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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Fiat 500
Years built: 2008 to today Bodystyles: city car, convertible What is it? I know, I know – iffy Italian build quality, Fix It Again Tomorrow. Fiat has earned a l...
by Michael Rochford
11 years ago -
Car choice - too many cars?
Don’t worry, this is not a rant about there being physically too many cars on the road, but it is about too many car choice or types. Is this a Luddite reaction...
by Michael Rochford
11 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Citroen Grand C4 Picasso
Years built: 2007 to 2013 Bodystyles: seven-seat MPV What is it? Only one of the most popular cars in Ireland. Citroen is generally not among the ‘big boys’ of...
by Michael Rochford
11 years ago -
Motor Data - Who monitors the monitors?
If you haven’t yet heard of Big Data, then hello and welcome to the 21st Century – was it a pleasant trip in your time machine? And how was Queen Victoria when...
by Michael Rochford
11 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Honda CR-V
Years built: 2007 to 2012 Bodystyles: compact SUV What is it? Honda has had a long history of success with the CR-V, ever since the first generation model was l...
by Michael Rochford
11 years ago -
Running scared from the diesel car?
Diesel has become almost a dirty word in motoring circles lately, with very serious concerns being raised over the effects of diesel exhaust fumes on inner-city...
by Michael Rochford
11 years ago -
New Car Sales increase but Used Car Sales decrease in Q1 2015
Latest results show a 29% increase in New Car Sales for Q1 2015, but a worrying trend has emerged in the Used Car Market with Sales down 8% for the same period....
by Michael Rochford
11 years ago -
Beating the car thieves at their own game.
News came through this week, from Tracker (a maker of in-car satellite tracking systems) in the UK, that the most stolen car across the water is the BMW X5, whi...
by Michael Rochford
11 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Chrysler 300C
Years built: 2005 to 2015 Bodystyles: four door luxury saloon What is it? Let’s not beat around the bush – it’s Tony Soprano’s car. The 300C was always the bigg...
by Michael Rochford
11 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Hyundai i10
Years built: 2008 to 2013 Bodystyles: five-door city car What is it? You will not fail to have noticed that increasingly strident noises are being made about ba...
by Michael Rochford
11 years ago -
2015 New car sales up 28% year-on-year to the end of February
Used cars imported from the UK continue to decline for the second month in a row as exchange rates remain unattractive Figures released by Car Data experts Moto...
by Michael Rochford
11 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Land Rover Freelander
Years built: 2006 to 2013 Bodystyles: five-door SUV What is it? The original Freelander was once the best-selling SUV in all of Europe. That was, perhaps, becau...
by Michael Rochford
11 years ago
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