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California Porsche Part 4: So EASY

October 16, 2009

Sunday had been all about enjoying the cream of US muscle car action, so Monday was going to be back to Stuttgart’s Finest. Don’t you just hate it when people say “Stuttgart’s Finest”? That is probably the name of some Gentlemens’ Club over there. Anyway, we wanted to get down town and see what was [...]

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Trackside Brunch

August 16, 2009

Met up with long-time car industry expert and friend Denis Keenan at Silverstone today. Here’s a beautiful ’74 911 Carrera from the paddock. Rings a bell with me… We were meeting at a round of the British F3 championship with a VW race also on the programme. VW hospitality was the name of the game. [...]

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The Great Seized Car Sell-off

July 6, 2009

Newport Auctions have just announced that they have won the contract to sell off some of the 100,000 cars seized annually by the DVLA for road tax avoidance. The program starts tomorrow (July 7) with approx 150 vehicles offered every second week.

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Best Bib and Tucker – Autowired

May 26, 2009

Best Bib and Tucker A fairly reliable measure of success among motor traders is the car they choose to take home. Most independents will try to hold something moderately flash in stock, put a bit of a premium on it and be quite happy if it doesn’t sell for a few weeks, so they can [...]

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Bankruptcy Beckons

May 22, 2009

The US Government has finally accepted the inevitable and is preparing to put GM into bankruptcy protection next week, to complete a major restructuring. The American people will own over 50% of GM Gen II. The time taken to reach this point is both good and bad; at least it has given the European subsidiaries [...]

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Tycoon bids for Saab

May 17, 2009

A previous blog post spoke about Saab and a wish that one man with some vision would come to the fore with the financial clout to keep the unique manufacturer afloat. Seems like this might happen. A report in todays Times says that “Wall Street veteran” (what does this really mean) Ira Rennert is trying [...]

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