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More spec and tech for less dough is becoming more common amongst car makers, particularly so from China. It keeps things simple for the buyer – less brochures to trawl through. Take it or leave it, so to speak.

The machines that carry us through life are never just machines. Long before we understand engines, gears or horsepower, we understand movement. We understand what it means to leave one place behind and arrive somewhere changed. Our relationship with transport begins there — not in mechanics, but in emotion. The bicycle that first gave us independence, the battered first car that taught us responsibility, the train that carried us away from home, the scooter that threaded us through crowded streets toward possibility. We are shaped, quietly and profoundly, by the ways we move through the world.

“It seems a lot of rubber grew overnight” was the response of a prosecuting Garda Sgt when a defendant produced a document from a tyre centre indicating that the front tyre which a Garda registered as bald the day before, met the required legal standard the next day.

Nissan's 'Nismo' performance division has been around for over 40 years, with its signature white and red badging adorning several generations of the legendary Skyline, Silvia, 350Z and modern-day GT-R. It should come as a surprise then, to find an electric family SUV bedecked with that same badging.

Electric hot hatches have been something of a grey area these past few years, with many, if not all, failing to meet the brief. The missing ingredient? A combustion engine. It's like a chicken fillet roll without the chicken fillet - destined to fail from the start.

From July 1, a new reduced VRT rate of just eight per cent (down from 13.3 per cent) on Category B vehicles will allow customers to save €2,000 on the Corolla Hybrid Van, lowering the starting price to €27,378.

Tony Burke Motors in Ballybrit is holding a Toyota Commercial Vehicle Open Week from Monday, May 19 to Saturday, May 24.

Tony Burke Motors in Ballybrit is holding a Toyota Commercial Vehicle Open Week from Monday, May 19 to Saturday, May 24.

The new Ford Transit Courier is available at dealer showrooms nationwide, delivering enhanced productivity and connectivity for customers.

The cost of living crisis is probably putting lives at risk as motorists skimp on essential tyre maintenance.