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“BMW for Vauxhall money” Saab 9-3 review - Car Review (2010 Feb)
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Driver’s diary If the 9-3 is your first cabrio, or your last one was an MG in the 60s – midlife crisis? - then I am prepared to bet you £1 for charity that no sooner have you sat down than you will turn your head left and right, up... “BMW for Vauxhall money” Saab 9-3 review

Saab 9-3: Fastest tree in the west - Car Review (2008 Aug)
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The Saab 9-3 Biopower does not, as you might think, run on nuts. It runs on Bioethanol. That’s a little bit of ethanaol, which is petrol, and a lot of Bio.  Which means, ‘of living things.’ No not stray cats, inanimate things.... Saab 9-3: Fastest tree in the west

Saab 9-3 Review - Car Review (2008 Jan)
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What they said when the Saab 9-3 was new… (Jul 18 2002) AS General Motors' prestige brand in Europe, Saab has been given the responsibility of delivering big-time in the executive sector. And it hopes to do just that with the forthcoming Saa... Saab 9-3 Review

Right Car Right Price: Buy Saabs like Rovers - Car Review (2010 Jan)
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Saab may be sold, closed or kept. You just don’t know with General Motors. For months we thought they had sold Opel, but then they suddenly U-turned, sticking two fingers up at the ‘successful bidders’ and German government. Either... Right Car Right Price: Buy Saabs like Rovers

Right Car Right Price: Buy a cabrio while it’s still snowing - Car Review (2010 Jan)
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While a cabrio is clearly not of any use in this weather, it stands to reason that if anyone is selling a convertible car in the middle of the worst snow for 40 years, they are desperate to sell and you may well be surprised at the price they will ta... Right Car Right Price: Buy a cabrio while it’s still snowing

Used Executive Cars - Car Review (2009 Jul)
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In the current economic climate, it doesn’t make sense to over extend your finances on new cars and they could even set the wrong tone with customers. But impressions count and cars have an impact on staff morale, so you need to choose used car... Used Executive Cars

Right Car Right Price: Spring means tops down - Car Review (2010 Apr)
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The first sign of sun, after such a long Winter, and even though its not that warm, everyone is out having BBQs and sunbathing. The other thing that has started is the cabriolet buying frenzy.  But Used Car Expert warns against buying a cabriol... Right Car Right Price: Spring means tops down

Preaching to the converted - Car Review (2012 Mar)
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SPRING is here. The daffodils are out, the birds are singing, the recent spell of genuinely cold weather seems to have passed and there are cheap cars to be bought.Now would be a great time to pick up a convertible before demand (and therefore price)... Preaching to the converted

Audi A4 Cabriolet 2.0 TDI - Car Review (2006 Mar)
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AUDI reckons that its A4 cabriolet is the best of the bunch despite the recent arrival of Saab's stylish new 9-3 rag top rival.The German company says that the A4 looks better, is built to a much higher standard, comes crammed with active and passive... Audi A4 Cabriolet 2.0 TDI

Depreciation - Car Review (2008 May)
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Depreciation is one of the few things that can still make grown men cry. If you have a weakness for nice cars and think that your penchant will cost you dear, then think again. Depreciation is a two-sided coin. Turn the weakness into strength by choo... Depreciation

Cadillac BLS 2.8 V6 Sport Luxury Auto - Car Review (2006 Oct)
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IN the current car market the so-called compact executive sector is a fairly exclusive club.Sometimes also referred to as the premium mid-size segment, the likes of the Alfa Romeo 159, Audi A4, BMW 3 Series, Jaguar X-Type, Lexus IS, Mercedes C-Class,... Cadillac BLS 2.8 V6 Sport Luxury Auto

Cadillac BLS 2.0T SE - Car Review (2006 Nov)
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SAY Cadillac and I always think of a private eye in a car the size of a house patrolling the mean streets of Los Angeles.Happily the BLS satisfies none of these stereotypes being a sharply-styled compact executive saloon that is about as American as ... Cadillac BLS 2.0T SE

Cadillac BLS 2.0T SE - Car Review (2007 Mar)
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CADILLAC is now a more familiar name on British roads thanks to an impressive unity between this traditional American name and the Saab factory in Sweden.The link was made by General Motors, parent company of both firms and the Cadillacs manufactured... Cadillac BLS 2.0T SE

Cadillac BLS 1.9 TiD Luxury - Car Review (2007 Jul)
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PUT your hands up everyone who wants to spend the fat part of £25,000 and run round in a set of wheels just like your neighbour?Not many takers on that one, unsurprisingly. But this is exactly what's happening among executive car sales.Just count how... Cadillac BLS 1.9 TiD Luxury

Low Depreciation - Car Review (2009 Jul)
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No one can sell cars in the current recession, right? Well, no, not really. In the used car market there is more likely to be a supply problem soon and as a result prices are very firm. What’s happened is big companies, and car leasing organisa... Low Depreciation

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“BMW for Vauxhall money” Saab 9-3 review - Car Review (2010 Feb)
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Driver’s diary If the 9-3 is your first cabrio, or your last one was an MG in the 60s – midlife crisis? - then I am prepared to bet you £1 for charity that no sooner have you sat down than you will turn your head left and right, up... “BMW for Vauxhall money” Saab 9-3 review

Saab 9-3: Fastest tree in the west - Car Review (2008 Aug)
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The Saab 9-3 Biopower does not, as you might think, run on nuts. It runs on Bioethanol. That’s a little bit of ethanaol, which is petrol, and a lot of Bio.  Which means, ‘of living things.’ No not stray cats, inanimate things.... Saab 9-3: Fastest tree in the west

Saab 9-3 Review - Car Review (2008 Jan)
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What they said when the Saab 9-3 was new… (Jul 18 2002) AS General Motors' prestige brand in Europe, Saab has been given the responsibility of delivering big-time in the executive sector. And it hopes to do just that with the forthcoming Saa... Saab 9-3 Review

Right Car Right Price: Buy Saabs like Rovers - Car Review (2010 Jan)
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Saab may be sold, closed or kept. You just don’t know with General Motors. For months we thought they had sold Opel, but then they suddenly U-turned, sticking two fingers up at the ‘successful bidders’ and German government. Either... Right Car Right Price: Buy Saabs like Rovers

Right Car Right Price: Buy a cabrio while it’s still snowing - Car Review (2010 Jan)
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While a cabrio is clearly not of any use in this weather, it stands to reason that if anyone is selling a convertible car in the middle of the worst snow for 40 years, they are desperate to sell and you may well be surprised at the price they will ta... Right Car Right Price: Buy a cabrio while it’s still snowing

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