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Interestingly, our Government is siting ona consultation ethanol an ingredient that helps reduce carbon dioxide, While E10 fuels have been widely avilable on the continent (now accounting for almost half of French petroleum sales) this stronger brew has yet to surface over here, the UK sticking to just nominal five percent, report on E10 t produced lst yar. STILLFLIRTY AT 30 MX-5 marks three decades of success Asif there isn’t enough special edition Mazda MX-S special editions around... The 30th Anniversary Edition has been launched to ‘commemorate this legendary sports car's launch at the 1999 Chicago Motor Show. Resplendent in exclusive Racing Orange {along with similar coloured brake calipers) ‘apart from the usual cosmetic ttvations, this limited run variant sports Brembo brakes and We're having a bit of a clear out to make way for new projects. Up for grabs is this basket case ~ but complete ~ K-reg MG Midget, previously valued by the Midget owners’ club at £500 minimum. Our 1990 V12 SE XJ-S is the polar opposite! Bought from a leading classic car dealer a year ago (so you know its a good onel, a change of personal circumstances ~ rather than any deficiencies with the car ~ means i's best for a new owner to enjoy this delightful Jag rather than have it sit idle - offers around £6500: bradcamabdersonaaolcom 8 Classic Recaro seats. Out of the 3000 being made the UK will get 550; 370 convertibles and 180 RF (retractable fastback-roofed) cars, all with the 184bhp 2-lite engine and limited slip dif, More than 130,000 MX-5s have been sold in the UK. “This isa sports car that has resonated with enthusiastic British drivers ever since its ‘début and four generations on i's as popular as ever", says Mazda. No prices as of yet. LASER Damaged Nut/Bolt Extractor set £14.00 approx ‘Arounded-off nut or bolt can sive you some serious grief, but maybe not so much with this new set from Laser. 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ClassicNEWS | Retrospective I petro-heads know about the Fist 600, The Aiminutive machine was the most fiat ‘ofall ear sights on the streets of aly for decades aftr its Introduction in 1955, Some right-hand-drive versions made their way tothe UK. Apparently, most of them eventually fl victim to our salted winter roads, In Spain, the SEAT 600, made under Hicence, was a lif-changer for the Spanish people, who were still trying to recover from the Civil ‘War, and so did much the same as itsalian progenitor, getting large numbers of Spaniards into their very fist car They had to wait long hile, though, often fortwo years, afte patting thei inital purchase ‘money down (out ofa total of £63,000 pesetas, perhaps around £16,000 today altogether, which scems an awful) ‘Neatly 800,000 SEATS were ‘manufactured ftom 1957 to 1973; to driveone nov, asan alternative ton Italian one, it has to bea lefvhander, Drivinga LHD car on ‘our roads hardly creates any issues ‘except pethaps when overtaking, although, in a car whose 747ee, with the four eyinders fed bya single down-draught carburetor, summoning up just 25 horse power 2.4600 revs, overtaking is probably 2 forlorn hope anyway! So the SEAT nowadays i just for leisurely fun, Actually, in a 1963 SEAT 600D,1 didi fel GAME CHANGING NAME? CCarbrands come and go - usualy the later these days ~ so nie to seea newcomer. ‘Building upon the success of the sporty (Cupra models, SEAT made ita stand-alone ‘name litle more than 18 months ago, and will sell the Cupra marque inthe UK both at ‘normal dealerships and also dedicated Cupra specialists of which so far is up t0 25 While you can buy Leon Cupra ~ ately a special edition 370bhp hot hatch badged the [RST the new brand is being kicked off with performance derivative... ofan SUY, and not the Ibiza or Leon hatchback prope. Sounds abit confusing but that’s sign ofthe times as these fashion family ferries are the coupes of 40 years go, The Cupra Ateca is more than cynical ‘makeover ast packs nearly 300bhp of GolfR power that will Se off any E-type anda few