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Car makers defend performance as emissions targets loom
Europe’s car makers look likely to be able to hit stringent EU-mandated limits for Co2 emissions by 2021, but only if they all manage to push through ambitious...
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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Skoda Fabia
Years built: 2007 to 2014 Bodystyles: Small hatchback and estate What is it? This is the second generation Skoda Fabia, a car that built on the impressive debut...
6 years ago -
Irish motorists: We want greener cars, or maybe no cars at all
Irish car buyers are increasingly factoring climate change concerns into their car buying decisions. That’s according to research from Europcar Mobility Group I...
6 years ago -
Are we focusing too much on electric cars?
Ireland can meet its ambitious carbon emissions reductions more easily by encouraging the take-up of hybrid cars, rather than cars powered only by batteries....
6 years ago -
Should I convert my classic car to electric?
Aston Martin is claiming a world first (although Jaguar might have something to say about that) with the creation of an electric-powered version of one of its...
6 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Skoda Octavia
Years built: 2013 to today Bodystyles: Five-door hatchback, estate What is it? Would you believe me if I told you that the Skoda Octavia is currently the fourth...
7 years ago -
Is Amazon getting into the car-making business?
Could Amazon eventually be the tech company that does more to drive forward autonomous cars than, say, Google or Uber? Given that Apple has floundered, somewh...
7 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Peugeot 508
Years built: 2011 to 2018 Bodystyles: Family saloon and estate What is it? This is not the much-publicised new Peugeot 508, a car that’s more of a four-door cou...
7 years ago -
Ireland could be heading for a car market collapse in 2020
Are we heading for a major collapse of the car market in Ireland? Certainly that seems to be at the forefront of the best minds in the car industry here right n...
7 years ago -
‘Petrol cars will go the way of the steam engine’ — Jay Leno
Subhead: TV star and legendary car nut is resigned to the death of internal combustion, but are Irish buyers ready? “There’s almost no reason to have a gas ca...
7 years ago -
Unique cars: When is $1million just too much?
Would you be prepared to pay $1 million for a car with a Toyota or a Volkswagen badge? While your initial answer might be ‘no way’ perhaps it’s something to thi...
7 years ago -
Autonomous driving systems have hidden dangers
Even now, it can be unnerving. Switching on such systems as active, radar-guided cruise control, or a lane-keeping assistant, systems that can temporarily take...
7 years ago
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