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COVID Car Sales - Reasons for the Motor Trade to be optimistic in 2021
The New Car market is down more than 20% and the Used Car market is down 6% in January 2021, but with restrictions continuing until Easter and a...
5 months ago -
Used Car Sales Bounce Back
Sales of Used Cars in June 2020 have increased by more than 25% compared to June 2019 (figures to June 30th 2020) Used Car Sales Up 25% in...
1 year ago -
Car cleaning and Coronavirus
Pandemic, Covid-19 and Coronavirus are front of mind for us all currently. People are endeavouring to stay virus free, maintain social distancing...
1 year ago -
Could flying cars become a reality?
In the midst of all the worries and panic over Covid-19 and the lockdown that Ireland is currently experiencing, we thought it might make a ple...
1 year ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Peugeot 208
Years built: 2012 to 2020 Bodystyles: Three-and-five-door supermini What is it? There’s a new Peugeot 208 just gone on sale, so this seems lik...
1 year ago -
Irish buyers still lack trust in electric cars
If the results of a survey by Allianz Insurance into the attitudes of Irish drivers towards electric cars is to be believed, then there is a grea...
1 year ago -
Nox Levy & BREXIT halt the growth of UK car imports
Used cars imported from the UK in Jan 2020 are down almost 26% on last year due mainly to the Nox Levy The latest used car sales stats release...
1 year ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Seat Ateca
Years built: 2016 to today Bodystyles: Five-door family crossover What is it? Seat’s mid-size family crossover has never managed to top the sales...
1 year ago -
Explosives could make electric cars safer
One of the unintended consequences of the rise of electric cars is that they present a whole new raft of issues for emergency services. Chief amo...
1 year ago -
Uber under fire for emissions as we have to ask; can we afford robot cars?
News that ride-hailing service Uber has seen its licence to operate in London revoked came filed under ‘hardly surprising.’ Transport for London...
1 year ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Lexus CT200h
Years built: 2011 to today Bodystyles: Small hybrid hatchback What is it? The Lexus CT200h has, for quite some time now, been the luxury Japanese...
1 year ago -
Could English drivers pick up Irish bargain used cars?
Have we just entered a mysterious mirror universe where car buyers in the UK are flocking to Ireland to pick up bargain used cars? Not quite, but...
1 year ago -
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 thr...
1 year ago -
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 i...
1 year 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 M...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year ago -
Can tax changes really stop the car imports flood?
In spite of a generally improving economy in Ireland, sales of new cars continue to fall, or at least to flatline, in the face of every-gro...
1 year ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Mitsubishi Pajero
Years built: 2006 to 2018 Bodystyles: Large SUV What is it? It seems almost odd that the Mitsubishi Pajero is no longer in production. Orig...
1 year 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 curre...
1 year 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 ha...
1 year 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 mo...
1 year 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 indust...
1 year ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Range Rover Evoque
Years built: 2012 to 2019 Bodystyles: Compact SUV What is it?
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