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Your 2016 car buying checklist
So, it’s all set to be a bumper year for car sales in Ireland (unless the Chinese economy drags us all down with it, of course…) so it’s time to start putting y...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
The cars future: 2016 is a year of change.
By this time next year, the cars on our streets won’t have changed that much. They’ll still be, more or less, the same mix of saloons and (increasingly) 4x4s, h...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Mercedes-Benz A-Class
Years built: 2005 to 2012 Bodystyles: Five-door compact hatch What is it? When Mercedes first announced in the late nineties that it was beginning to develop a...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Can new car sales for 2016 hit the heights of the boom?
With new car sales up 30% for the second year running can the increases continue this year? The latest figures for new car sales in 2015, released today by car...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Electric cars - Is it time to go electric?
Well, is it time to embrace the electric car? Yes, nearly. Actually, that’s an answer that still depends on your personal circumstances, and your driving needs...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
4x4 vehicles - do I really need one?
It’s winter, and that’s official. If you lashing rain and plummeting temperatures hadn’t given you a clue, then the onset of endless Christmas muzak to accompan...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Online car reliability surveys aren’t worth the paper they’re not written on
We’ve all seen the league tables and figures of car reliability surveys down through the years. Japanese cars at the top, French and Italian cars at the bottom...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
car trade in value - How do I get the best trade-in Value?
It’s car shopping time! The winter nights are closing in, Christmas is around the corner and mere days’ past Santa’s visit, there’s the excitement of the new re...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Mini Cooper
Years built: 2001 to today Bodystyles: Three door hatchback What is it? The Mini is the ultimate small fun car. Designed almost exclusively to be enjoyed on the...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Diesel cars: Should I stick with one or go back to petrol
In 2008, when the motor tax system was changed from the old by-engine-capacity rates to the current Co2-based rates, we became a diesel society. Prior to that,...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
New car sales - registrations up over 30% to the end of Sept with 121k new cars registered
Sales of Diesel cars unaffected by the emissions scandal New Car Sales figures released today show new car registrations are up over 30% year on year with over...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Toyota Prius
Years built: 2003 to 2009 Bodystyles: five door hatchback What is it? It is, quite simply, the king of the hybrid car world. Oh sure, lots of car makers make hy...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago
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