{"id":248722,"date":"2023-12-16T04:19:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T04:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/?p=248722"},"modified":"2023-12-16T04:19:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T04:19:06","slug":"wheeler-dealers-team-refused-to-buy-classic-car-in-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/car-reviews\/wheeler-dealers-team-refused-to-buy-classic-car-in-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheeler Dealers team refused to buy classic car in Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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

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\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

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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