Driving Seat: PLUGS & POINTS.ISUZU'S Rodeo rodeo (rō`dēō, rōdā`ō), public exhibition of the skill of cowboys in various activities. Events include riding broncos, riding steers, "bulldogging" steers, roping and tying steers and calves, the use of the lasso, and pick-up is making life even easier with the offer of free satellite navigation on the special edition Denver Max SE model. Worth pounds 850 the system comprises a touchscreen SmartNav, one year's subscription, one year's RAC See remote access concentrator. Trackstar subscription, and one month's free SafeSpeed A SURVEY by Dixon Motors has found that motorists get seriously lost twice a year. They often go 15 miles out of their way each time, and one in 20 drivers admit to spending three hours or more getting back on track POLICE throughout the country are reporting a huge increase in thefts of portable satellite navigation systems. It is all too easy to smash a side window and steal the latest must-have car accessory. West Yorkshire Police West Yorkshire Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing West Yorkshire in England. It is the fourth largest force in England and Wales by number of officers, with 5671 officers. , for instance, report 135 units were stolen from cars from April to July. Thieves are targeting them because they are expensive to buy aand simple to remove. Part of the problem is that they are not security coded like car hi-fi systems. Police say that if drivers find their system has been stolen, they should immediately ring the manufacturer or software supplier to get the signal cancelled. That way, it's useless to a thief STAR of the Peugeot stand at Frankfurt will be the 407 CoupA. Designed as a genuine four- seater grand tourer A grand tourer (Italian: Gran Turismo), (initialised GT), is a high-performance automobile designed for long-distance driving. Any such car could be considered a grand tourer, but the traditional and most common body style is the coupĂ© (two door) with either a , it will go on sale in the UK in January. There will be three engine choices at launch - a 2.2-litre 160bhp 16-valve petrol, a 3.0-litre 211bhp V6 24-valve petrol, and a 2.7-litre 205bhp V6 24-valve turbodiesel with particulate emission filter CHRYSLER Group has revealed that prices for the new 300C model, to be launched in Britain next month, will range from pounds 25,750 (OTR OTR Over The Road (truckers) OTR Other OTR Old Time Radio OTR On The Road OTR Off the Record OTR Outer OTR Over The Rainbow OTR Office of Tax and Revenue OTR Over-The-Rhine ) for the three-litre V6, to pounds 32,995 for the 5.7-litre V-8. The 6.1-litre version will debut next March NEWLY-RELEASED trade figures reveal that Citroen took a top three position in the retail market last month - only 200 cars less than Ford. The French giant is now offering discounts to customers to maintain the sales momentum in advance of the new "55" registration. Current deals include up to pounds 3,400 off Xsara Picasso models, up to pounds 3,300 off New Look C5 models, and up to pounds 2,200 off C3 models |
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