Audi’s phenomenal RS6 Avant is living proof that performance and practicality can exist in joyous harmony for here’s a family-sized estate car that can rocket from 0-62 mph in under four seconds, unleashing a massive 552 bhp and 700 Nm of torque and outpacing many a...
Most of us are terrified of driving in the dark, the latest research reveals, but new technology can allay our fears and help us 'see' much better at night.
Work has begun on a new £6m Porsche car dealership in the Titanic Quarter in Belfast.
PAL-V has made flying cars commercially available for the first time ever.
The Mazda6 been around since 2002 but continual upgrading has ensured this Japanese winner has kept pace with the likes of the Vauxhall Insignia, Ford Mondeo, Toyota Avensis, Vauxhall Insignia and VW Passat.
The glib ‘all new’ phrase is used all too liberally in the motor industry these days but when used in connection with the latest range to bear Renault’s Megane name tag it’s not too far off the reality – especially once you look under the bonnet and into the ultra hi-tech and high quality cabin.
Petrol head? We politely suggest you skip this one.
No, the latest rendition of Vauxhall’s Astra hatchback has not shrunk in the wash.
New car sales in Northern Ireland made a slow start to 2017 while dealers in other parts of the UK celebrated the best January in more than a decade.
Car giant Volkswagen has pleaded guilty to three criminal charges in the US in connection with the emissions scandal and will pay a 4.3 billion US dollar (£3.5 billion) penalty.
Futuristic cars powered by voice controls that can read passenger emotions and drive themselves drew the biggest crowds on the first day of the Consumers Electronics Show (CES) 2017 in Las Vegas.
Driverless cars could increase congestion on some UK roads for several years, according to a Department for Transport (DfT) study.
The number of cars sold in Northern Ireland in the run-up to Christmas shot up by 2.1%, fresh figures have shown.
Faraday FF91, the most futuristic car ever made, has just been revealed – an electric vehicle with the acceleration of a Formula 1 car and the ability to learn about its driver.
US President-elect Donald Trump has launched a social media attack on General Motors, threatening to slap a tax on the US car giant for importing compact cars from Mexico.
A Co Antrim businessman who ran an international counterfeiting operation from his garage has been given a suspended jail sentence.
It’s an offence under law to drive a car if you are not wearing a seat belt.
Is it just me or have you also noticed how cars, like the people who drive them, are getting bigger and bigger?
Enjoy driving the open road with the wind in your hair? Well, as ongoing strong sales of open-top cars like the cabrio version of Audi’s pert little TT roadster evidence so well, our love affair with convertibles continues unabated.
A businessman has just taken delivery of one of the most expensive cars ever sold in Northern Ireland - the exclusive new LaFerrari Aperta - for £1.63m.
iS 300h might sound like a secret code number. In fact, it is the rather discrete nomenclature for a superb compact executive saloon in the determinedly upmarket Lexus range.
There’s no denying that the Lexus RC is among the most beautiful and distinctive cars on our roads today – but could beauty prove to be only skin deep?
Foreseeing that clean running economy would challenge looks, performance and safety for number-one tick on the average car buyer’s wants list, the boffins at Toyota have spent the past four decades bringing the hybrid concept to market right across their range.
Now looking far less like a converted van and more akin to an estate car raised on stilts, Volkswagen’s roomy and eminently practical Touran mid-sized MPV has evolved into quite a handsome creature.
Can 300,000 performance motoring addicts be wrong? Well, that’s how many of them have bought a Peugeot hot hatch worldwide since the French company launched the near-legendary 205 GTi back in 1983.
When Range Rover launched their mid-range Evoque SUV back in 2011 it was to considerable acclaim but our own immediate reaction was: “What an ugly car!”
We’ve said it before but it bears saying again: where once there were bad cars and worse ones, today there are good cars and better ones – and it may be added that they are getting better all the time.
The number of new cars sold in Northern Ireland has fallen by 1%
Shock! Horror! Back in 2002, hard-line Porsche enthusiasts greeted the launch of the company’s original groundbreaking Cayenne 4x4 SUV with incredulity.
A European marque has been crowned Northern Ireland's most popular choice of car.
General Motors is recalling four million vehicles worldwide for a software defect linked to one death.
In a motoring world ever more dominated by computer-generated lookalike styling, branding is clearly a major issue.
The number of new cars sold in Northern Ireland has increased by 2.5% while vehicles sold in other regions slumped, according to new figures.
The number of new cars sold in Northern Ireland has increased by 2.5% while vehicles sold in other regions slumped, according to new figures.
Kicking a tyre on the sales lot and being told by the salesman "there is plenty of rubber left there" could soon become a thing of the past. In future, there may be little if any rubber in tyres. Laboratory-made synthetic tyres are on the way.
There's something familiar about the Niro, but it's an all-new car. Sitting close to the Sportage, but nevertheless at the foot of Kia's SUV range, the jacked-up hatchback is the first car Kia has designed solely to be a hybrid.
Commercial vans are the lifeblood of the economy - they allow small and medium-sized businesses a degree of flexibility that would be impossible without them.
Subaru's Levorg GT is the spiritual successor of the Legacy tourer, the much loved and long-legged former flagship estate of the Japanese manufacturer's range. Levorg is an entirely new model developing more power from a smaller, meaner turbocharged flat-four engine. Subaru have consistently outsold Volkswagen Audi and BMW combined in the American market and with Levorg have maintained faith in the...
Kia's busy designers have added sophisticated new power-trains, a sporty GT-Line trim level and major additions to connected car systems, making their stylish three-door pro_cee’d even more of a winner.
New high-voltage “mild hybrids” -- which use 48-volt batteries -- cut both fuel consumption and emissions by boosting acceleration with electric power following Stop/Start and using regenerative braking.
Back in 1948, the original Land Rover was conceived as a rugged, utilitarian, go-anywhere vehicle. It was immediately adopted enthusiastically by our farmers and the military, winning a huge presence across the Commonwealth and beyond.
How time flies when you are having fun – it’s hard to believe that the iconic little Audi TT has been on the scene for 18 years.
New car sales in Northern Ireland slumped last month - down 8% on last July.
Evolution, not revolution has been Volkswagen’s mantra for its best-selling Golf ever since the original model was launched, way back in 1974.
The driver of a Tesla S sports car using the vehicle's "autopilot" automated driving system has been killed in a collision with a truck - the first US self-driving car fatality.
Desi Henry achieved his first podium finish in the British championship with third place behind Welshmen Elfyn Evans and Tom Cave on the Scottish Rally.
Research suggests that 26% of car buyers think electric cars are more expensive to run than conventional combustion-engined cars, but that may not actually be the case.
Isuzu D-Max, Northern Ireland's best-selling pick-up, is on the brink of another sales record - by the end of this month the mighty D-Max will have sold more pick-ups here in the first half of this year than it did in the whole of last year - itself a third record year of sales.
We’ve just spent a week with the Suzuki Celerio, a car that fills a distinct niche. Are you a performance-addicted petrolhead? – then you can skip this one.
Some 4.4millon people tuned in for the long-awaited return of the BBC motoring show, Top Gear - and it sparked a huge online reaction.
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