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£1.2m Aston Martin smashes auction record

Bonhams has sold an Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato Sanction II Coupé for £1,230,000 - a world record for a DB4. The 1991 car was owned by Phil Collins' manager, Tony Smith, and has been...

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Very rare Jag E-Type Lightweight for sale

The Motorexpo in Canary Wharf will host the sale of "one of the most desirable E-Types to come to open market in recent years." The 1963 Jaguar E-Type Lightweight No. 14 is extremely rare and has...

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Autoblog UK writer not crazy as unrestored 1959 Mini makes £40,250 at auction

Many laughed when Autoblog UK writer, Richard Bremner and a couple of friends paid £11,500 for this decrepit 1959 Mini 850 in 2010. Well laugh no more, as the same car came up at a Bonhams...

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Babe Barnato's Battered Bentley could make Brooklands mint

A battered Bentley once owned by original Bentley Boy Woolf 'Babe' Barnato will go under the hammer in May, and could fetch a fortune. It's in a right old state, but this decrepit pile of rust is...

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Fine Ferrari collection could net well over €15m

There's just over a month left until the forthcoming RM Auctions sale, with 22 of the rarest and most beautiful Ferraris expected to sell for more than €15 million. Headlining the sale at the...

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For sale: Subaru Impreza with ultimate winter tyre package

Did yesterday's snow get you down? Are you now stuck in the house contemplating whether to eat your cat? Well the Subaru Impreza above, for sale on eBay right now (April 4 2012), is probably for...

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Runabout for sale: one careful lady owner...576,000 miles

An old lady is selling her runabout. No big deal there. Except that this lady is 93-year-old Rachel Veitch, and the runabout she's selling is the Mercury Comet Caliente she's been using since...

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Bargain Keith Richards Pontiac for sale

Bonhams is selling a 1950 Pontiac Chieftan Silver Streak Convertible, once owned by Keith Richards. It's the second best way of getting into a car that Richards has had an association with, behind...

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10th birthday bash for Avantime French flop

A birthday party is being held at Coventry Motor Museum for the failed Avantime executive coupé, one of the biggest flops in car company history. How strange. A sales disaster that only...

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More Goodwood Highlights announced

As well as the collection of royal cars and the sale of historic Lotus cars we have previously mentioned, Goodwood has announced further details of this year's Festival of Speed and Goodwood...

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