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The 10 Safest Used Cars On Sale

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Car safety is not the most glamorous of subjects, but it remains hugely important for obvious reasons. That’s arguably even more the case when it comes to choosing a used car rather than a new one, where crash performance and safety features might not necessarily be up to the latest standards.

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History Guide: Volkswagen Golf GTI

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To some people, the Volkswagen Golf GTI is the definitive hot hatch. Launched in 1976, it helped to prove that a sensible, front-wheel-drive hatchback could be as fast and as much fun to drive as a sports car, cementing a formula that continues to this day. Here’s how the world’s most recognised hot hatch has evolved.

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The Best-Selling New Cars of 2019

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It doesn’t seem so long ago that the new car market bounced from one month of record registrations to the next. However, as we move through 2019 the seemingly never-ending political uncertainty, increased taxes and a lack of clarity over the future of diesel continue to take their toll.

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2020 Volkswagen Passat GTE Review: A green machine, but is it mean?

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While the logic behind plug-in hybrid cars is sound, it is a technology that has endured a rocky ride of late. For that you can primarily blame the removal in 2018 of the Government’s plug-in car grant for anything other than pure EVs, which makes every new plug-in hybrid £2,500 more expensive to buy than it would have been when the grant was in place.

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