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Finally, there"s sad...

Finally, there"s sad news for fans of historic motors who were planning to head to Birmingham for the show. The Classic Car Tour, which organisers had hoped would see up to 250 vehicles arriving simultaneously from five locations across the UK, has been cancelled. The reason was simple - not enough people wanted to take part. "It"s a shame, but with less than 30 entries confirmed we had to make a decision," said a show spokesman.



Going to the hassle...

Going to the hassle of setting up a jet washer, sponge, bucket and chamois to wash a car can be a drag, but thanks to wheel specialist Wolfrace you can get your car gleaming with only a bottle and a cloth.


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You"ll have to be quick...

You"ll have to be quick to get a limited-edition Mercedes CLS AMG. Only 55 examples of the IWC Ingenieur - built with Swiss watch maker IWC Schaffhausen - are to be sold. They get 19-inch alloys, AMG seats and a bodykit. Power is from the stan-dard car"s 476bhp 5.5-litre supercharged V8. Likely price is í‚á£80,000-plus.

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SRT, which stands for...

SRT, which stands for Street and Racing Technology, is Chrysler"s in-house tuning arm and until now, its

engineers have worked only on Dodge and Chrysler-badged cars. But insiders told us a flagship performance Grand Cherokee is in development.

It will be powered by the 6.1-litre HEMI engine found in the Chrysler 300C SRT-8, which was revealed at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this month. Also heading to this side of the Atlantic is the Jeep Commander - an even bigger SUV than the Grand Cherokee. Both are to set be unveiled at next week"s New York exhibition, before appearing in British dealerships in right-hand-drive form.

Meanwhile, the Dodge Caliber, also displayed at Geneva, will go on sale in June next year - but it might have a different title. A company spokesman told us: "Caliber is just a concept name at the moment, and the production car will get a global badge which may or may not be Caliber."

He said there were some issues regarding the spelling of the name - as it"s written "calibre" in the English dictionary. But he added: "We don"t care. We can sell it, whatever it"s called."




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