There has been criticism in some quarters, that the new penalties targeting unaccompanied learner drivers are an attack on young people. The commentary has largely focused on the fact...
PCPs are a form of car finance based on a hire purchase (HP) agreement.
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New car sales figures released last week confirm that electric cars are on the rise, with sales up 102pc on last year. To date, more than 1,078 new electric vehicles (EVs) have been sold and 458 imported, compared with fewer than 1,000 new and imported for the entire of 2017. Hybrid and...
Kerry TD Danny Healy-Rae once said that eating a big meal before driving could be a factor in...
Elsewhere in the paper this week we are talking about the rise in anti-social activities and the issue this causes with people, especially the vulnerable. Car drivers and all road users have their...
Getting on the road is harder than ever for young drivers. Whether it's the cost of insurance - which is set to rise with yet another levy - or trying to find a car you can afford, along with tax, NCT,...
Your current car - Love at first sight or just a means to get from A to B?
Ireland was basking in heatwave temperatures, Mel Gibson was striking a blow for Scottish independence in the box office and one of the biggest rivalries the music world has ever seen...
The road can be a terribly unforgiving place. If you make a bad decision, at best it's a wake-up call to pay attention and concentrate on the road. At worst, it could end with catastrophic...
In all honesty it was a daft idea. The Mazda RX-7 was ill-conceived from the start, poorly timed and based on an engineering concept that was fatally flawed. It was sold by a relative minnow in the global car industry and appealed to a niche audience that wanted a Porsche-like car but did...
Sales of new diesel cars fell by 20pc in the first three months of the year. However, the declining sales could be to blame for an increase in average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions for cars bought...
Paddy Lombard from Dublin was looking to buy a used VW Golf diesel estate, and took the opportunity late last year to look at several in...
Aidan Timmons and Motoring Editor Eddie Cunningham team up to help readers make the right choice with their next car. Aidan visits dealers all over the country to produce a monthly...
Aidan Timmons and Motoring Editor Eddie Cunningham team up to help readers make the right choice with their next car. Aidan visits dealers all over the country to produce a monthly...
Aidan Timmons and Motoring Editor Eddie Cunningham team up to help readers make the right choice with their next car. Aidan visits dealers all over the country to produce a monthly...
Aidan Timmons and Motoring Editor Eddie Cunningham team up to help readers make the right choice with their next car. Aidan visits dealers...
Aidan Timmons and Motoring Editor Eddie Cunningham team up to help readers make the right choice with their next car. Aidan visits dealers all over the country to produce a monthly guidebook on the values of used cars. He is co-editor of Motor Trade Publishers, who supply a car-valuing...
Soon there will be a World Car Person of the Year.
'Dad, a road trip? I just love a road trip!" My youngest son, Marcus, was excited when I suggested he accompany me on a driving holiday.
SO I'm a moron, a fool, an idiot. I should be drop-kicked into the next parish and then the one after that. I should be arrested for potentially causing...
Tightercross-border cooperation and an EU-wide database on mileage are needed immediately to cope with the growing car-clocking crisis, it is claimed today.
* Some time back Tom de Castella took his 23-year-old 1.8-litre VW Golf petrol and his dad's 2009 Skoda Octavia diesel and had them 'properly' tested for NOx etc.
We hear so much about the surge in secondhand imports it is easy to overlook the sheer volume of specific models being bought - and the impact that is having on 'Irish-car' values.
I only learned to drive five years ago, in my mid-30s, when I bought a 1998 Ford Fiesta for €300. I live in Dublin and cycled (still do) everywhere.
I bought a 2012 Hyundai i40 for €22,000 two years ago. It is a high spec. I liked the look of it but it is too big and I really only drive it around town.
I'm in my early 30s and have had a full Irish licence since March. I have a Citroen C4 hatchback...
My husband has a Toyota Avensis 08 (135,000km annual mileage 12,000kms) and is looking for a 4x4 type to pull a cow box. He is a farmer but...
With more than 30 per cent of new cars sold on Personal Contract Plans, PCP deals are one of the reasons why car sales have steadily recovered since the market crash of 2009. The idea is simple: buyers put down a deposit or trade in their old car, followed by monthly payments made over three...
Some day in the fast- approaching future our children and their children will go into museums to gaze at crude iPads, chuckle at primitive PlayStation 4 games consoles and howl at our...
Is your car due its NCT? Give it a better chance of passing first time with our tips, writes Geraldine Herbert
A friend of mine is helping me buy a second-hand Ford Focus from a person we've known for a good while. The 13-reg car has only 37,000km on the clock. It is an import. Do you think that is very...
Johnson & Perrott is to invest up to €15m to build a new dealership cluster for its Cork City-based motor dealership division, creating a minimum of 30 new jobs. The company claims this will be the most significant investment in the motor industry in Cork for 10 years.
No more petrol or diesel cars, buses, or trucks will be sold anywhere in the world within eight years. The entire market for land transport will switch...
IT looks like TDs Michael and Danny Healy-Rae have swapped jobs. Only last week, I mentioned the theory that the boys cover the widest...
Insurance premiums are so high that it can be cheaper to rent a car on a regular basis. That is certainly what education expert Sue Whyte...
An automatic driving ban for anyone caught drink driving is among tough new measures Transport Minister Shane Ross intends to impose to reduce...
The heat at the beginning of last week couldn't have come at a better time.
MERCEDES is flirting with the ladies big time. Apparently they are planning on becoming the 'leading choice' among the premium car brands...
With close to 154,000 cars recalled in Ireland in 2015, the chances are at some stage, if you are the owner of a car, that it will be recalled.
The two-year jail sentence for the driver who killed 31-year-old Olivia Dunne and seriously injured her then three-month-old baby Eabha in January 2014 when he mounted a footpath after probably...
The NCT has been getting a bit of stick this week. One of its testers refused to test a woman's car because it stank of her three dogs, so she rang...
As the needle on the speedometer zips toward the red line and we nudge closer to the bend, I am reminded by my instructor to "brake, brake hard". A few laps around this very twisty racetrack...
It was a proud day for Sam and the Spray household last Monday when my partner's four-year old Hyundai i10 sailed through its first NCT.
Buying a family car for the first time can be a challenge - how big does it need to be, are there critical safety features, and what on earth does ISOFIX mean? If until now all that mattered was...
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Oh, how I love this internet of things. My very intelligent and totally connected colleague, Adrian Weckler, was able to link his attendance at the...
Paulo Alves, the managing director of BMW Ireland, is a happy man. But it isn't just the boom in sales that is making the Portuguese native smile. He got married this year, has a new dog and travels on...
