All-new Range Rover Sport debuts

Thu, Apr 11, 2013

The new 2014 Range Rover Sport officially debuted in New York recently and brough the city to a standstill when 007 James Bond, aka Daniel Craig, did the launch honours.

Speaking the same language for road safety

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

Comparing data across different countries can be awkward. There are differing methodologies and ways of doing things. You have to do a lot of ground work to agree a lot of details before you can be sure that you are making valid comparisons.

Lexus ranks as the highest luxury brand again

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

Lexus has ranked highest in customer satisfaction among luxury brands in the JD Power and Associates 2013 Customer Service Index Study for the fifth consecutive year.

Lexus achieved an overall CSI score of 862 on a 1,000-point scale, 19 points above the segment average and the highest numerical score in the study, regardless of segment.

Volkswagen Golf is the 2013 World Car of the Year

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

The new seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf was declared the 2013 World Car of the Year at the New York Auto Show, adding this global title to the European Car of the Year which it won earlier this month, writes Padraic Deane.

New road safety strategy won’t be exciting but will be important

Thu, Mar 28, 2013

This week the RSA will be publishing the latest Road Safety Strategy for Ireland. It will run for seven years taking us up to 2020.

The key measures will become well known in the coming days. In fact it is not all that revolutionary; a lot of the obvious measures that Ireland needed to take have already been done. To coin a fairly awful marketing expression, the ‘low hanging fruit’ has already been plucked.

Volkswagen first all-electric car - the e-up! debuts

Thu, Mar 28, 2013

Volkswagen has been working on fully electric production vehicles for some time and finally has presented its first - the new e-up!.

Alfa Romeo unveils stunning 4C in Geneva

Thu, Mar 28, 2013

Alfa Romeo returned to the Geneva Motor Show with a spectacular stand that unfolded like a winding, dynamic road - the ideal place to present the world première of the Alfa Romeo 4C.

Hydrogen fuel cell cars are the future

Thu, Mar 28, 2013

Cars in the medium to long term will be powered by fuel cells. They will be emissions free and the fuel will be hydrogen. I have driven several prototypes and they will be the fuel and power source for our cars in the future, writes Padraic Deane.

Speed camera zones changed

Thu, Mar 21, 2013

In the last few years Speed Camera vans have become a familiar, if not entirely popular, sight on Irish roads.

Two years on from the full roll-out of the scheme the selection of camera locations is changing. Some zones will drop off the list and new ones will be added. There is clear logic behind the selection of the locations but still there are a lot of people who just aren’t convinced.

New Ford Focus van set to 'Edge' rivals

Thu, Mar 21, 2013

Ford has just launched its new Focus van. It replaces the successful Focus Mark III van, which was the best-seller in its segment until it ceased production in 2011.

New Kia Carens compact MPV arrives in May

Thu, Mar 21, 2013

The new 2013 Kia Carens compact MPV will go on sale in Ireland in May with a starting price of €26,490.

New bigger and more stylish Skoda Octavia arrives

Thu, Mar 21, 2013

The new Skoda Octavia went on sale last week with with prices starting from €18,995 for the 1.2 TSi petrol Active.

Minor accidents cause major headaches

Thu, Mar 14, 2013

When we talk about crashes on the roads we tend immediately to think of the very serious ones where people are hurt. The vast majority of cases are less serious ‘material damage collisions’. 

 Typically there are about 20,000 of these every year. In most cases when a minor crash happens it is a whole new experience for the unfortunate driver, and a very unpleasant experience at that.

New efficient Mitsubishi Space Star arrives

Thu, Mar 14, 2013

Mitsubishi’s new compact car, the Space Star, has been launched with prices starting at €11,995.

Today’s the day Toyota launches its new Rav4

Thu, Mar 14, 2013

Tony Burke Motors, Ballybrit, will unveil Toyota’s new Rav4 as part of a nationwide launch across the country this evening.

Road deaths and recession pressures worsen in 2013

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Those of us who try be optimistic by nature are struggling for material at the moment. If we hoped that 2013 would see life get a little better for Irish motorists, there really isn’t any sign of it yet.

There are lots of little bits of data that tell us we are still in a deep dark recession. I know that you hardly needed me to tell you that. But the other key piece of data that we watch carefully in here is the number of road deaths, and that is also going badly.

New Mercedes E-Class offers evolution or revolution

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

The significantly restyled Mercedes-Benz E-Class saloon has been launched and will go on sale here in early April.

Joe Connolly teams up with Bradley Motor Works

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Former Galway hurler and GAA icon, Joe Connolly, has been announced as the brand ambassador for Bradley Motor Works and Land Rover.

New Scania truck win for Galway man

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Galway man Gabriel Warde has been handed the keys of a new Scania Truck worth €100,000 after winning the Scania Young European Truck Driver 2012 competition.

Renault first five-year unlimited mileage warranty for all

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

From March 1, Renault Ireland started to give all its new passenger car and light commercial vehicle buyers a five-year unlimited mileage warranty. This is the first and only car manufacturer in Ireland to have this offering.

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