Dealer’s diary

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Dealer’s Diary

Peter Simpson provides us with an insight into the automotive sales trading

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Car Mechanics Magazine

19 December, 2025

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Survivors in the firing line

Increasing Vehicle Exise Duty rates may result in fewer modern classics surviving

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Classic Car Weekly

Owners’ caution on tax re-think

Petition could have implications for classics’ hard-won exemptions

Survivors in the firing line

Increasing Vehicle Exise Duty rates may result in fewer modern classics surviving