Peugeot has reported a 31% growth in registrations across its award-winning car range. The brand has taken 5% of the Irish passenger car market and 6.5% of the light commercial vehicle market, to give a total of 5.2% combined market share during the crucial first 10 days of January 2013. The results mean Peugeot is the number one French brand in Ireland and ranks in seventh position in the...
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The Audi A3 Sportback has been named Car of the Year at the annual What Car? Awards. Described by judges as ‘setting a new benchmark’, the model was also awarded Small Family Car of the year at the ceremony.
Officially launching in Ireland in February, the latest A3 Sportback model sets new standards in the premium compact segment. Characterised by its sporty, long and lean...
More than one in three Europeans would spend more to buy an environmentally friendly car even though 71% say they have reduced overall spending as a result of the economic recession, a Ford poll shows. The survey also showed 53% consider climate change to be the world’s biggest issue and 57% would prefer to lead a more environmentally conscious lifestyle.
Regular readers will know that there are no fans of two-door cars in our family. So last week we felt like breaking out the Champagne when I collected a fairly small car that was sheer bliss for both the front and back seat passengers to get in and out of.
I was driving the new Ford B-Max, which sits between the Fiesta and Focus in Ford’s extensive range. The B-Max came second to...
I’ll start with a statistic, always a good place to begin. Did you know that less than seven per cent of the Irish new car market is made up of estates? Obviously we are getting tidier and/or rearing smaller families and there must also be fewer small shopkeepers out there making their way to their local cash and carry.
This is by way of introduction to the new version of the cee...
Recent research suggests that people’s knowledge of what constitutes a standard drink is continuing to increase; 63% of Irish adults can correctly define a standard drink in 2012, compared with just 48% in 2009. The number of people who know the length of time it takes the body to eliminate one standard drink has also increased sharply, from 29% in 2009 to 51% in 2012. drinkaware.ie and...
David King and Tamara Temiraeva (left and right of main group) at the official presentation of their new Fiestas with Jim Kelleher, Care Trust Regional Manager (centre); David Maloney, CAB Motors Cork and Care Trust Fundraiser for Cork, John Morris.
David King and Tamara Temiraeva were recently named as the lucky winners of a Ford Fiesta in The Care Trust’s...
Citroën Motors Ireland has announced the new Connected Edition range, designed especially for the Irish market. The Connected Editions are available for the Citroën C3, C4 and C5 and all models feature impressive additional specification as standard, at great value prices starting at just €14,995.
Citroën C3 Connected Edition, priced from €14,995, offers...
I have been spending a lot of time in Skoda cars in recent weeks. Over Christmas I really appreciated the massive boot space that the Skoda Superb offered and it was an ideal car to have as we welcomed our Danish relations, who arrived with lots of bags. It really is Superb by name and superb by nature.
By the first week of January I was in another Skoda, this time something much...
SEAT Ireland has announced the launch of the new SEAT Toledo to the Irish market. The new Toledo is a refreshing addition to the SEAT family and is firmly positioned with the customer in mind, with affordable pricing, high specification and a 550 litre boot capacity.
Ford is the first car manufacturer to achieve seven different Euro NCAP Advanced rewards for outstanding technological innovation after it received awards for Lane Keeping Alert on the new Transit Custom, MyKey on new Fiesta and SYNC with Emergency Assistance on all-new B-MAX, new Fiesta, C-MAX, Focus and all-new Kuga.
Eddie Murphy, Chairman and Managing Director of Ford Ireland said:...
Hyundai can now proudly claim that they are Ireland’s fastest growing car brand. The Korean company saw passenger car sales increase by 30% last year and they are now sixth in the Irish motoring charts behind: VW, Toyota, Ford, Nissan and Renault.
The Korean company has produced some neat economical small cars in recent years, but speaking at the Irish launch of the third...
With temperatures dropping and talk of a white Christmas, drivers need to ensure they are prepared for the potentially hazardous winter road conditions this year. Take the following advice issued by the Windsor Motor Group to ensure you stay safe on the road:
1. Slow down – speed is detrimental on winter roads. Winter weather conditions result in cars taking longer to come...
Seán Creedon takes a spin down memory lane in the new VW Beetle
Driving the new VW Beetle last week brought back memories, both happy and sad. One of my older brothers, who sadly passed away a few years back, drove a white VW Beetle in the Sixties. We didn’t call them Beetles back then, just plain old Volkswagens. If anybody mentioned ‘Beatles’ we thought...
The Garda Commissioner has outlined that resources will be dedicated this Christmas to “stamping out irresponsible, risky behaviour” on the roads. The announcement by Martin Callinan comes as part of the launch of this year’s Christmas and New Year Road Safety Campaign, which, it is hoped, will minimise the tragic impact of road collisions. “I would like to remind...
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