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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...
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Want a diesel car? Buy one now before they get too expensive
The good news is that things seem to be looking up a little for 2014. According to just about everyone you speak to in the Irish motor industry,...
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Safety 1st Motoring
Safety 1st. There was an unfortunate confluence of events as we moved into the final days of 2013. First, and most worryingly, came news that 28...
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Why now could be the time to go electric
Rather like a broken Boeing, electric cars have conspicuously failed to take off. We were promised that, by the end of this decade, ten per cent...
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Overall registrations in 2013 bolstered by 25% increase in Used Car Imports
New car sales for 2013 down 6.4% But with used car imports up 25% year on year, experts say we need to be vigilant when buying used cars The lat...
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Save big when importing a car from the UK
Partner Focus - paying for your car in the UK You've trawled the web, picked a selection of vehicles, researched the VRT costs and satisfied your...
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Buying a used car this winter
Oh the weather outside is frightful… ...And if you are thinking of buying a used car this winter then look no further for some helpful buyers adv...