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Wes Brown's BMW X5

Wes Brown: English football player who plays as a defender for Premier League side Manchester United, and the England national team. Search for Used BMW x5 cars on Auto Trader’s BMW hub.

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Steven Hendry: Scottish professional snooker player. At the age 21, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion

Steven Gerrard’s BMW X5 for sale on AutoTrader

Steven Gerrard: English footballer who plays for Liverppool and England national team. Steven Gerrrard had six of his cars sold on Auto Trader. Search for Used BMW cars on Auto Trader’s BMW hub.

Patsy Kensit's X5

Patsy Kensit: English actress and former singer, known popularly for her many appearances on television. Patsy Kensit’s old 4×4 accelerates from 0-62mph (100kph) in just 8.8 seconds and on to a top speed of 128mph.

Rio Ferdinand's BMW X5

Rio Ferdinand: English footballer – Manchester united central defender had his BMW X5 on sale.

Frank Bruno: British boxer and boxing legend winning the WBC boxing championship had his X5 on sale on Auto Trader.

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Robbie Fowler’s Audi R8

Robbie Fowler is an English footballer and is one of the Anfield club’s biggest heroes having smashed 183 goals in just 369 games. He has been capped for England twenty-six times, scoring eight goals.

In 2008 he splashed some of his rental and football income on this – a stunning Audi R8.

Robbie’s Audi R8 on sale on Auto Trader. Search for Used Audi cars on Auto Trader’s Audi cars hub.

Fowler’s black R8 has a set of 19-inch alloy wheels, four exhausts and is an R Tronic model which means drivers can change gear with paddles mounted behind the steering wheel. Other features inside the R8 include leather seats, sat-nav and climate control.

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Celebrity cars – What your favourite celebrity drives?

Find how fashionable your favourite celebs are when it comes to cars? This September, you can read some interesting stories about various celebrities and their choice of cars.

Keep reading – you are welcome to share pictures from your collection to be included here.

 

Volkswagen’s 3 iconic cars – the world’s most efficient cars?

Volkswagen is unveiling three new cars it claims are the most efficient in the world in their respective classes. There are no prizes for the gusses since they are the three popular Volkswagen cars – the Polo, Golf and Passat Bluemotion.

The three Volkswagen cars claim to offer class leading fuel economy and emissions figures.

• Volkswagen Polo Bluemotion claims 86mpg and 87g/km of CO2 emissions (Read full review on used Volkswagen Polo Bluemotion)
  
• Volkswagen Golf claims 74mpg and emissions of 99g/km (Read full review on used Volkswagen Golf cars)
  
• Volkswagen Passat claims 64mpg and emissions of 114g/km (Read full review on used Volkswagen Passat)
  

These stats would make the three cars the most efficient in each of their classes, and make the Polo the lowest emitting car available, beating the Smart diesel’s 88g/km and the new Toyota Prius at 89g/km.

All three cars are due to go on sale in the UK next spring, with the Passat arriving first, followed by the Golf, with the Polo coming third.

 

Volvo C70 with a new look in Frankfurt Motor Show

New Volvo C70

A revamped Volvo C70 four-seater convertible will be unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show this month.

Volvo C70 represents a stylish convertible cruiser rather than a convertible sports car. The C70 is based on the same platform as the Volvo V70 estate and is destined to spend most of its time crusing around town or on long motorway treks.

It’s the first time the folding-hard top has been redesigned since it was launched in 2006. The design changes bring it in line with the look of the latest Volvo models.

Lookwise, it looks very sty;ish with a new nose and bolder face – taking its inspiration from the S60 concept car unveiled earlier in the year. Read more about the new Volvo C70

There are some interesting reviews on Volvo models at Volvo cars hub. Search Auto Trader reviews on Used Volvo models such as Used Volvo C70, Used Volvo V70 and other used volvo cars.

 

Superminis with Full EuroNCAP Five stars for adult protection

The Euro NCAP pedestrian safety tests measure the impact of adult and child sized models against the bumper and bonnet. Cars which score well have bumpers and bonnets which are deformable and spread the impact over a large area.

Fiat Punto and Fiat 500:

All models of the Fiat Punto feature ABS with electronic brakeforce distribution and six airbags on all but the basic model. Models equipped with the 1.4 Sporting or 1.9 Multijet engines also get electronic stability programme with Hill Holder, which keeps the car stationary on slopes, giving the driver time to move from the brake to the accelerator without rolling backwards. Fiat 500, yet another graet hit from Fiat also meets the EuroNCAP guidelines.

Peugeot 1007 and Peugeot 207:

The Peugeot 1007 has a full five star rating for occupant protection in the EuroNCAP crash test programme. It also scored three stars for child protection and two for pedestrian safety. The Peugeot 207 CC also has scored the maximum rating for safety. Both trim levels – Sport and GT – come with ABS, electronic brakeforce distribution and brake assist, pop-up rollover hoops behind the rear seats and driver, passenger, side and driver’s knee airbags as standard.

Vauxhall Corsa:

All models of the Vauxhall Corsa feature driver and passenger airbags, while models from the Club version we tested upwards have front side and curtain airbags.

Renault Clio:

Renault has an excellent safety record and hence the Renault Clio scored five-stars in EuroNCAP crash testing. Six airbags are standard, as are seatbelt pretensioners and ISOFIX child seat mounting points. ABS and ESP help prevent skids.

Toyota Yaris:

All Toyota Yaris models are fitted with ABS with electronic brake distribution and brake assist to help prevent skids. Its seats are specially designed to reduce risk of whiplash injury.

Mazda 2 :

All models of the Mazda 2 feature driver and passenger airbags and an alarm and immobiliser as standard while the TS2 and Sport trims also getting curtain ‘bags.

Read full car reviews of the above Superminis

• Fiat Punto
  
• Fiat 500
• Peugeot 1007
• Peugeot 207
• Vauxhall Corsa
• Renault Clio
• Toyota Yaris
• Mazda 2

 

Jason Donovan’s range Rover on Sale at Auto Trader

A Range Rover previously owned by Neighbours icon and former pop phenomenon Jason Donovan is for sale on Auto Trader. Jason Donovan shot to stardom in the 1980s in Australian soap Neighbours, playing the show’s heart-throb Scott Robinson. Read Full Story

 

Greatest car ads by Volkswagen

Volkswagen was slapped on the wrists yesterday after a recent Golf advert showing an engineer fighting himself was ruled as shocking, offensive and unsuitable for children by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

The ASA came to this ruling after the advert, which features a chief engineer punching a man identical to him in the face and using car parts as a weapons, prompted more than 1,000 complaints to become the fifth most complained about UK commercial of all-time. Read more…

Crying Volkswagen Golf

Volkswagen Commercial

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Get new car for the price of used with UK’s best Used Approved bargains

Want a nearly new car for the price of a used? Take a look at some of the UK’s best approved used bargains, with average savings of £6,054.

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World’s most desirable electric car revealed

The world’s most desirable electric car – the Tesla Roadster – is about to get a big brother.

The Tesla Model S is set to be the world’s first mass-produced electric vehicle, and will cost $49,900 (£34,890) when it goes on sale in America in 2012.

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