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Car buyers feeling cheated
Remember Arthur Daley? Some of you, possibly many of you, will be too young to do so, a fact that makes this writer feel increasingly old and cre...
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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Jaguar X-Type
Years built: 2001 to 2009 Bodystyles: four door saloon, five door estate What is it? With Jaguar’s new XE saloon getting its first public airings...
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Learner driver cars - Keeping our kids safe.
With the new year having just turned, thoughts will inevitably be turning to the next set of new drivers about to get their first official miles...
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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Mazda MX-5
Years built: 2005 to today Bodystyles: two-door roadster What is it? It’s only one of the most iconic cars you can buy. Take a straw poll of pr...
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Why buying a used car in the winter could be a canny choice.
It’s getting chilly out there, the Christmas lights are winking through people’s windows and the motor trade is about to enter a 10-day slumber b...
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Car safety - Keeping safe on the road this Christmas.
You’re expecting me to say something about drink-driving here, aren’t you? Well, I’m not. At least not yet, because it seems that an unheralded a...
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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Suzuki Swift
Years built: 2005 to 2012 Bodystyles: three-and-five-door hatchback What is it? Suzuki is in the process of a major new model range revamp, with...
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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Mercedes-Benz S-Class
Years built: 1999 to 2005 Bodystyles: Four-door saloon Mercedes-Benz S-Class - What is it? Mercedes is about to introduce a super-S-Class, at the...
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Buying a used car? What to look out for
In this post the Motorcheck top tips when buying a used car are set out. The list is not to be read as a definitive list but our view on main are...
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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Opel Corsa
Years built: 2006 to 2014 Bodystyles: three-and-five-door hatchback Opel Corsa - What is it? It seems appropriate that in the week when Opel is l...
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Car Clocking is costing the Irish Consumer up to €60m annually
The European Parliament’s Transport Committee calls for a pan-European mileage database in an attempt to stamp out the practice of car clocking t...
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Good tyres make for good sales as much as safety
It is a curious quirk of Irish car buying habits that while we are prepared to spend many a thousand Euro extra on such items as leather seats or...