Electric start to Irish Car of the Year
The list of entrants for the 2022 Irish Car of the Year have been revealed and half of all eligible contenders are EVs or available in an all electric version. There has been a major upheaval in the last...
John Wall Retires
John Wall retired this week from Western Garages, having started there in 1973, bringing to an end a career of almost 50 years in the motor industry in Clare.
At the time, Western Garages was owned and run by his...
Electric BMW iX
In advance of BMW’s iX electric Sports Activity Vehicle coming to Ireland, we had the chance for an hour or two in the car to sample how it drives.
It’s a completely new platform which uses a mix of aluminium...
London to Brighton or bust
Every year I try to get across to London to witness the spectacle of the London to Brighton Run for Veteran Cars.
It marks a week of motoring themed events and none better than the series of lectures on various...
Mercedes GLC diesel hybrid
This Mercedes-Benz GLC plugin hybrid is an interesting proposition in that it’s a diesel hybrid and not the more usual petrol.
As far as I can recall only Peugeot/Citroen have experimented with this kind of powertrain in the past and...
Your 221 car is here
At the moment it seems that the motor industry is going through a perfect storm of Covid and a scarcity of product, due to the pandemic and maybe a bit of Brexit mixed in.
Dealers are finding it hard to...
First electric Cupra is Born
The Born, Cupra’s first fully electric car, has just arrived with prices starting from under €39,000 excluding grants and delivery. Customer cars will arrive in early 2022.
It comes with a range of three power outputs with up to 231PS...
PHEV Grant Should be Reinstated – SIMI
It’s further good news this month with car sales up by just over 15% over the same period last year. Sales in October hit 2,646 in total and that translates o 103,253 new car registrations so far this year,...
EV6 is purpose built electric Kia
The EV6 is Kia’s first dedicated electric vehicle, which might seem strange given that they have been selling EVs for years but those previous designs were based on cars originally powered by internal combustion engines – petrol or diesel....
High Performance from Continental
Continental have just launched their latest high performance tyre, the SportContact 7, which will initially be available in sizes from 19 to 23 inches, although more options will be added to the range later this year.
The emphasis with this...
