Limited edition model with certificate

A remarkable car: a large comfortable 4-door luxury saloon that, thanks to its 400 bhp supercharged V8 can out-perform many sports cars, the XJ Super V8 is yours for a mere £70,000. Features include a detailed luxury interior, photo-etched chrome parts, detailed wheels, hubs and tyres, and working suspension.

The world's press have always enthused about the XJR model's combination of sports car performance and luxury car ride. The current XJR moves that game on with a 400bhp supercharged 4.2 litre V8, this cleverly constructed alloy bodied 4-door saloon car can accelerate four comfortably seated adults from 0-60mph in 5 seconds.

When Phoenix consortium bought Longbridge Rover off BMW for £1 IN 2000, it was obvious to all the world that they needed a product to sell quickly.After re-branding the company MG-Rover production of the 75 was moved from Cowley to the new premises in twelve weeks where production continued until the demise of MG-Rover in 2005.

MG-Rover's first big product launch was a clever way of maximising the potential of their existing designs, for in 2001 they announced the MG Z range of cars. Effectively tuned and modified versions of their saloon range.

Based on the Rover 75 the XT was universally praised for its hadling after MG/Rover's engineers had changed the chassis bias from comfort to sporting during the cars development. The 2.5 litre 190bhp front wheel drive car modelled was later joined by a rear wheel drive version, which was powered by a 260bhp Ford sourced V8.

Range Rover was first unveiled to the world in June 1970. It enjoyed immediate acclaimand was hailed as the first genuine multi-purpose vehicle. In the 80's the addition of a four door model and a more luxurious approach came to the fore. In 2001 the New Range Rover was launched. It is easily the most capable luxury vehicle in the world with its sophisticated appearance.

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery then the Range Rover must surely be judged to be a huge success. The current Range Rover is available with Jaguar's 396bhp, 4.2 litre, supercharged V8 engine; making it a genuinely fast car.

By the time the Defender was launched in 1983 Rover had made 1.4 million Land Rovers and the Range Rover had been in production for thirteen years; not bad for a model that had been planed mainly as a post war stopgap to be made whilst rationing was still in force. However in 1983 that stop gap model became a marque in it's own right and traditional Land Rovers were christened Land Rover Defenders and fitted with coil spring suspension similar to that used by it's more expensive cousin.

The original Sierra Cosworth is responsible for a whole industry that is still flourishing today.With two closely related heirs, the Sapphire Cosworth and the Escort Cosworth, tuners have developed ways of getting more and more power from that Cosworth 2 litre cam and four wheel drive. Turbo Systems are a leader in this field.

Due Week Commencing 27/10/08

Originally chosen for the Cosworth treatment because its 4 door saloon was both the lightest and stiffest in the range and with its 0-60 time of 6.4 seconds and fantastic traction. The Cosworth is one of the few cars, pehaps the only one to be threatened with extinction early in its life because it was just too good. Theft of Cossies became an epedemic in the early nineties, and the insurance industry pushed premiums sky high, making ownership untenable. Ford countered by fitting a sophisticated alarm as standard, giving the car a stay of execution.

The SRi was the ultimate MkII Cavalier, and the top performance bargain of its era. Distinguished from lesser Cavaliers by its front foglights, alloy wheels and SRi130 decals it benefitted from the new 2-litre SEH engine and bigger 10.1" disc brakes. A 0-60 time of 8.2 seconds and close ratio box meant real fun could be had behind the wheel. No wonder Vauxhall sold more than the original product plans predicted.

BSM's Astras are either the 78bhp 1.7CDTi diesel, the 103bhp 1.6 manual or the 123bhp 1.8 automatic; together they make up fifteen percent of the company's total fleet. The Astra range was first used by BSM in June 2003 as an alternative option for taller learners or instructors and has since proved to be very popular.

The Vauxhall Cavilier was the UK market's version of the first car ever to be designed wholly on computer, the GM J-car programme. The main floorpan and structure of this virtually designed General Motors world car lasted from its launch in 1981 until as recently as 2005.

Due Week Commencing 5/01/09

The 127mph 2.8i really was the ultimate standard Capri. The Cologne 2.8 litre V6 replaced the Essex 3 litre in March 1981 and gave much more to the package than the 22bhp power increase that appeared on the specification sheets, for it was both freer revving and smoother. The first fruit of Rod Mansfield's new Dunton based Special Value Engineering (SVE), the 2.8 also had a much improved ride and handling that kept the Capri competitive in both production based motorsport and the sales chart long after its natural pension date had been reached.