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Undercutting the competition...

Undercutting the competition on cost was clearly the blue oval"s intention, because the basic model costs í‚á£1,500 less than Vauxhall"s Astra VXR and is an astonishing í‚á£2,500 cheaper than the comparable Volkswagen Golf GTI.



My father was a professional...

My father was a professional gambler. Mum preferred property, antique and stock market investments. Their only son served time as an Economist Intelligence Unit writer and consultant, and has been the Daily Telegraph’s Mr Money columnist for years. I therefore know a bit about forecasting, predicting, prophesising, placing ‘safe’ bets, crystal ball gazing, making presumptions, having a punt and speculating. I also know that these verbs are largely redundant and should be replaced by a simpler word: guessing.


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The Frenchman won last...

The Frenchman won last weekend’s Rally Portugal, but with arch-rival Marcus Gronholm finishing second, the Citroen star was still two points adrift of the series lead. However, the Finn and his fellow Focus WRC runners were given a five-minute time penalty for infringing the regulations, when an official post-rally technical check discovered that the leading Fords were running illegal rear side windows. The decision dropped Gronholm from second to fourth position and, as a consequence, allowed Loeb to move into the lead of the championship by one point.

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Mazda’s ultimate...

Mazda’s ultimate sports hatchback, the Mazda3 MPS, goes in sale in the UK next February, priced from ÷£18,995. The car promises scintillating performance from its 260ps 2.3-litre engine. Claimed 0-60 is 6.1 seconds.

Mazda UK will have a limited allocation of approximately 1,000 right-hand drive Mazda3 MPS vehicles during 2007 and anticipates a healthy waiting list for the newcomer.




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