Double win for Kia
It’s a double win for Kia at the Continental Tyres Irish Car of the Year awards as their electric car, the EV6 took the title at the Aviva Stadium last Friday. The last time the awards were held in...
Battery first for Toyota
Car sales so far this year have seen a huge jump towards electrified and full EV vehicles, with Toyota, one of the biggest proponents of hybrid seeing 98% of their sales in January being hybrid. For the first time...
25,000 sales in January
New car sales for January hit just over 25,000 units, just 47 short of the same figure last year and no doubt supply issues contributed to this slight fall. Sales of vans were slightly up and sales of HGVs...
Seven Seater Electric
Mercedes have launched their latest electric car, the EQB and it will come with a seven seat option, one of the few electric options on the market with that many seats.
It joins the already launched EQA, EQC and van-based...
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...
