Today’s the day Toyota launches its new Rav4

Thu, Mar 14, 2013

Tony Burke Motors, Ballybrit, will unveil Toyota’s new Rav4 as part of a nationwide launch across the country this evening.

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Road deaths and recession pressures worsen in 2013

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Those of us who try be optimistic by nature are struggling for material at the moment. If we hoped that 2013 would see life get a little better for Irish motorists, there really isn’t any sign of it yet.

There are lots of little bits of data that tell us we are still in a deep dark recession. I know that you hardly needed me to tell you that. But the other key piece of data that we watch carefully in here is the number of road deaths, and that is also going badly.

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New Mercedes E-Class offers evolution or revolution

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

The significantly restyled Mercedes-Benz E-Class saloon has been launched and will go on sale here in early April.

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Joe Connolly teams up with Bradley Motor Works

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Former Galway hurler and GAA icon, Joe Connolly, has been announced as the brand ambassador for Bradley Motor Works and Land Rover.

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New Scania truck win for Galway man

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

Galway man Gabriel Warde has been handed the keys of a new Scania Truck worth €100,000 after winning the Scania Young European Truck Driver 2012 competition.

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Renault first five-year unlimited mileage warranty for all

Thu, Mar 07, 2013

From March 1, Renault Ireland started to give all its new passenger car and light commercial vehicle buyers a five-year unlimited mileage warranty. This is the first and only car manufacturer in Ireland to have this offering.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Toyota sponsors Irish cricket

Thu, Feb 21, 2013

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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