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PROTEUS HAS BEEN ACQUIRED BY RIVAL SPORTS CAR MANUFACTURER, ENDURO

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PROTEUS HAS BEEN ACQUIRED BY RIVAL SPORTS CAR MANUFACTURER, ENDURO

Proteus Cars has been acquired by rival sports car manufacturer Enduro Cars. For 21 years Proteus has been a leader in the field of re-creation sports cars, such as its renowned Jaguar C-Type, and is synonymous the world over with quality and attention to detail.

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Big prices achieved for Jim Clark Lotus and Grand Prix Alfa

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Big prices achieved for Jim Clark Lotus and Grand Prix Alfa

Last week’s H&H classic vehicle sale at The Centaur, Cheltenham grossed over £2.3 million – a house record. It also saw the highest price so far paid for a car at an H&H auction, with the 1929 Irish Grand Prix winning Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Super Sport fetching £503,000 – a mere £6,000 more than the ex-Jim Clark 1962 Lotus 25, which itself had claimed that record earlier in the same sale!

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MARIO ANDRETTI TO STAR AT GPLIVE

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MARIO ANDRETTI TO STAR AT GPLIVE

One of the legends of motor sport, Mario Andretti is the latest star to confirm his attendance at the GPlive event at Donington Park in May. The 1978 Formula One World Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner is set to be reunited with one of his JPS Lotus cars at the event and is looking forward to meeting his many British fans.

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AUDI ANCESTOR COULD BE MOST EXPENSIVE AUCTIONED CAR EVER

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AUDI ANCESTOR COULD BE MOST EXPENSIVE AUCTIONED CAR EVER

What could become the most expensive car ever to be sold in the history of the prestigious auction house Christie’s is due to go under the hammer at the international vintage car fair Rétromobile in Paris later this month.

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FINAL BEETLE SET TO ROLL OFF PRODUCTION LINE … BUT NEW BEETLE GOES FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH

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FINAL BEETLE SET TO ROLL OFF PRODUCTION LINE … BUT NEW BEETLE GOES FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH

With the New Beetle now a familiar sight on roads around the world, the last old Beetle is set to roll off the production line on Wednesday 30 July.

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Pat Doran Wins British Rallycross Championship

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Pat Doran triumphed over adversity in the final round of the British Rallycross Championship at Croft, North Yorkshire on Saturday, when he became champion for the first time. The Sittingbourne driver suffered a torrid time during practice when his Ford RS200 blew a head gasket – desoite tge fact that it was a brand new engine installed after an expensive blow-up at the previous round.

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1994 European Rallycross Championship

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1994 European Rallycross Championship

The 1994 championship was characterised by intense competition between Hansen (winner of the first two rounds); 1993 champion Jean-Luc Pailler (winner of the next two rounds) and Martin Schanche, who claimed the first of three victories in round five at Croft in June. That win came as a huge relief to the Norwegian as he had put his Escort on pole position in each of the previous two races and twice had been foiled by Pailler. At Croft too, the Frenchman led until a controversial clash i the second corner left the Citroen on its rook and Martin the winner from the restart.

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1994 British Rallycross Championship

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1994 British Rallycross Championship

For the British Rallycross Championship, 1994 was a year of change. Not only was it taken under the wing of the BRSCC, it also brought together direct competition between the European Rallycross Championship-legal supercars and the redundant Group B rally cars. Finally it produced the first ever winner from outside the UK in Irishman Dermot […]

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1993 Rallycross Review

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1993 Rallycross Review

Three British drivers have had a tough year in Europe in 1993. The 1992 European Champion, Will Gollop, debuted his new Peugeot 309 and has had mixed results, having experienced teething and engine problems. Pat Doran was runner-up in the European Championship last year, the big man from Milstead has suffered more bad luck than anyone else this year but still managed to come through as the top British Division Two driver with 8th in the European Championship. Finally, it’s all credit to one of the youngest drivers, Richard Hutton, who competed his first season in Europe and finished an outstanding 3rd overall in Division One.

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1993 – A New Era in the European Rallycross Championship

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1993 – A New Era in the European Rallycross Championship

1993 Was a new era in rallycross, it sadly marked the end of the redundant Group B rally cars in international competition and the arrival of the Group A specials. With the arrival of the new cars came the inevitable teething problems experienced by most debuting a new car. From the Ford RS200, appeared a flurry of Escort Cosworths and the chunky Metro 6R4 were reborn as the desirable Nissan Sunny GTi-R.

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