The return of traffic – don’t fall victim to road rage

Thu, Aug 30, 2012

Most of our schools will be back over the next week or so and that means an end to the holiday season and the return of commuting traffic. The towns and cities become much busier, the weather worsens and the impatience needle moves up the dial towards red.

Dacia brand and Duster SUV launched in Ireland

Thu, Aug 30, 2012

The arrival of Dacia in Ireland is expected to shake things up a bit.

Volvo V40 - Volvo’s most important car for twenty years

Thu, Aug 30, 2012

Volvo has launched its newV40, a premium five-door, five-seater hatchback.

Galway drivers on the podium in Galway Summer Rally

Thu, Aug 30, 2012

Galway’s JJ Fleming and Robbie Ward produced a great drive to finish second overall in this year’s Mor Oil Galway Summer Rally held in Loughrea on Sunday.

Vote with your feet with fuel buying

Thu, Aug 23, 2012

There is nothing like rising prices to convince people that they are being ripped off. I found this out again this week on the thorny subject of rising fuel prices.

Galway dealership reaches historic landmark

Thu, Aug 23, 2012

SIMI Retail Dealer of the Year, Tony Burke Motors, which has been in business for just under three years, has this week reached a historic landmark.

Audi Galway opens its doors to modern car showroom

Thu, Aug 23, 2012

Audi Galway will unveil a new era for motoring in the region when it opens its doors to a new showroom in September 2012.

Ford Focus is Ireland’s best selling car for 2012

Thu, Aug 16, 2012

The Ford Focus looks set again this year to win the title of Ireland’s favourite car as Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) figures show that the model has claimed the top spot in car sales here for the first six months of the year.

Whatever the weather, save with VW this summer

Thu, Aug 16, 2012

Volkswagen Ireland says it cannot guarantee sunshine this August, but it can guarantee savings, providing every new Volkswagen customer with a welcome cheque for €500.

Be a good parent and belt the children

Thu, Aug 09, 2012

The law with respect to seatbelts just got a little tougher. From now on if you don’t wear your own seatbelt and make sure that any kids wear theirs then you could be hit with two penalty points.

Electric Golf at 'Fully Charged 2012' last month

Thu, Aug 09, 2012

The Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-Motion visited Ireland for the first time last month. It came as part of Volkswagen’s international roadshow as it prepares for its entry into the electric vehicle market.

TomTom Places now available in Ireland

Thu, Aug 09, 2012

TomTom is rapidly expanding its local search engine, TomTom Places. The service has recently been introduced in Sweden, Austria, Norway, Spain, and is now available in Ireland.

Europeans are buying more efficient cars

Thu, Aug 09, 2012

New cars sold in 2011 were 3.3 per cent more fuel efficient than those sold in 2010.

Seat sponsored hole-in-one prize at the Ladies Irish Open

Thu, Aug 09, 2012

Seat Ireland offered the prize of a new Leon car to any of the competitors who sank a hole-in-one at the recent Ladies Irish Open, which was held at Killeen Castle, in County Meath. The venue hosts a magnificent Jack Nicklaus Signature Course set over 350 acres among superb natural woodlands.

New edge protector saves your door from damage

Thu, Aug 09, 2012

An optional feature called door edge protector will be available on the new Ford Focus models when it arrives in Ireland. It is also on the new Ford Focus ST which arrives in Ireland in September, writes Padraic Deane.

New Opel Astra van launched

Thu, Aug 09, 2012

Opel Ireland has launched a commercial variant of its successful Astra five door hatchback. And the first major fleet of new Opel Astra five door vans has been supplied to Eircom, Ireland’s largest telecommunications provider, writes Padraic Deane.

World's 'most economical’ luxury-class hybrid

Thu, Aug 09, 2012

At the end of this year Mercedes-Benz will introduce is new diesel-powered E 300 bluetec hybrid on the Irish market.

Claimed by Mercedes to be the world’s most economical luxury-class model, the new E300 hybrid delivers fuel consumption of just 4.2-litres of diesel per 100km. That is a return of close to 70mpg and low emissions of just 109g CO2/km.

How do you squeeze more mpg from your car?

Thu, Aug 02, 2012

As everyone knows petrol and diesel have become wickedly expensive this year. Even though oil prices have come down a bit we are being hit by a falling Euro and we are still stuck with those massive, punitive taxes that have been piled onto the price by our own government in the last four years.

New Seat Toledo on the way

Thu, Aug 02, 2012

The new Toledo is coming. It is described by Seat as a saloon with a dynamic modern design, driven by highly-efficient engines, with outstanding practicality and excellent workmanship.

Roving eyes of distracted men

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

Men have a roving eye even while behind the wheel, it appears. In the latest AA survey of Irish motorists we asked drivers about what things distract them. Quite a lot of us are prone to slips in concentration and have had ‘near misses’ or just given ourselves a severe fright because our attention wavered.

Both genders were distracted in almost equal amounts by sights like advertising billboards, Garda checkpoints or traffic accidents. But when it comes to the distraction provided by an attractive member of the opposite sex, men are way out on their own.

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