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Does car safety really sell?
You've probably never heard of Qoros. It’s a Chinese car brand, jointly owned by Beijing-based Chery Automotive and the government-backed Israel...
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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: VW Golf MkV & VI
Years built: 2004 to 2012 Bodystyles: Three-and-five-door hatchback, five-door estate, five-door compact MPV What is it? The Golf has gone from i...
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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Nissan Qashqai Mk1
Years built: 2007 to 2014 Bodystyles: Five-door compact crossover What is it? The arrival of the Qashqai was quite a shock, coming from the compa...
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Car buying - the run-down on run-outs
A curious anomaly popped up the other day when it seemed that a handful of Peugeot 307's had been registered in January. Hang on though, wasn’t t...
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Car sales going East. Is the West falling out of love with the car?
Recent trends show that the growth in car sales is going East. This articles asks is the West falling out of love with the car. It is generally...
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End of Honeymoon for used car values?
We were all much buoyed up by the recent figures showing that the Irish motor industry had a good January. Ever since first the credit crunch and...
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New car sales January 2014 reach highest levels since 2008
New car sales January 2014 are up 32.6% when compared with January 2013 The latest figures from Motorcheck.ie for new car sales January 2014 show...
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downsizing your car? Not just smaller; better.
A recent spin in the rather impressive new Hyundai i10 has got me thinking – we should all be buying smaller cars. Downsizing your car was suppos...
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Will stricter speed limits play with used values?
Variable speed limits and the return of the old black diagonal slash are on the cards following a major review of speed limits by the Road Safety...
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Floods of tears. Flood damaged cars
We all saw, both at first hand and in photos and on the telly, the swathe of destruction which the winter storms wrought on the south and west co...
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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Ford Focus MkIII
Years built: 2011-date Bodystyles: Five-door hatchback, four-door saloon, five-door estate What is it? Well, it’s the Focus – that perfect everym...
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Car Clocking to become a criminal offence
Clockers thought to cost car buyers up to €60m in inflated car values annually are to be criminalised under Irish law Leo Varadkar the Minister f...