How much your car will cost to service is one of the many motoring questions that harks back to finding out how long a piece of string might be....
The research focused on vehicles that had been imported to Ireland from the UK and found more than 39,000 of these imports had been written off...
Getting your first car is a modern-day rite of passage. It’s that first taste of true freedom (well, freedom of travel — you’ll not be free o...
Oh, how we wish there was a simple answer to this question… Car tax rates in Ireland vary depending on whether we’re talking about purchase t...
We’re probably all thinking about going electric when we buy our next new (or even used) car. You might be asking yourself, what is the best...
Well, the short answer is that you don’t — it’s not actually called a log-book in Ireland anymore. In fact, since 2004 what we used to call t...
We ask what finance type is most suitable for you. When buying a car and it comes to choosing between a Personal Loan, HP or PCP to finance...
Checking your engine’s oil should really be as routine as checking your tyre pressures and tread depths. Except, of course, none of us does e...
You might be about to splash out on a new motor, but then you find yourself asking, what should I look for when buying a used car? Well, ther...
. The no-claims bonus, or no-claims discount, is a vital part of any insurance policy for all but the youngest and most inexperienced driver...
Q: My car needs a service, but I’m not sure what will actually be done to it when I drop it in. What do they check during a car se...
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...
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...
Pandemic, Covid-19 and Coronavirus are front of mind for us all currently. People are endeavouring to stay virus free, maintain social distancing...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
News that ride-hailing service Uber has seen its licence to operate in London revoked came filed under ‘hardly surprising.’ Transport for London...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Irish car buyers are increasingly factoring climate change concerns into their car buying decisions. That’s according to research from Europcar M...
Ireland can meet its ambitious carbon emissions reductions more easily by encouraging the take-up of hybrid cars, rather than cars powered...
Aston Martin is claiming a world first (although Jaguar might have something to say about that) with the creation of an electric-powered version...
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...
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...
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...
Could Amazon eventually be the tech company that does more to drive forward autonomous cars than, say, Google or Uber? Given that Apple ha...
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...
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...
Years built: 2012 to 2019 Bodystyles: Compact SUV What is it?
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...