C5 enthusiast Karl Whittle from Sussex-based C5 specialists C5Alive said he loved them because they were fun to drive, cheerful and rather eccentric.

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Alloy purchased the beleaguered network, created 19 years ago by Chris Whittle, from Primedia in April 2007.

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Whittle the group down from 41 businesses to a more manageable nine--in autos, trading and finance.

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Whittle clearly remembers one of his rides from back in November 2009 when he was on the street Santa Fe and crossing over Callao.

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Indeed, we had to whittle down our options on HP's site from about a dozen before picking out something comparable to recommend.

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"Wyeth has taken the 'Napoleon's retreat from Moscow' approach, by continuing to whittle claims down 10% to 15% a month, " Pruner says.

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