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Hybrid cars : Buying a car in 2017? Buy a hybrid then…
Well, I think most of us will have waved good bye to 2016 with no small sense of relief, and while 2017 holds many an unknown for all, surely it can’t be as bad...
by Michael Rochford
9 years ago -
Why you should always use your credit card to buy a car.
No, we’re not joking. In fairness, there aren’t many of us who’d use a credit card to buy a car outright – who among us has the kind of credit limit that would...
by Michael Rochford
9 years ago -
Autonomous cars - should we just sit back and enjoy the view?
How far away, exactly, is the self-driving car? And I don’t mean the sort of guides-you-along-the-motorway car, the ones with a combination of active cruise con...
by Michael Rochford
9 years ago -
The great winter tyre debate
The key question here is, are Ireland’s winters really that harsh? I know, it gets chilly and the rainfall count never seems to drop off, but by and large, we h...
by Michael Rochford
9 years ago -
Is NOW finally the time to get rid of my diesel car?
The answer is, probably, yes, although there’s no need to panic just yet. In July, the Tax Strategy Group in the Department of Finance circulated a proposal tha...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Car scams - Emigration being used as an excuse by scammers
We have all heard the horror stories – like how Mrs Murphy up the road got some dodgy phone call, gave someone her bank details and ended up losing her life sav...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Car values - How will Brexit affect me?
Well, it’s been almost a week and the repercussions of the UK’s vote to leave Europe are still rumbling on and still pretty much unknown. Although the direst pr...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
PCPs driving down used car values
PCPs driving down used car values? It’s already happening… Last month, we warned that the values of used cars in Ireland are beginning to soften, having spent t...
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 -
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 -
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 -
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
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