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50 • Visit us @ www.ChampNews.com WK The Champion • Wednesday 28 November 2012
MOTORS
Safety system to
debut on Fiesta
from America
Report by David Simister
A SAFETY feature fitted to Fords in the
States will be arriving from across the
Atlantic next month in a bid to prevent
younger drivers being involved in accidents.
The MyKey system, which will be fitted as
standard on most models in the Fiesta range
from next month, allows parents to alter the
car’s settings to make it safer when their
children borrow it, and includes the option
to restrict the top speed, to limit how loud
the stereo system is, or to disable the audio
altogether if seatbelts aren’t being used.
Peter Patzelt, who has overseen the
system’s European introduction, said:
“Parents love MyKey because it helps them
reduce their teenagers’ exposure to risk at
the wheel. Young drivers are not too keen on
MyKey until they learn that it often
improves the chances their parents will
allow them to drive in the first place.”
The system has been pioneered by Ford in
North America, and is fitted as standard to
almost all the new cars it sells there.
CHAPMAN
MAWDSLEY
09 SUZUKI SX4 GLX 1.6 5-DR, 1 owner,
FSH, 15,000 miles, A/C, alloys, c/locking,
metallic silver ......Was £7,395 NOW £6,995
09 KIA CEED 1.6 AUTOMATIC, 5-DR, 1
owner, FSH, metallic, A/C, alloys, balance of
7 year warranty .Was £7,495 NOW £6,495
61 NISSAN QASHQAI PLUS TWO 2.0 N-TEC, sat nav, rear camera, pan roof, 7 seats,
only 6,000 miles ....................................................... Was £17,495 NOW £16,995
09 TOYOTA RAV 4 2.2 DIESEL XTR SE, 1 owner, FSH, A/C, alloys, reversing sensor,
bluetooth, sunroof ..................................................... Was £13,995 NOW £12,995
08 VW PASSAT 1.9 TDI ESTATE, only 28,000 miles, in metallic, A/C, alloys,
50+ MPG, FSH .............................................................................................. SOLD
07 KIA SEDONA LS AUTOMATIC DIESEL, 7 seater, 39,000 miles, A/C, alloys, reversing
sensor, FSH .................................................................................................... SOLD
09 FORD FIESTA 1.25 5-DR, 1 owner, FSH, metallic silver, low mileage .....................
.....................................................................................Was £7,495 NOW £6,995
09 SUZUKI SX4 GLX 1.6 5-DR, 1 owner, FSH, 15,000 miles, A/C, alloys, c/locking,
metallic silver .................................................................Was £7,395 NOW £6,995
59 VAUXHALL CORSA 1.2 DESIGN 5-DR 1 owner, FSH, low mileage
......................................................................................Was £7,495 NOW £6,495
06 MINI ONE CONVERTIBLE alloys, A/C, FSH, only 30,000 miles
.............................................................................................Was £6,995 NOW £6,495
09 KIA CEED 1.6 AUTOMATIC, 5-DR, 1 owner, FSH, metallic, A/C, alloys, balance of
7 year warranty ..............................................................Was £7,495 NOW £6,495
59 HYUNDAI I10 1.2 5-DR, 1 owner, FSH, low mileage .....Was £6,995 NOW £6,495
58 SUZUKI SX-4 GL only 19,000 miles, e/windows, FSH, A/C, c/locking, FSH
......................................................................................Was £6,695 NOW £5,995
06 TOYOTA YARIS 1.4 T-SPIRIT DIESEL, 5-DR, FSH, 70.6 mpg, A/C, alloys,
c/locking, £30 road tax ...................................................Was £6,395 NOW £5,995
06 TOYOTA COROLLA 2.0 DIESEL COLOUR COLLECTION, 1 owner, FSH, 54,000 miles,
58.9 MPG, alloys, climate control, beautiful!!! .................Was £6,395 NOW £5,995
09 HYUNDAI I10 1.2 COMFORT 5-DR, A/C, alloys, FSH ...Was £6,495 NOW £5,995
03 VW POLO 1.4 TWIST, 5-DR, 55,000 miles, A/C, alloys, FSH, in silver
...................................................................................................................... SOLD
03 FREELANDER 1.8 KALAHARI 3-DR, removeable top, alloys, CD, leather, s/roof
...................................................................................................................... SOLD
04 FIAT PANDA 1.2 DYNAMIC, custard yellow, 30,000 miles, FSH, c/locking, roof bars,
twins/roof ....................................................................................................... SOLD
06 FORD KA 1.3I STYLE, 1 owner, FSH, low mileage, coloured coded bumpers,
beautiful car ................................................................................................... SOLD
00 VW PASSAT 1.9 TDI SE SALOON, FSH, 50+ mpg, alloys, A/C, e/windows............
.....................................................................................Was £2,295 NOW £1,995
02 RENAULT CLIO 1.4 DYNAMIQUE, A/C, alloys, e/s/roof .Was £1,995 NOW £1,795
02 FORD KA, in silver, low insurance, great MPG ................Was £1,695 NOW £1,495
05 RENAULT CLIO 1.2 DYNAMIQUE 3-DR, CD, S/roof, alloys, bright blue
...................................................................................................................... SOLD
T LANDROVER DISCOVERY TD-5 DIESEL E/S, leather, climate, alloys ............ SOLD
88-94 Church Rd, Formby, Liverpool L37 3NQ
01704 870777
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1114717
Car that time forgot
IT’S like Indiana Jones meets The Italian Job.
This story is so intruiging, I thought it needed
bringing out of the classic car forums and onto
these pages.
It begins deep underground, in a network of
tunnels beneath one of Britain’s biggest car
factories, the former British Leyland plant at
Longbridge. For years, a rather battered old
Mini has sat down there, lonely and unloved,
gathering dust for decades.
