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Wheeler Dealers hosts have admitted they refused to buy a classic car in Portugal after flying out especially to secure the historic model.<\/p>\n
Marc Priestley revealed that fellow co-host Mike Brewer decided the car \u201cwasn’t right\u201d after travelling across Europe to secure the retro machine.<\/p>\n
However, the duo were in luck when they discovered an iconic Peugeot 405 Mi-16 on the same trip.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Express.co.uk, Mr Priestley said: \u201cOf course, like anything else, we often just see a car by the side of the road with a big for sale sticker on it. We\u2019ve actually gone to look at one car and ended up buying something completely different<\/p>\n
\u201cIt happened in this very show, Mike went down to Portugal to look at a particular car, it wasn\u2019t right for us.<\/p>\n
READ MORE <\/strong> Wheeler Dealers host admits he ‘couldn’t believe it’ after rare classic found<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cBut there was another car that ended up being like a real star of one of these episodes. Like anyone out there it\u2019s not all just pre-planned and thought out in advance.<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes you think on the fly, you see something and it just works.\u201d<\/p>\n The Peugeot model had been sitting in Portugal for a whopping 20 years before it was saved by the team back in May.<\/p>\n Earlier in the summer, Mike showed off the model on his social media accounts including Tiktok.<\/p>\n DON’T MISS <\/strong> He admitted the duo had initially been unable to put the car through its paces as it needed a Portuguese MOT to run on the roads.<\/p>\n The team promptly took the car to a classic car garage where it passed the safety check.<\/p>\n The model was then auctioned online with the team promising to ship the vehicle back to the UK.<\/p>\n Mr Priestley added: \u201cI actually think the best shows are ones that are a bit like that, less produced in advance.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/24\/590x\/secondary\/wheeler-dealers-show-5111170.jpg?r=1702382396660\")
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