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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 -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Volvo S80
Years built: 2006 to 2015 Bodystyles: Four-door executive saloons What is it? The S80 was supposed to be Volvo’s rival to the mighty BMW 5 Series and Mercedes-B...
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 -
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 -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Santa's Sleigh
Years built: Not quoted Bodystyles: Various, but usually an open-top tourer with a curved dash and skis What is it? Well, it’s just one of the ultimate forms of...
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 -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Lexus RX400h
Years built: 2005 to 2012 Bodystyles: Five-door premium SUV What is it? We’ve become used, in the last few years, to Lexus being a hybrid-only brand. Toyota’s l...
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 -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Subaru Legacy
Years built: 2003 to 2009 Bodystyles: four door saloon, five door estate What is it? With snow forecast already, the winter is taking its usually icy grip of th...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
selling a car : Is it harder to sell my car in winter?
Short answer? Yes it is, but there are a number of little tips and tricks that you can use to make the process of selling a car easier. As winter takes a grip a...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Kia Cee’d
Years built: 2007 to 2012 Bodystyles: Three- and five-door hatchback and compact estate What is it? It was, realistically, the first notice that Kia could make...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago
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