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Video: Classic Car TV looks at Pebble Beach and the Triumph Spitfire

If you haven't yet seen an episode of Classic Car TV, this new production from the car nuts at Hagerty Insurance provides a weekly rundown of news, events and fun stuff in the world of old rides. The show is still in its infancy, but as this second episode proves, it's starting to find a rhythm. Here, Matt Richmond and the gang take a closer look at some of the auction results and concours cars from Pebble Beach.

Audi A1 & A3 get 1.4 TSI with Cylinder on Demand

Audi is introducing cylinder on demand technology to the A1 and A3 with the launch of the 1.4 TSI CoD option in the UK. Price from £16,740. Cylinder deactivation – or cylinder on demand – is a technology that’s been around on big engines for some time.

John Entwistle’s Rolls Royce Silver Shadow ESTATE up for grabs

John Entwistle’s Rolls Royce Silver Shadow Shooting Brake (pictured) up for sale Rolls Royce has never made an estate car – or Shooting Brake, as posh estates (and modern wannabes) tend to be badged – but that hasn’t stopped well-heeled owners from Maharajahs to rock stars turning Rolls Royces in to hunting and shooting transport for almost a hundred years. Taking the finest creations of Rolls and turning them in to a bespoke shooting brake is not a cheap hobby, but if you fancy a bit of gentrified rock ‘n’ roll history, Bonham’s have got The Ox’s (that’s John Entwistle, the Who bassist, for the younger readers) customised Silver Shadow Shooting Brake up for grabs. The Ox had the Rolls turned in to a Shooting Brake by an unknown coachbuilders back in the 1980s to carry his Irish Wolfhounds, and when he died as a result of a bit to much nose candy his Rolls Royce Shooting Brake was bought by the current owner from Entwistle’s wife.