1946 Jaguar Mk. IV, supplied by Frank Cavey & Sons of Camden Street, Dublin, who were Jaguar Agents and Assemblers since 1937, to a jeweller in August 1946. The car was lovingly restored in the 1990’s by a longstanding member of the Irish Jaguar and Daimler Club when the original Gun Metal Grey colour was […]
Topaz, Ireland’s largest convenience and fuel retailer, has opened a new service station at Dublin Airport. The €3m redevelopment of the site has transformed it into one of the most modern and best equipped in the country. Pictured at the opening are Kevin Toland, Chief Executive Dublin Airport Authority (right) and John Williamson, Chief Executive […]
Moyah Murdock is to be the new chief executive at the Road Safety Authority (RSA), writes Trish Whelan. As the former Bus Éireann chief operating officer, Ms Murdock had previously been the company’s chief mechanical engineer and holds a CPC from the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport; a B Eng (Mechanical Engineering) from Queen’s […]
Peugeot has revealed first images of the wagon version of its new 308, the SW, writes Brian Byrne. It looks sleek and sporty, and when the rear seats are folded there’s a perfectly flat floor in the 4.6-metre vehicle, built on the same new platform as the new 308 and the Citroen C4 Picasso series. […]
The world’s newest carmaker, Qoros, will debut its second production model at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show, writes Brian Byrne. Few details have been revealed of the second car, but it will be on the same modular architecture of the Qoros 3 sedan recently launched in Shanghai. The company, which is a joint venture between […]
The dirty and noisy diesels of the London black cab are on the way out, as far as Nissan is concerned, writes Brian Byrne. A new version of the taxi for London will use a 1.6 petrol engine, with a promise that overall it will be more environmentally friendly than diesels. Nissan has designed its […]
Drivers are being urged to take extra care on roads across the country over the next couple of days as further storms come in from the Atlantic, writes Brian Byrne. The Road Safety Authority issued the appeal as Met Eireann upgraded its weather level to orange this morning, forecasting widespread further gales and coastal flooding. […]
European Rally Championship title contender and SWRC World Champion 2012, Craig Breen will make his WRC car debut in a Ford Fiesta WRC at Rally Sweden on 5-8 February, writes Trish Whelan. The 23-year-old Irish Peugeot Rally Academy driver finished 2013 third in the ERC series and is aiming to win the European title this […]
Ford Transit Custom Ford has again topped the commercial vehicles sales charts, a feat the company has achieved for 24 of the last 25 years, writes Trish Whelan. Van sales figures for 2013 show that Ford sold 2,541 units, ahead of VW on 2,079 and Renault with 1,286 units. Transit has been a top seller […]
The final new vehicle statics for 2013 issued by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) show that new car sales were down 104 units (-33%) in December compared to 2012 (down from 316 to 212), writes Trish Whelan. For the full year 2013, new car sales were down 7 percent (5,271) on 2012 […]
