yeti, the new equipment grade will...
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  Living with the Peugeot iOn
  We’ve taken delivery of a Peugeot iOn for a few weeks of electric motoring. The idea of this experiment is to explore whether this really is the low-carbon motoring solution the...
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  First drive: MINI Cooper SD Hatch
  The addition of the MINI SD (Sports Diesel) to the range isn’t about re-inventing the popular model, but more tweaking and adding another feather to the cap of one of...
• Five cost-effective coupes
  Coupes have always been desirable, despite the practical problems that can arise from only having two doors. They also used to command big premiums, as the coupes tended to be the...
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  The top ten car warranty claims
  More and more people are looking at buying car warranties in order to save themselves from big bills – and it’s easy to see why. The latest data from Autoprotect, a...
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  VW launches car warranty scheme
  Volkswagen is launching a new approved used car scheme designed to give second hand car buyers extra peace of mind.  Essentially it’s an extended car warranty scheme for Volkswagens with less than...
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  MOT test times to be reviewed
  Motorists could see their costs fall if ministers get their way and change the frequency of MOT tests. The amount of time between checks is set to be reviewed by Transport...
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  Want an Evoque? Wait a year
  Land Rover announced prices for its new Evoque this week, but if you’re thinking of buying one you could end up waiting for a very long time. According to the...
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  First drive: Jaguar XF 2.2 diesel
  Along with a refresh that includes a sensible front-end reworking of its XF four-door, Jaguar will be upping the common-sense ante by introducing a new super-frugal, low-emitting 2.2-litre diesel engine to the range. The...
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  Honda halves production
  Honda has cut production by 50% at its Swindon factory following concerns over parts shortages. Following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan on March 11, Honda suspended vehicle and part production...
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  Saab suffering as production slows
  Saab’s chairman Victor Muller is insisting his company “is not on the verge of collapse” following claims it may go bankrupt within a matter of days.   Last week, production at Saab’s Trondheim factory...
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  Car makers hit by parts supply crisis
  Waiting times for new cars could increase and buyers could have their choice of spec restricted because the Japanese tsunami has affected car part suppliers in the crisis-hit region. Earlier this month...
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  First drive: VW Caddy BlueMotion
  The Caddy is VW’s smallest panel van and it’s now available with efficiency boosting BlueMotion tech.  Originally launched as a pick-up version of the VW Golf back in 1982, it evolved...
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  More finance deals since VAT hike
  Car buyers are increasingly using dealer finance agreements to buy new and used cars. According to new statistics from the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA), 6% more new cars and...
• Budget 2011 as it happened
  The Budget – as it happened: 12:34 – Chancellor, George Osborne: “Budget is about reforming the economy and helping families with the cost of living and oil prices.” 12:35 Osborne claims this latest...
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  Smart reveals special edition Fortwo
  Smart has squeezed more life out of the Fortwo by revealing a special edition called the nightorange. Limited to a production run of just 235 cars, the nightorange gets vivid orange paintwork...