Tamworth Accident Centre Ltd

Established in 1992, Tamworth Accident Centre is a family run automobile repair and repaint specialist servicing the Midlands.

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#OnThisDay in 2005 The new Bugatti Veyron 16.4 was presented in Madonie in Sicily. It had a top speed of 407 km/h (253 mph) and was named Car of the Decade and best car award (2000–2009) by the BBC television programme Top Gear.

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#OnThisDay in 1996 Ford bought the rights to name Detroit's domed indoor American football stadium for $40 million. Ford Field hosted Super Bowl XL on February 5, 2006, as the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Seattle Seahawks 21–10 in front of 68,206 spectators.

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#OnThisDay in 1966 Jensen presented its latest models, the FF and Interceptor. The Jensen Interceptor was one of the biggest and best British GTs ever built. In 1966 it catapulted Jensen into the upper echelons of the supercar manufacturers.

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#OnThisDay in 1954 The first Jeep CJ-5 was produced. A total of 603,303 CJ-5s were produced between 1954 and 1983.

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#OnThisDay in 1928 The MG M-type (also known as the MG Midget) made its debut at the London Motor Show opened at Olympia. The M-Type was one of the first genuinely affordable sports cars to be offered by an established manufactures.

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#OnThisDay in 2006 General Motors began producing the Hummer H3 (with a 3.5-litre, straight-5-cylinder L52 engine that produced 220 bhp) at its Port Elizabeth plant in South Africa for international markets.

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#OnThisDay in 1988 The first 1989 Ford Thunderbird and Mercury Cougar were produced at the Ford Motor Company's Lorain, Ohio factory.

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#OnThisDay in 1969 The Mini Clubman and 1275GT were launched. The Mini Clubman was intended to replace the up market Riley and Wolseley versions, whilst the 1275GT, was heavily criticized as the replacement for the popular 998 cc Mini Cooper.

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#OnThisDay in 1946 Unimog, multi-purpose auto four-wheel drive medium trucks produced by Mercedes-Benz, were introduced.

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#OnThisDay in 1920 The Ministry of Transport announced that compulsory hand signals would be introduced for all drivers.

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#OnThisDay in 2005 A driverless Volkswagen won the $2-million Pentagon-sponsored race across the rugged Nevada Desert, beating four other robot-guided vehicles. One of the aims of the race was to develop technology to make warfare safer for humans.

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#OnThisDay in 1997 The Alfa Romeo 156 was launched. The appearance of this car, a medium-sized sports saloon that encapsulated Alfa Romeo’s proud sporting and engineering heritage in a clean, stylish and obviously Italian package, set the company on a fast-track to rejuvenation.

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#OnThisDay in 1962 The 1,000,000th Volkswagen Transporter was produced

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#OnThisDay in 1928 Motor Traders stated that any Briton earning £440 or more per year could afford to buy and run a car.

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#OnThisDay in 1897 The editor of Autocar, Henry Sturmey, began the first Land’s End to John o’ Groats motor journey, which took 11 days to complete. The actual running time was 93.5 hours over 929 miles, to average nearly 10 mph.

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#OnThisDay in 1986 The Jaguar XJ (XJ40) was officially unveiled. It was an all-new redesign of the XJ to replace the Series III, although the two model ranges were sold concurrently until the Series III was discontinued in 1992.

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#OnThisDay in 1973 Robert Pass purchased a 1940 Mercedes-Benz 770K reputedly owned by Adolf Hitler for $716,000 at an auction in Lancaster, PA - the price set a new record for collector car auctions, and marked the second time in 8 months that this car had established the record.

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#OnThisDay in 1967 The roadside breathalyser was used for the first time in the UK. The new measures were brought in as part of the Road Safety Act, with a drink-drive limit of 80 mg of alcohol in 100 ml of blood. Drivers faced a 12 month ban if they found to be over the limit.