Resale value is a key component of a car’s running costs. Indeed, given that an average car can shed 60 per cent of its original price in the fi...
There are plenty of stories circulating about delays in getting your car through its NCT test, with some testing centres returning booking dates...
How much can you bargain on a used car? The short answer is ‘lots’ but as ever, it’s a little more complicated than that. The first thing to d...
Fuel prices have, thankfully, retreated somewhat from their recent peaks, but with continuing production and refining bottlenecks in the oil ind...
Timing, as any comedian will tell you, is everything. What goes for comedy also goes for car sales, as there are always peaks and troughs in the...
It used to be the case that, when buying a used car, the dealer you’d bought it from might offer you, at best, a 30-day warranty for anything th...
A question you'll hear quite often, "how much km is too much for a used car?" The answer to this question is — there is no upper limit figure. I...
Are diesel cars really more economical? In the past, the answer to this question would have been a simple yes. Diesel engines burn their fuel by...
With fuel prices spiking above €2 per litre, and no sign of them falling, many of us are thinking about turning to all-electric motoring much so...
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 ele...
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 the...
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 th...
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 eith...
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, there a...
The no-claims bonus, or no-claims discount, is a vital part of any insurance policy for all but the youngest and most inexperienced drivers. It’...
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 service? A: As...
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 only...