Get your CPC training with Prestige Skills Training

Fri, Aug 15, 2014

Prestige Skills Training is now the biggest provider in Claremorris for Driver CPC courses, its main focus is to exceed where others fail, Prestige Skills Training is co-owned by local man Padraig McLoughlin and is fast becoming the number one choice for bus and truck drivers year on year due to its vast experience in the road transport industry.

Mazda unveils the new Mazda2

Fri, Aug 08, 2014

Mazda new Mazda2, revealed in Japan recently, is the fourth member of the carmaker’s current generation of models to feature the full range of ultra-efficient SkyActiv technology, based on its impressive KODO – Soul of Motion design concept.

Mazda says it has followed a formula to come up with a winning combination of performance, fuel economy, safety, and Mazda's patented driving fun.

Car service available from €79 (including VAT) from McCormack Car Services

Fri, Aug 01, 2014

The team at McCormack Car Service Centre, Finisklin Road, Sligo are very aware that money counts when choosing your service provider. This is why they have announced their recession beating service from €79 (including VAT).

The new BMW i8 – the future of the supercar

Fri, Jul 25, 2014

The Frankfurt Motor Show last September heralded the arrival of BMW's most advanced sport cars ever offered for sale.

New Skoda Octavia Scout for family and leisure

Fri, Jul 25, 2014

Skoda describes its new Octavia Scout as an all-rounder that impresses with exceptional driving performance both on and off road. Prices will start here from €33,795, when it arrives later in the year.

VW Commercial Vehicles extends zero per cent offer

Fri, Jul 18, 2014

Due to unprecedented demand, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Ireland is extending its market leading zero per cent APR finance rate for orders placed during July 2014.

With this best in market finance rate available on the award-winning Volkswagen Caddy, Transporter, Crafter and Amarok models, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Ireland has a finance rate that will suit every business.

New chic Peugeot 108 offers great versatility

Fri, Jul 11, 2014

The new Peugeot 108 takes small car versatility to a new level.

Day one of 142 car sales exceeds first week of 132

Fri, Jul 11, 2014

Some 4,264 new cars were registered on July 1, the first day of the new 142 registration plate.

This compares to 1,924 on the first day last year. SIMI had previously hoped that more than 4,000 cars would be registered in the first week of the new 142 year.

Ballina Motor Care—for all your motoring needs

Fri, Jul 11, 2014

Ballina Motor Care is a family owned and run business. It was established in 1993 in a small premises on Raheen Row, Ballina, with just two employees. Since then, business has gone from strength to strength and in 2003 Ballina Motor Care moved to a new premises three times the size of the original and with a sales team of eight.

Then in 2012 a major redevelopment took place and after nine months of construction a new state of the art 10,000sq ft retail centre and store was unveiled. This aggressive expansion allows Ballina Motor Care to carry the largest amount of car accessory and service parts in Connacht, thus making it one of the largest retail car parts shops in the whole country.

New Toyota Aygo has the X-factor

Fri, Jul 04, 2014

The first generation Aygo was launched in 2005, Toyota’s first model in the compact city car segment. It was also the result of a new joint-venture with PSA, with the cars specifically developed for Europe and produced at the new Toyota Peugeot Citroën Automobile factory in the Czech Republic.

Toyota scores very well in German owners' study

Fri, Jul 04, 2014

Toyota demonstrates its reputation for owner satisfaction in the 2014 JD Power Germany Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Study.

Busy month expected for motor dealers

Fri, Jul 04, 2014

This week saw the first day of the new '142' registration plate, which means a new registration period for new car sales. Some 4,000 new cars are expected to be sold in the first week of the new 142 registration. The 141 new car registration period that finished at the end of June was up 12,451 cars (+23 per cent) on the first six months of 2013. The motor industry will be watching the early July registrations very closely and there is a good deal of confidence that the numbers will remain ahead of last year’s for the second half of the year as well. The industry is anticipating that this may well be the best July, for new car sales, since 2008. Last year, the first year of the dual registration plate, saw almost 12,000 cars sold in July alone, 18 per cent of the total cars sold in 2013. Car sales in June, which were expected to be slow in advance of the 142 plate held steady at 1,689, an increase of one per cent on June 2013. So far this year 65,715 cars have been sold, up by 23 per cent on last year. Alan Nolan, director general of SIMI speaking on Tuesday said: "While it's only the first day of the new '142' sales period, dealers are expecting a busy month. Although we are very well aware of the fragility of the recovery in the sector, the motor industry is in a better position than last year, consumer finance is more readily available, retail consumers are returning to the market, and there are strong offers from all brands for the July plate.

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