It’s been stripped of almost all of its useful bits
and the roof’s been bent in like a banana, but
this Clubman version is quite unlike any other.
The Mini which nobody wanted is the last ever
Mini to leave the factory.
How did it end up down there? Well, the story
goes that when this Mini was being made, it fell
off the production line at the factory, and
rather than repair it the Longbridge workers
ran it around the factory for a few miles and
took whatever bits were useful off it to use on
other cars. When it was no longer deemed
useful it was bundled off into the tunnel, which
had been built in the 1940s to protect the
factory workers – who were busy making
ammunition rather than cars for a change –
from the Luftwaffe.
The Clubman that never was stayed in the
tunnel right through the bitterest days of
British Leyland, right through Austin Rover’s
tenure, remained unloved when BMW took
over the reins and even remained ignored
when MG Rover finally went bust in 2005.
It’s only now that a Mini enthusiast has had
the tenacity to fish it out, and it’s caused a bit of
a fuore in the process. Should the crumpled old
heap, which had its roof stoved in after an
unfortunate encounter with a shipping
container, be put back in that tunnel and left
there for posterity’s sake? Should it be moved
to a museum somewhere? Or should the car’s
saviour restore the old girl back to her former
glory, even though for all sorts of boring legal
reasons it can’t actually be used on the road?
For what it’s worth, I reckon it should have
come out, but I can’t see many museums
Last ever Mini to leave factory
found underground in wartime
tunnel but how did it get there?
Enthusiast Steve Morgan has now repaired the roof on the last ever Mini.
wanting to take on an exhibit that can’t even be
moved on its own wheels.
It’d take many of thousands of pounds to
mend it properly and keep it original, but if
someone’s up for the exhaustion and expense
PARBOLD CARS
56 Ford Fiesta Style 5-Dr, full 12 months MOT, remote central locking, 3
mths Parts & labour warranty, finished in panther black. . . . . . . . . . . £3695
55 Toyota Yaris Special Edition Colour Collection Model, finished
in midnight black, low mileage, only 34,000 from new, group 2 insurance,
FSH, full MOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3595
56 Citroen Picasso 1600 Desire, finished in cherry red metallic, low
mileage only 43,000 from brand new, full Citroen service history, full 12 mths
MOT, r/c/locking, PAS, CD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3695
03 Nissan Terrano 3.0 Di Turbo SVE 7 Seater, metallic green, full
cream leather interior, s/steps, roof rails, full Nissan service history, A/C,
sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3495
08 Nissan Micra 1.2 Acenta Plus 3-Dr, metallic beige, alloys, A/C, CD,
bluetooth, only 29,000 miles, FSH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £4895
02 Ford Focus 1.6 ZETEC CLIMATE 5-Dr, in blue, alloys, CD,
s/history, excellent condition, 12 mths MOT, 84,000 miles . . . . . . . . . £1795
55 Nissan Almera Tino MPV 5 Seater SE Model, in silver, only
17,000 miles from brand new, FSH, CD player, ABS, PAS, c/locking,
Full MoT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £3395
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WE BUY QUALITY USED CARS
58 Nissan Note 5-Dr Hatch SE Visia, finished in Kuro black, 1400cc,
r/c/locking, s/history, full 12 mths MOT, 3 month parts & labour
warranty, e/w, velour trim, a/c . . . . . CHEAPEST IN TOWN! £4995
02 Mazda MX5 Convertible 1800cc, with service history, in turquoise
blue metallic, only 62,000 miles from brand new, Mazda alloys, c/locking,
CD, PAS, leather upholstery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £2995
02 Vauxhall Corsa Club 3-Dr Hatch, in peppermint, only 60,000 miles,
full 12 mth MOT with 3 mth momentum warranty, e/f/windows, only group 2
insurance, full local s/history, PAS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £1995
55 Toyota Avensis T3-X D-4D 4-Dr 2000cc DIESEL, in silver metallic,
only 52,000 miles from brand new, with service history, r/c/locking, Toyota
alloys, aircon, multistack CD, e/windows, e/mirrors, superb inside and out
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £4595
53 Renault Clio 1.2 Dynamique 3-Dr, excellent condition, good
s/history, 12 mths MOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £1495
51 Ford Focus 1.6 ZETEC ESTATE, in silver, A/C, CD, heated front
screen, 80,000 miles, s/history, 12 months MOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £1695
06 Vauxhall Meriva 1.4, finished in caspian blue metallic, 1 owner from
new, FSH, VERY LOW MILEAGE only 14,000 from new, low insurance only
group 4, A/C, remote locking, CD player, superb condition . . . . . . . £3195
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Road
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PARBOLD CARS
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Wigan
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Wood Lane
then they’ve got my backing. It’d be great to see
one last Mini – the Mini that time forgot – rev
up its little A–Series engine in anger.
It was too good to be left abandoned in a
tunnel forever.
Chinese firm
Qoros aims to
take UK market
Report by David Simister
A CHINESE company is hoping to capture
the imagination of British car buyers with a
series of new models from next year.
Qoros, who will make their official
European debut at the Geneva Motorshow
next March, have said they will launch a new
car roughly every six months, with all
models engineered to gain the maximum
ratings in the Euro NCAP safety tests.
A spokesperson for the company said:
“Qoros is a fresh, new brand without legacy.
It is driven by a passionate international
team of expert designers, engineers and
marketers who are united in their desire to
develop sophisticated and highly individual
products.
“In addition to design that is both elegant
and functional, Qoros products will be
distinguished by a strong focus on
state–of–the–art technology, with high
levels of user–friendly in–car connectivity
and vehicle safety standards which compare
to the best in Europe.”