Rise in Online Car Scams

Posted by Shane Teskey on 20 January 2012 in Ask the Experts, Featured, How we've helped, Used Car Buying Tips | No comments

Motorcheck looks at an increase in one particular kind of scam that involves duping unsuspecting buyers with a ‘Ghost Car’.

Motorcheck.ie Highlights Car Clocking on RTE News

Posted by Shane Teskey on 7 October 2011 in Featured, How we've helped, Used Car Buying Tips | 1 comment

A study by Motorcheck.ie shows that as many as 1 in 5 cars for sale in Ireland may have been clocked. RTE’s Nine O’Clock News picks up the story.

Scam Warning for Irish Motor Trade

Posted by Shane Teskey on 11 August 2011 in How we've helped | 1 comment

Larry Dunne at Walden Leasing is warning Irish traders of a gang ordering cars and tyres in his name.

Car Clocking Grips Northern Ireland

Posted by Shane Teskey on 23 June 2011 in Featured, How we've helped, Used Car Buying Tips | No comments

A recent undercover operation by the BBC has uncovered a rise in the number of cars being clocked in Northern Ireland.

Trading Standards are quoted as saying “We would be hard pushed to identify a town or city where there isn’t a clocker or a number of clockers operating”

Car Rental Rip-Off

Posted by Shane Teskey on 24 May 2011 in How we've helped | 4 comments

A Spanish car hire company’s fuel policy proves frustrating for Motorcheck on a recent trip to Spain.

Motorcheck introduces a ‘new’ New Car Search Engine

Posted by Shane Teskey on 29 April 2011 in How we've helped, New Cars | 1 comment

We’re really excited to be launching our ‘new’ New Car Search Engine. It’s the first product of our recent partnership with Jato dynamics and gives consumers the ability to compare multiple makes and model of cars across a variety of different headings.

Motorcheck Saves Bill Cullen 40,000 Euro.

Posted by Shane Teskey on 11 October 2010 in How we've helped | No comments

Motorcheck helps Bill Cullen avoid buying a stolen car that was being offered in part exchange at his Renault dealership in Swords.

Outstanding Finance Still A Serious Concern

Posted by Shane Teskey on 21 September 2010 in Ask the Experts, Featured, How we've helped, Used Car Buying Tips | 2 comments

Whilst we don’t have any official statistics on the number of cars being repossessed in Ireland, when RTE’s The Consumer Show called us, we thought it was high time we conducted a survey of the current market and tried to uncover the chances of buying a used car with outstanding finance.

Read on to see the results of our survey and the segment of The Consumer Show that was aired last night.

Lucky Escape from Car with Hidden Identity

Posted by Shane Teskey on 5 July 2010 in How we've helped | No comments

Andrew Barry tells us about a car he had paid a deposit on and was about to buy until he ran a Motorcheck car history check on it.

It never ceases to amaze us what unscrupulous sellers will do to move a car with a troubled history.