Vehicle exports up 61 per cent in last six years

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Vehicle exports are now at their highest level since the recession commenced, vehicle data experts Cartell.ie has claimed.

Audi reaches milestone of five million quattro drive systems

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Audi celebrated a special occasion recently – the five millionth Audi with a quattro drive system.

New Peugeot 208 is the leader of the pack

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

The new and economical Peugeot 208 takes pride of place as segment leader for low CO2 emissions.

Garda have to judge the line between sympathy and responsibility

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

Last week saw the Garda engaged in one of their periodic road safety ‘blitzes’, this time concentrating on poor maintenance and cars with defective lights.

As you may know it was ourselves who first called attention to this. We had been receiving a lot of emails and anecdotes from drivers telling us that they were seeing more and more of these ‘one eyed monsters’. So much so that we decided to include it in our January poll of motorists nationwide. You may remember that I wrote about it in these pages at the time.

Top ten World Car Awards finalists announced

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

The countdown has begun to the announcement of the 2013 World Car Awards winners at the New York International Auto Show at the end of March.

Mazda's i-ELoop to give cleaner motoring

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

The best way to harvest what is essentially ‘free’ engine power under braking, or when running on a trailing throttle for example, has challenged engineers for decades.

Ford's new Kuga arrives with green credits

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

The new Ford Kuga arrives here this month, and the carmaker claims it is set to shatter the myth that an SUV cannot be green, high-tech, capable and exceptional all in one.

Fuel prices rise again for first time in four months

Thu, Feb 21, 2013

The price of petrol and diesel has crept upwards at the pumps for the first time since September, according to the latest survey of prices from the AA.

A litre of petrol now costs an average of 159.4 cent, up 1.5 cent since January. A litre of diesel costs 153.7 cent, up 2.9 cent on the figure for last month.

Toyota launches new generation MPVs

Thu, Feb 21, 2013

Toyota Ireland has just introduced two new generation models into its popular MPV range. The new Prius+ and the 2013 new Verso, as well as enhanced levels of specification to the Verso-S, add significantly to the Toyota range, writes Padraic Deane.

The new models represent an interesting step-up in the segment in terms of design aesthetic, performance, and affordability with prices for five-seater models starting at €17,995 (rising to just under €35,000) and CO2 emissions as low as 96 grams.

Dempsey’s - the place to locate quality used parts

Thu, Feb 21, 2013

Dempsey’s Car & Van Spares is a family-run business with more than 20 years experience in the car dismantling business.

Toyota sponsors Irish cricket

Thu, Feb 21, 2013

Toyota Ireland has become the new official car sponsor to Cricket Ireland.

New tyre centre opens in city centre

Thu, Feb 21, 2013

Park Tyres Ltd has now opened its latest depot at Fairhill, Lower Dominick Street - opposite Munroe’s Tavern.

Established in 1989 with its first depot in Glenamaddy, Co Galway, Park Tyres specialised in tyre sales and repairs for cars, trucks, tractors, and earthmovers, in addition to providing servicing, alignment, brakes and batteries.

Tony Burke Motors presents customer with new GT86

Thu, Feb 21, 2013

Tony Burke from Tony Burke Motors presents customer Maureen Duggan from Claregalway with a new Toyota GT86. Maureen was the lucky winner of the Toyota Ireland ‘Win it Weekend’ which took place across all Toyota dealerships last November. ‘Everyone at Tony Burke Motors would like to congratulate Maureen and her son Sean on their great win. We are absolutely delighted it was one of our customers here at Tony Burke Motors that won the new Toyota GT86 and we wish Maureen and Sean many years of safe and happy driving,’ says Tony Burke, managing director of Tony Burke Motors.

AA sees signs of Gathering momentum

Thu, Feb 14, 2013

It is very early to make any sort of confident statement about how well the tourist industry will do this year but for what it’s worth there are some indications that visits from America may be on the increase.

We have a hint of this based on data from our online AA RoutePlanner. You may well be familiar with this as it is a very popular section of our website. In fact it generates over 8 million routes per annum.

Ireland's Car Buyers' Guide Annual Motorshow 2013

Thu, Feb 14, 2013

The 2013 edition of Motorshow Car Buyers' Guide has arrived in the shops. It is packed with all the knowledge that you require to get a great deal.

e-Taxi clocks up 55,000kms and significant savings

Thu, Feb 14, 2013

A Dublin taxi driver has clocked up 55,000kms in his Nissan LEAF electric car and made a saving of approximately €6,500 over the last 18 months, writes Padraic Deane.

Irish captain Heaslip lines out for Land Rover

Thu, Feb 14, 2013

In advance of Ireland’s great win in the RBS 6 Nations against Wales last Saturday, Land Rover brand ambassador and Ireland Rugby Captain, Jamie Heaslip, has been presented with the keys to his new 2013 Land Rover Discovery 4, writes Padraic Deane.

Show how much you love your hometown and win a day of indulgence

Thu, Feb 14, 2013

A campaign to support local businesses and to reward those who take part has been launched by one of Galway’s biggest motor dealers.

No point to points anxiety

Thu, Feb 07, 2013

Newspapers can be strange entities. Even those that pride themselves on being impartial and measured frequently aren’t. What significance a story is given will depend very much on what’s going on that day, what the publication’s attitude is to the current government and what it believes to be populist right now.

Sometimes a government or an individual politician can find itself so deeply unpopular that there is literally nothing it can say or do that would not be spun negatively by the press. A government could announce that all school children will be given a free iPad with all of their books on it, only to read the next day that the wicked Government is driving book shops out of business.