The company added that its Coleshill Mill site was a "key operation" in the supply of branded toilet roll, facial tissue and wipers.

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Elliot started the engine, turned on the headlights and the windshield wipers.

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Now available from the Swedish company General Motors bought in 1990: a saucy new Saab 9-3 sedan with rain-sensitive windshield wipers and cornering brake control.

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And in May a team of researchers at the Universities of Washington and San Diego showed that the software that controls many cars could be easily compromised to allow a hacker to turn off brakes, shut down an engine or even control a car's horn, windshield wipers and doors.

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Heated front- and rear seats, rain sensing wipers, rear-window sunshades, interior ambient lighting and a large sunroof are optional.

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On other days they would circle parked pick-up trucks, then swoop down and tear off their windscreen wipers.

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In the car, it was stuffy and slightly disgustingly cozy, the wipers going, the windows steaming up.

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And cutting the cost of windshield wipers for the People's Car in half.

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Getting it serviced was a nightmarish process involving long waits, the use of personal favours, and unpleasant discoveries (light-fingered mechanics would steal scarce items such as the wing mirrors or windscreen wipers).

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