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Motorcheck.ie Introduces New VRT Calculator
If you're planning on importing a used car from Northern Ireland or mainland GB you're probably familiar with the dreaded Vehicle Registration Ta...
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Are Dealers Still A Credible Source For Car Finance?
If you're in the market for a new (or newer) car you're probably in the market for car finance as well. After all there's very few of us in the e...
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Car Auction Postponed
I read this morning that the "Unreserved Liquidation Car Auction" of over 250 cars formally owned by the now closed EP Mooney Motor Group has bee...
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Best Selling Cars of the Decade
It's been ten years since the number of new cars purchased in a single year recorded a record breaking high of 225,269. Seems hard to believe, bu...
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SIMI Addresses Market Failings? New Used Car Website - beepbeep.ie
I noticed in the past few days that the SIMI have published a beta version of their new used car website at www.beepbeep.ie. The tagline reads 'T...
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New Band B Cars Qualifying for Scrappage Discount
If you're thinking of taking advantage of the Government's recently-announced Scrappage Scheme and wondering what's on offer in the qualifying CO...
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New Band A Cars Qualifying for Scrappage Scheme Discount
If you're thinking of taking advantage of the Government's Scrappage Scheme and wondering what's on offer in the qualifying CO2 bands then this i...
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The Future of Electric Motoring in Ireland...
When I heard that ESB had appointed a Managing Director to a newly formed division of the company entitled 'Electric Vehicles' I felt a subtle 's...
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Essential Guide To Car Scrappage Scheme: Is your car fit for 'Scrap'?
The announcement of the Irish Car Scrappage Scheme has certainly generated a lot of interest from both the industry and the buying public. The op...
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Budget 2010 - Scrappage Scheme, Should YOU buy?
So now it's official! 2010 will see the introduction of a long awaited for scrappage scheme. But will it make any difference to the catastrophic...
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Mitsubishi Pajero defending our shores!
I was looking at the vehicle statistics for new car sales in December just now and noticed that the Mitsubishi Pajero currently ranks number one...
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'Black Boxes' for cars?
A new study recently completed by the European Commission has shown that the installation of an Event Data Recorder (EDR or 'Black Box' as it's k...