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Named as Continental Irish Compact Family Car of the Year 2012, the new Ford Focus has become the first car to receive four Euro NCAP advanced safety rewards after its driver alertand forward alert technologies were honoured this week.

Named last week as Continental Irish Compact Family Car of the Year 2012, the new Ford Focus has become the first ever car to receive four Euro NCAP Advanced Safety Rewards after its ‘Driver Alert’ and ‘Forward Alert’ technologies were honoured this week.

The latest set of Euro NCAP crash test results brings an additional reward and more five stars, but not everyone is ready for tougher requirements in 2012.

A new chapter in Connacht Rugby begins this week with a new major sponsor being unveiled ahead of the province's first pre-season match on Saturday. In a new departure, Japanese car manufacturer Mazda has become the new title sponsor, taking over from the Bank of Ireland which had been involved with the province since 1996.

Average CO2 emissions from new cars in the EU dropped by almost four per cent last year – the second biggest annual fall recorded, according to a new report by the European Environment Agency.

The European Commission’s latest car price report shows that real car prices (price change set against inflation) in Ireland fell by 5.7 per cent in 2010. This is the third biggest drop in the Eurozone and well above the -1.5 per cent Eurozone average.

The European Commission’s latest car price report shows that real car prices (price change set against inflation) in Ireland fell by 5.7 per cent in 2010. This is the third biggest drop in the Eurozone and well above the -1.5 per cent eurozone average. Car prices fell in almost every EU country in 2010. Taking all EU countries together, the average drop in car prices is 2.5 per cent in real terms in 2010. List prices for new cars also converged slightly. These long-term price trends support the Commission's decision last year that specific competition rules for the sale of new cars are no longer justified.

Average CO2 emissions from new cars in the EU dropped by almost four per cent last year, the second biggest annual fall recorded, a database published by the European Environment Agency shows.

An Austrian economy driving specialist by the name of Gerhard Plattner has achieved an amazing 1,246 miles (2,006 km) on a single 45 litre tank of fuel in a Skoda Fabia GreenLine.

The Skoda Fabia GreenLine has set a new record for low fuel-consumption travelling, completing a journey of over 2,000 kilometres on a single 45 litre tank of fuel.