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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Mini Countryman
Years built: 2010 to 2017 Bodystyles: Five-door compact SUV What is it? When is a Mini not a Mini? When it’s a Maxi, would have been the obvious answer in the 1...
by Michael Rochford
8 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Honda Insight IMA Hybrid
Years built: 2009 to 2014 Bodystyles: Five-door hatchback What is it? We’re talking about the second-generation Insight, here. Way back in 1997, Honda actual...
by Michael Rochford
8 years ago -
New Car Sales down 5% in January whilst Used Car Imports surge again
Official figures released today by Motorcheck show that new car sales in January 2018 have decreased slightly on last year with 37k units sold compared to 39k u...
by Michael Rochford
8 years ago -
2018’s big motoring trend — increasing petrol and hybrid sales, and imports, will drive down diesel values
The switch has been pretty dramatic. From 2008 to 2017, you couldn’t pull Irish buyers away from their diesels. Driven by a low taxation rate, both in VRT and m...
by Michael Rochford
8 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Audi A1
Years built: 2010 to today Bodystyles: Premium small hatchback What is it? The A1 should have been something of a disappointment — it effectively, if not actual...
by Michael Rochford
8 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Kia Sportage MkII
Years built: 2005 to 2010 Bodystyles: SUV What is it? The second-generation Kia Sportage tends to get a bit lost in the mists of motoring history, mostly becaus...
by Michael Rochford
8 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Renault Laguna MkIII
Years built: 2007 to 2012 Bodystyles: five-door saloon and estate, two-door coupe What is it? While the second-generation Renault Laguna, launched in 2002, beca...
by Michael Rochford
9 years ago -
Car imports are only going to grow next year
The number of used cars being imported from the UK is growing rapidly this year, being driven by the increasingly good value offered on the Sterling-Euro exchan...
by Michael Rochford
9 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: BMW X3
Years built: 2003 to 2010 Bodystyles: Five-door crossover What is it? Everyone wants a posh German 4x4 these days, right? Well it sure seems so, and the good ne...
by Michael Rochford
9 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Skoda Yeti
Years built: 2009 to today Bodystyles: Five-door crossover What is it? With the big new Kodiaq seven-seat SUV already here, and the new Karoq imminent, it seems...
by Michael Rochford
9 years ago -
UK’s diesel dilemma will have consequences here.
A great many car buyers, and car manufacturers and importers, are waiting for the Irish Government to show its hand in the diesel emissions debate. Ever since V...
by Michael Rochford
9 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Renault Megane
Years built: 2008 to 2016 Bodystyles: Three-and-five door hatchback, five-door estate What is it? The third generation of the Renault Megane had an awful lot to...
by Michael Rochford
9 years ago
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