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  Check out our checklists
  When you’re buying a used car, how do you know what you should be looking at and what to avoid before you hand over the cash? Worry no longer –...
  15 Jul 2011
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  Top ten manufacturer promotions
  With the price of insurance and fuel hitting excessive heights, trying to save money on your new car isn’t the easiest thing to do. However, there are plenty of deals...
  14 Jul 2011
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  Vauxhall Astra: An introduction
  Vauxhall’s Astra is a hugely popular car that dearly wants to take scalps from the likes of the Ford Focus and the VW Golf. Traditionally the Astra has been one...
  11 Jul 2011
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  New Peugeot is a company car star
  Peugeot has announced details of a new car dubbed 508 RXH – a high-riding four-wheel drive diesel hybrid based on the firm’s staple family estate. The French firm has seen...
  11 Jul 2011
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  Motor finance deals on the up
  The number of cars being bought with finance hit a two-year high in the month of May, according to new figures In the year to May 2011, 56% of new car...
  11 Jul 2011
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  Aston Martin to build V12 Zagato
  Aston Martin has announced that it will produce a limited 150-car production run of the new V12 Zagato as a result of strong customer interest. The Zagato – the name of...
  8 Jul 2011
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  Company car test - Toyota Avensis
  What is it you want? If it’s a stylish company car look away now but if it is a comfortable cruiser that’s at home on the motorways then you could be...
  8 Jul 2011
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  Grand Voyager tweaked for 2011
  Chrysler is giving its luxury people carrier, the Grand Voyager, a bit of spit and polish for 2011. The changes are small but numerous. First off is the revised grille, bonnet...
  8 Jul 2011
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  Range shake-up for Ford Fiesta
  As the best-selling car currently in the UK, Ford is hoping that a rejig of the Fiesta line-up will help keep the model top of the leaderboard. The latest changes include...
  7 Jul 2011
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  Range Rover and Discovery updated
  Land Rover has unveiled a range of upgrade for both its Discovery and Range Rover Sport models, improving performance, cutting emissions and improving the equipment levels and exterior styling. The 3.0-litre SDV6 diesel...
  7 Jul 2011
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  Nissan Micra 1.2 DIG-S
  Efficiency and low CO2 emissions rather than performance and sportiness are the major priorities in the small hatchback class and now the 1.2-litre petrol powered DIG-S (Direct Injection Gasoline-Supercharged) Micra...
  6 Jul 2011
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  VW Golf: Fuel economy
  As is the norm on Parkers one must address the issue of fuel economy and, predictably, the question of whether the official combined figure released by the manufacturer of the...
  6 Jul 2011