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• Spot the difference
  You'd think it would be easy to be a toy retailer at this time of the year. Put up some tinsel, make...
• Motorists mugged by the government
  Full credit to the government for yesterday's masterful spin job on the pre-budget report, with the...
• What's a Ford Focus worth?
  So what's a Ford Focus worth? According to the company itself, after the latest round of price increases...
• NCAP needs more stars
  Safety has become one of the greatest car marketing tools. I know, I fell for it. When I was buying a...
• Remember Grand Valley?
  What was the most significant piece of motoring news in 1998? The arrival of the Ford Focus? The debut...
• How to beat rising fuel costs
  A recent visit to the supermarket gave me a cheeky idea about how to beat the spiraling cost of fuel...
• The half-million mile Mondeo
  I've always been fascinated by the way some innocuous-looking cars manage to run up truly unfeasible...
• A plea for better looking rally cars
  Like many former rally fans, the sport has pretty much dropped off my radar in recent years. And the...
• Fast, faster, fastest?
  We've always got used to speed pretty much as quickly as manufacturers are able to find it. Four...
• Scrappage gets personal
  Until last week, my view of scrappage was that it was just something that happened to other people. Now...