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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: BMW 3 Series
Years built: 2005 to 2011 Bodystyles: Four-door saloon, two-door coupe, five-door estate What is it? It’s the car you’ve always wanted. Well, for many of us it...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Seat Alhambra
Years built: 2010 to today Bodystyles: Five-door large MPV What is it? It's the second-generation Seat Alhmabra and, somewhat surprisingly, it’s already been wi...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Why your next big option choice should be pedestrian detection.
We all like to spend a little extra cash on our cars when we buy them. Even those of us who like a bargain have a fancy to splashing out some more on some choic...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Nissan Leaf
Years built: 2011 to today Bodystyles: Five-door hatchback What is it? It’s the first electric car you could actually, realistically, use on a day-to-day basis,...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Car profit - How to make your car make money.
In recent weeks it’s become horribly apparent that we may be building up a nasty bubble of car finance. With rising sales of new cars, the values of used ones a...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
New Car Sales up 28% in Q1 2016 but are we creating a “Car Finance Bubble”
Latest New Car Registration stats show a 28% increase Q1 2016, but with one third of all cars sold on finance we could be creating a “Car Finance Bubble” that c...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Cars and water: safety reminders for all of us
The recent events in Donegal will have left so many of us numbed with shock, and most will be simply unable, even unwilling, to imagine the terrible emotions be...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Opel Insignia
Years built: 2009 to today Bodystyles: Four-door saloon, five-door fastback, five-door estate What is it? The Insignia was Opel’s big comeback car. Following ye...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Fuel consumption figures are good news but there’s a Co2 sting in the tail.
This past week, PSA Group, which basically means Peugeot and Citroen, released what it calls ‘Real World’ fuel economy figures for three of its key models. Thos...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Mazda 5
Years built: 2005 to today Bodystyles: Five door, seven-seat MPV What is it? With an increasing number of Irish families suddenly finding themselves with slight...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Driving on holiday
Right about now is the time when many of us, sick and tired of the constant rain and the conveyor belt of Atlantic storms we’ve been facing since back in Octobe...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Volkswagen Tiguan
Years built: 2007 to 2016 Bodystyles: Five-door crossover What is it? It was VW’s first go at a proper 4x4 crossover (unless you count various jacked-up Golfs m...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago
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