One fifth of all cars sold in Ireland since the Ford Focus model was launched in 1998 has been a Focus, writes Brian Byrne In all, over three generations of the car, some 113,000 units have been registered to Irish motorists, according to Ciaran McMahon, Ford Ireland’s Sales Director (above). He was speaking at the […]

The FIA World Rallycross Championship is living up to its reputation as the FIA’s fastest growing motorsport series after attracting the biggest Supercar line-up of the season for this weekend’s Red Kiwi World RX of Germany (20-21 September).  With a record-breaking 41 Supercars representing 11 different marques and 17 nationalities across Supercar, TouringCar and Super1600, […]

Skoda Ireland have announced a special finance offer for IFA members, writes Trish Whelan. From now until February 2015, Skoda will contribute €1,000 towards a finance deposit on any new Skoda purchased by IFA members. This offer is exclusive to IFA members and is applicable to any new Skoda purchased on a Skoda finance plan. […]

“Car registration stats show that the dual registration system has done little but shift sales from Q2 into Q3″. When the first two-stage registration system was introduced last year, it was all too tempting to assume that it was being done to avoid having the number 13 on number plates, according to Michael Rochford of […]

The strongly revised Ford Focus will arrive in Ireland at the end of November, priced from €20,295, writes Brian Byrne from Granada, Spain. It will once again be available in hatchback, saloon and wagon. Here in the rolling hills high above Malaga, I can’t help but feel they’ve added a lot of value to an […]

Renault has announced its EOLAB concept which is set to debut at the Paris Motor Show on 2 October. This is an environmental prototype with nearly 100 technological innovations designed to deliver ultra-low fuel consumption of 1 Litre/100km (that’s 282mpg) and 22g/km C02 emissions whist maintaining established B-segment levels of performance, practicality and affordability. The […]

Anyone that has followed the career of Peugeot Rally Academy driver Craig Breen will be well aware that you can never write him off when it comes to a championship fight. Even when lady luck has slapped him in the face over the years, and even when things might look impossibly out of reach he […]

Discover the wonders of Tuscany by foot with FrancigenaWays.com, the walking holiday specialists, on the Via Francigena, the Camino to Rome. Prices start from €679pps for a 7-day trip. Just like the Camino de Santiago, the Via Francigena is an ancient pilgrimage route followed by walkers from across Europe for centuries and is divided into […]

Irish Olympic sailor Annalise Murphy is pictured with the new C-Class at the recent announcement by Mercedes-Benz and MSL Park Motors of their sponsorship of the Howth Yacht Club Autumn League, writes Trish Whelan. Sailing Laser class, Dunlaoghaire National Yacht Club member Annalise is currently competing in events here and abroad as part of her […]

Universal Honda Ltd has announced a partnership with Kilkenny Senior Hurler Eoin Larkin who will get behind the wheel of a new Honda Civic 1.6 i-DTEC Sport as a Honda Brand Ambassador, writes Trish Whelan. Larkin has been a star in the GAA for many years with a long successful hurling career with Kilkenny. A […]