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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Opel Astra
Years built: 2009 to 2015 Bodystyles: five-door hatchback, four-door saloon, five-door estate, three-door coupe What is it? If it’s a sensible, s...
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Spring has spring for 4x4 vehicle buyers
Yes, I know that it’s been a ‘traditional’ April and early May and that to say we’ve been having April Showers would be to undersell it. Hammerin...
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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Fiat 500
Years built: 2008 to today Bodystyles: city car, convertible What is it? I know, I know – iffy Italian build quality, Fix It Again Tomorrow. Fiat...
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Car choice - too many cars?
Don’t worry, this is not a rant about there being physically too many cars on the road, but it is about too many car choice or types. Is this a L...
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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Citroen Grand C4 Picasso
Years built: 2007 to 2013 Bodystyles: seven-seat MPV What is it? Only one of the most popular cars in Ireland. Citroen is generally not among the...
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Motor Data - Who monitors the monitors?
If you haven’t yet heard of Big Data, then hello and welcome to the 21st Century – was it a pleasant trip in your time machine? And how was Queen...
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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Honda CR-V
Years built: 2007 to 2012 Bodystyles: compact SUV What is it? Honda has had a long history of success with the CR-V, ever since the first generat...
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Running scared from the diesel car?
Diesel has become almost a dirty word in motoring circles lately, with very serious concerns being raised over the effects of diesel exhaust fume...
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New Car Sales increase but Used Car Sales decrease in Q1 2015
Latest results show a 29% increase in New Car Sales for Q1 2015, but a worrying trend has emerged in the Used Car Market with Sales down 8% for t...
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Beating the car thieves at their own game.
News came through this week, from Tracker (a maker of in-car satellite tracking systems) in the UK, that the most stolen car across the water is...
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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Chrysler 300C
Years built: 2005 to 2015 Bodystyles: four door luxury saloon What is it? Let’s not beat around the bush – it’s Tony Soprano’s car. The 300C was...
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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Hyundai i10
Years built: 2008 to 2013 Bodystyles: five-door city car What is it? You will not fail to have noticed that increasingly strident noises are bein...