Renault Ireland is carrying out a recall of Fluence and Megane III Generation models sold in the Republic of Ireland over an airbag issue. On affected vehicles there is a risk that the driver’s air bag may not deploy. There is also a risk that the passenger’s air bag may deploy even when deactivated. The […]
Woo Hoo! Fresh from Springfield, Homer Simpson – the world’s favourite animated patriarch – is now making his way onto your TomTom App for iPhone as the friendly co-pilot to your journey! Developed in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products and Locutio Voice Technologies, the original Homer Simpson voice for TomTom’s range of personal […]
First View: New Fiat Ducato: “This latest generation of the Fiat Ducato van is all about power trains, interior and connectivity, writes Brian Byrne. Nothing has changed about the outside. The Fiat Professional guy at the Balocco Proving Ground shrugged and said the generation released in 2006 ‘still has a freshness’. He’s probably right. Celebrating […]
Volkswagen is to start competing in the World Rally Championships with a Polo R WRC car in 2013. This follows three consecutive victories in the Dakar Rally, the company is developing a 4WD WRC car with a 1.6 TSI engine developing nearly 300hp. New technical rules have come into effect in the WRC this year. […]
Renault Ireland is to sponsor the Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show on Today FM. Renault will sponsor the show for 12 months and plans to engage Ian’s listeners with some fun and interesting news on Renault over the coming year. Julien Lelorrian, Marketing Director of Renault Ireland, is pictured above with broadcaster Ian Dempsey at the […]
So you think our former Leader Bertie might be spending all his time brushing up on his driving skills, now that he no longer has a State Merc? Well, not really. He’s pretty busy globetrotting, as you can read here.
We had to wait quite a time for the new Volkswagen Sharan, writes Brian Byrne. When Ford decided that it would build its own second generation Galaxy instead of co-producing with the Wolfsburg company, then VW had some major strategic rethinking to do. Working out, among other things, whether it was viable to go for […]
A practical research programme into the actual running costs of electric vans has been initiated by a consortium involving Topaz, Eircom, and The Ecology Foundation. The project will use three vans and a charging system to be located at three Topaz filling stations, at Glasnevin, Newlands Cross and Templeville Road. The study will gauge the […]
You know the problem only too well. Your car has been bird bombed and the paintwork looks awful. But mind how you remove the offending mess. Research from UK car care experts, Autoglym, reveals that bird dropping ‘acidity’ has no effect on paintwork of vehicles, as is commonly believed. Autoglym’s researchers discovered that as the […]
Figures from Motorcheck.ie show that Volkswagen’s Golf is the biggest seller in the compact family car segment at 2,614 units year to date, followed by Ford’s Focus with 2,061 and Renault’s Fluence at 1,915. Fluence was the biggest seller in its segment in April as the scrappage scheme deadline gets closer. The Top 10 Models […]
