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Pan-European mileage register will be vital in the war against clocking
This week, European MEPs have voted in favour of a resolution that would see ‘clocking’ (winding back the mileage reading of a car to increase pr...
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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Opel Meriva
Years built: 2010 - 2017 Bodystyles: Compact MPV What is it? Sadly, the Meriva is no more. It’s been replaced by a double-whammy of SUV models —...
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Apparently everyone’s going to buy an electric car …
Well, not quite. At least not yet, and don’t go automatically believing the headlines. You see, the media has been abuzz for the past few days wi...
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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: BMW i3
Years built: 2013 - today Bodystyles: Five-door small hatchback What is it? The i3 really is the standout oddball in BMW’s range, yet in spite of...
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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Ford S-Max
Years built: 2006 to 2015 Bodystyles: seven-seat MPV What is it? The very idea of a sporty SUV seems still a touch preposterous, but that’s exact...
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Keeping safe from car theft
One of the most common pieces of information returned by a history check from Motorcheck is whether or not the vehicle has been stolen and recove...
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Keeping running costs under control.
We’ve all had our second pay cheque since Christmas now, and hopefully the dreaded credit card bill has shrunken a bit, and we can all settle int...
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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Mini Countryman
Years built: 2010 to 2017 Bodystyles: Five-door compact SUV What is it? When is a Mini not a Mini? When it’s a Maxi, would have been the obvious...
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Which cars are more likely to be write offs?
With a seemingly unstoppable tide of imported cars still rolling onto Irish shores from the UK, we do appear to be importing something of a probl...
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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Honda Insight IMA Hybrid
Years built: 2009 to 2014 Bodystyles: Five-door hatchback What is it? We’re talking about the second-generation Insight, here. Way back in 199...
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New Car Sales down 5% in January whilst Used Car Imports surge again
Official figures released today by Motorcheck show that new car sales in January 2018 have decreased slightly on last year with 37k units sold co...
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2018’s big motoring trend — increasing petrol and hybrid sales, and imports, will drive down diesel values
The switch has been pretty dramatic. From 2008 to 2017, you couldn’t pull Irish buyers away from their diesels. Driven by a low taxation rate, bo...