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Price: £27,747 On sale: Now 0-62mph: 8.5 seconds; top speed 142mph Average fuel: 47.9mpg Standard equipment: Body-coloured door handles and mirrors, a leather bound steering wheel and gearknob, part-leather trim, electric windows and mirrors, air-conditioning, ABS with EBD, driver and passenger airbags, front fog lights, 17 alloy wheels and a CD/stereo.
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