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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. The 2013 World Car of the Year, World Performance Car, World Green Car, and World Car Design of the Year winners will all be announced then, writes Padraic Deane.

The Border, Midland and Western (BMW) Regional Assembly director, Mr Gerry Finn has welcomed the outcome of the 2014-2020 European Union budget negotiations in Brussels which provided for a special case additional allocation of €100m to the BMW region.

The Irish rally season, and more specifically the Irish Tarmac Championships, roared into action over the weekend with the Safety Direct Galway International Rally. The event took place over a challenging, eight special stages, run in a one day format. Triple British Rally Champion, Keith Cronin, from Cork, really showed his talent through the day’s slippy and tough stages, by upping his pace on virtually every stage to win the event, ahead of former multiple Irish Tarmac Rally Champion, Eugene Donnelly.

MEP for Ireland north west Jim Higgins has called for the north west region to be saved from a 43.5 per cent cut in its EU funding.

Hyundai, Ireland’s fastest growing car brand, has moved into fourth place on the Irish car market, ahead of other brands such as Nissan, Skoda, Audi, BMW, Renault, Peugeot and Opel.

The all-new Mini clubvan with five doors has just gone on sale. It is the first new Mini to be classed as a commercial vehicle. Mini Ireland will only market Cooper D Clubvan with an entry level price of €20,800

At the Japan Car of the Year awards ceremony inside Zepp Diver City on reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay, Mazda’s all-new CX-5 CUV posted 363 votes to win Japan’s coveted Car of the Year prize.

The new Mini Clubvan with five doors has just gone on sale - the first new Mini to be classed as a commercial vehicle.

The Border Midland and Western Regional Assembly has today welcomed the Atlantic Salmon Conservation Project that was presented at a conference in Limerick this week, addressed by Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Fergus O’ Dowd,TD.

The Ford Transit Custom has been voted Continental Irish Van of the Year 2013 by the Irish Motoring Writers’ Association.