The Society of the Irish Motor Industry has urged the government not to hit car drivers with more taxes in the upcoming budget. Alan Nolan of SIMI says “While nearly 34,000 people benefited from Scrappage, there are two million cars on our roads and many of these people are finding it difficult to fund the […]
Wrangler. A cowboy who brings ornery cattle, running wild on the middle American prairie, under control, writes Brian Byrne. A guy who is tough, individual, not much inclined towards city life. A great name for an American equivalent of the Land Rover Defender. Except that the original Jeep of which the modern Wrangler is the […]
Irish car history checking company Motorcheck.ie has found that one in five used vehicles sold here have been ‘clocked’—their mileage recorders tampered with, writes Brian Byrne. The situation follows a study of 6,000 Motorcheck reports that were produced this year for Irish consumers thinking of buying a car. According to Motorcheck MD Shane Teskey, there […]
Two Volkswagen dealers have received the 2011 Volkswagen Service Quality Award at a Gala event held in Wolfsburg, Germany, last Friday, writes Trish Whelan. Bradys of Arva, and Sheehy Motors Naas were voted by customers to deliver exceptional levels of service quality and were successful in winning a competition that has an entry list of […]
Ford of Britain’s image of the week from its collection of rarely seen images is on the Ford Transit which, since its launch in 1965, has proved exceptionally versatile, writes Trish Whelan. A key benefit of any Ford Transit is its good load carrying capability, as seen in the picture above as handlers at Regents […]
A campaign to improve awareness among drivers of the need to maintain their tires, particularly as winter approaches, has been launched by The Road Safety Authority (RSA) and the Irish Tyre Industry Association (ITIA). A number of road safety activities will take place around the country during ‘Irish Road Safety Week’, from Monday 10th October […]
The fall-off in new vehicle sales continued last month with car registrations down 35 per cent on September 2010, according to the Society for the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI). In car sales year-to-date, the top selling brand was Toyota (11,278), VW (10,771), Ford (10,236), Renault (8,342), Nissan (6,610). Total industry car sales were 87,182. Figures […]
Volkswagen Ireland says it won’t have any supply problems with its Jetta compact family saloon next year, writes Brian Byrne. Speaking to Irish automotive journalists recently, the company’s Adam Chamberlain said after the car’s launch last spring, supply to Europe had dried up because of demand in north and south America. The Jetta is built […]
Ford’s first production electric vehicle has been shown off to potential customers in Ireland during this week, and has a pleasant and capable personality along with urban delivery practicality, writes Brian Byrne. The Transit Connect Electric van is based on the Elite grade with two side sliding doors and apart from its power train it […]
Volkswagen Bank is now funding 17 percent of all VW new car registrations in Ireland. Since coming into the Irish market two years ago, the German carmakers finance arm has funded €28m worth of cars.
