There are small cars and large cars; roomy people carriers and sensible motors for the average Joe. Then there are the cool cars; the funky motors that catch your eye in the car park. The Opel Adam I drove this week definitely fits into the latter category.
Opel has high hopes for this, their first city car, which is built on the Corsa chassis and shares the name of the company’s...
The Ford Fiesta Van and Ford Ranger have been named (respectively) Continental Irish Car-Derived Van of the Year and Continental Irish Commercial / SUV of the Year for 2013. These category awards complete a hat-trick and a clean sweep of the Irish Van of the Year awards for 2013, as the Ford Transit Custom took the overall Irish Van of the Year title at the main awards event last November.
Peugeot has released the first images of its new 308. A completely new compact family hatchback, it boasts a radical new cock-pit style cabin, exceptional build quality and a range of highly efficient petrol and diesel engines. The new Peugeot 308 is destined to revitalise the brand's position in the ultra competitive, compact family hatchback segment.
The new Peugeot 308 is the latest...
CIT Blackrock Castle Observatory in partnership with Audi Cork and the CIT Access Office have officially announced the ‘Audi Cork Drives the Future’ initiative for DEIS schools, which funds travel and admission costs for education programmes at Space for Science. Pictured is Brian Quinlan, General Sales Manager Audi with Students from Nagle Community College, Murfat Ali,...
Marketing experts are good at coming up with catchy advertising slogans for car companies to help them sell their products, but there is an old saying that ‘self praise is no praise,’. When you are voted ‘most trusted brand’ in an online survey of over 12,000 new car owners however, that’s an award I think should mean something. And it certainly does mean...
Captur, the new urban crossover from Renault will hit Irish roads this July, bringing a welcome splash of colour and glamour to the B segment. A unique blend of MPV, SUV and family hatchback is extra roomy, thanks to a sliding rear seat which has fore-and-aft travel of 160 mm and provides up to 215mm of knee room for rear passengers.
There'll be two trim levels: Life and Intense, and...
Pedestrian Safety is theme for UN Global Road Safety Week (May 6th to 12th), as figures reveal that 37 pedestrians died on roads in North and South in 2012.
More than 5,000 pedestrians are killed on the world’s roads each week. To date this year 15 pedestrians have died on roads in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Leo...
For a limited time only, Honda are offering two years free servicing across their full range of new cars, including the class-leading new Honda Civic 1.6 i-DTEC diesel and all-new Honda CR-V.
The offer covers all scheduled servicing needs, as specified by the manufacturer, for a period of two years or 40,000km and applies to new Honda cars bought and registered between May 1st and June...
SEAT finance penetration has increased 5.5% in just twelve months from 16.6% in 2012 to 22.1% year-to-date according to the latest figures released by SEAT Ireland.
The figures compare customer uptake of financial packages year-to-date versus the same period last year and show that approximately €6 million has been provided by SEAT Ireland through Volkswagen Bank in vehicle finance...
At first glance you might think of the new Citroen DS3 Cabrio as a fun motor designed to carry just two people, but this two-door model is the only five-seater sports car in its category.
Three years ago, Citroen reintroduced the iconic DS name for their new range of cars. Prior to 2010 the DS was last used in 1975 for Citroen’s luxury model. With the DS3, the French manufacturer...
The Audi S3 hatchback is now available to order from Audi dealerships nationwide.
Sporty, elegant and powerful, this new model epitomises the Audi brand and brings stylish design and world class engineering together with leading edge performance.
The sprint from zero to 100kph is completed in 5.1 seconds when equipped with the S-Tronic transmission (5.4 seconds with the manual...
Almost 20% of motorists believe they’d fail their driving test if they had to do it again, according to a recent study. As part of the research, the insurance company esure put a sample of drivers through practical and theory tests. All participants recorded at least three major mistakes; 72% were distracted by passengers, 82% forgot to check their mirrors before changing speed and 84%...
Europcar, Europe’s largest car rental company, has re-launched its booking website Europcar.ie. Through the Moving Your Way initiative, Europcar aims to get closer to its customers by better understanding their mobility needs and the lifestyle challenges they face. The improved functionality of the site will allow customers to start and complete their reservation from any page on the...
Ford has won two awards for vehicle dynamics at the 2013 Vehicle Dynamics International (VDI) Awards: the Dynamics Team of the Year and Dynamicist of the Year.
The Ford vehicle dynamics department won for the development of Ford vehicles including the new B-MAX, all-new Kuga, Focus ST and new Fiesta ST. Ford Team RS vehicle dynamics specialist David Put – the star of The Ford...
Volkswagen has introduced a 0% finance offer across its range of passenger cars for a limited period.
The decision to offer 0% finance on Hire Purchase agreements across the Volkswagen range comes on the back of a successful first quarter for the brand. Volkswagen currently commands 12.4% of the market – almost 2% ahead of its nearest competitor, Toyota.
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