Sometimes a car doesn’t immediately make an impression, writes Brian Byrne. And then, gradually as you share a few hundred kilometres with it, you get to appreciate its qualities. Toyota’s Yaris in its two previous iterations was never a car to wildly excite about. Didn’t stop it being one of Ireland’s top supermini models, though. […]
Opel is the latest Irish car distributor to make a special offer on finance and warranty in order to prime car sales for 2012. The company is offering 0% finance to qualifying customers, along with a 4-year/100,000 full warranty. The offers are available on new cars bought in the first three months of 2012.
We all pretty welll remember that Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon in 1969, writes Brian Byrne. And maybe we also know that he was the first US civilian to do a spacewalk. But what was he the first to do some years earlier in 1961? Well, he broke […]
The all-new Ford Ranger has become the first ever pick-up to achieve a maximum 5 Star rating under the Euro NCAP cars test rules. Ranger scored 89 per cent for overall safety – the best score ever earned by a pick-up. It also achieved the highest rating of any vehicle ever tested by Euro NCAP […]
The Citroen Total World Rally Team have just won their seventh Manufacturers’ World Rally Championship title ahead of the final round in Wales this weekend to close the season. Now, to celebrate this success, Citroen is hosting a ‘Winning Weekend’ at participating dealerships nationwide with limited winning deals on offer to customers from 10-13 November. […]
The Munster rugby team will be sporting special edition jerseys for their home Heineken pool games at Thomond Park over the coming months. The introduction of the special edition jerseys will celebrate Toyota’s leadership in environmental technology and the introduction of the Auris Hybrid (HSD). Auris is the first Toyota model in Ireland since Prius […]
Ford Ireland has announced a range of offers for customers looking to buy a new car for 2012 as well as ‘all in’ packages that include extended warranty, servicing and roadside assistance for up to 4-years, writes Trish Whelan. The offers are all available as part of The Ford Open Event from 10-30 November. As […]
Irish Ferries is limbering up for the 2012 Olympic Games which take place in London next Summer, with the announcement that their reservations system is now open for bookings to Britain for next year with fares starting from €89 one way for car and driver. Interest in the Olympic Games is already evident amongst passengers […]
Owners Denis Dennehy and Christy Cahill’d new Renault Dealership in Limerick, situated in Riverside Park on the Dock Road, will be the new regional Renault Dealer for Limerick and Kerry when the showrooms and workshops open on 1st December. The Limerick premises will see 12 new jobs created. Denis Dennehy, Dealer Principal, says this is […]
From today until 31st January 2012, all customers who buy a new Toyota passenger vehicle from an authorized Toyota Dealer will receive 3 years free servicing, writes Trish Whelan. It means they are free from servicing costs until 2015. The offer comes after Toyota Quality Service’s recently announced special winter offer for €85 which runs […]
