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The famous James Bond Aston Martin DB5 sold last night at a London auction for nearly £3 million. American businessman Harry Yeaggy paid £2,912,000 ($4,608,500) for the 1964 DB5 driven by Sean Connery in Goldfinger and Thunderball. The 007 DB5 is best known for Q's gadgets, including revolving number plates, rocket launchers and an ejector seat. Who bought James Bond's Aston Martin ...

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James Bond Aston Martin DB5 sells for £2.9m

Tim Pollard, 28 October 2010 08:54

The CAR Pubcast: which is the best supercar of 2010?

Tim Pollard, 17 May 2010 11:52

Welcome to the inaugural CAR Pubcast™ – where you can hear the CAR Magazine team debate the greatest supercars of 2010. It's to accompany a feature in the new June 2010 issue of CAR, out this week and you can hear the bread rolls being thrown as we argue over the fastest cars to grace our pages this year. The ...

Ferrari 599XX sets new Nurburgring lap record

Tim Pollard, 23 April 2010 10:13

The Ferrari 599XX has set a new 'production car' lap record at the Nurburgring in Germany, with factory test driver Raffaele de Simone behind the wheel. Although some will scoff at the vaguely tenuous 'production-derived sports car record' claimed by Ferrari, the 599XX is claimed to be the first road car to break the seven-minute barrier.Maranello today revealed the 599XX ...

Mini is 50: a Mini celebration by CAR writers and readers

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Tim Pollard, 13 October 2009 12:45

Mini is 50 this year and we've published a 33-page Mini special in the new November issue of CAR Magazine – packed with memories, drives and analysis of and with the cars and people that made Mini great. Here we've asked some of CAR's top writers to remember their personal highlights from the past five decades. Gavin Green explains why ...

Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa sets new €9m record

Tim Pollard, 18 May 2009 14:28

Credit crunch? Recession? Pah! A new world record was set at the weekend when a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa achieved a heady €9,020,000 at the third annual Ferrari Leggenda e Passione sale in Maranello. It's a Ferrari brand specific auction held by RM Auctions and Sotheby's. The 250 TR went for €1,980,000 over the previous auction world record, which ...

Help CAR find the best hot hatch of all time

Tim Pollard, 01 March 2009 15:00

The poll is closed, votings over click here for the latest instalment of the greatest hot hatches. You've been voting over the past fortnight for your greatest hot hatch of all time – and there are still two weeks left to influence our poll. At the time of writing, the top ten is led (perhaps curiously!) by the Saab 99 ...

Citroen’s new stop-start system revealed

Tim Pollard, 08 October 2008 13:12

Citroen has shown off its next-generation stop-start system on a C3 Picasso. The company launched its first-gen system four years ago on the C2 and C3, for which it claims fuel savings of up to 27 percent, but it’ll soon be superseded by a new, cheaper system. The second-generation Stop & Start will be launched in 2010 on PSA’s small ...

What are your favourite driving roads?

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Tim Pollard, 22 August 2008 16:42

We're on the hunt for the world's best driving roads. Click on the link below to tell us about your favourite routes of all time – you can debate your choices in our forum. And don't forget to come back to CAR Online next week when we launch our new adventure section on the website. We'll be celebrating the art ...

CAR launches new supercar zone

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Tim Pollard, 31 July 2008 10:26

CAR Online today launches its new supercar zone – a celebration of all things supercar related. We name the greatest and most significant supercars over the past four decades to coincide with the 36-page Supercars 2008 supplement free with the new September 2008 issue of CAR Magazine. Here's a whistle-stop tour of the highlights of our supercars microsite: • We ...

Help us name the best supercars ever

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Tim Pollard, 16 July 2008 16:11

Which is the greatest supercar of all time? With your help, CAR is hoping to find out. We're searching for the definitive supercar – the model that best defined the supercar breed, the most significant or just your plain favourite. CAR's own LJK Setright coined the phrase 'supercar' back in 1966 when writing about the seminal Lamborghini Miura. There have ...

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