Cartourismo

The second ever Salon Privé at the Royal Hospital Chelsea took place over the weekend with over 18,000 visitors over the three days of the event. https://youtu.be/YY0A9PbVNN8 Some new launches included the Maserati GranTurismo and the Rolls-Royce Phantom Extended. Again, all cars...

Kia’s EV6 GT has just won the 2023 World Performance Car title. The announcement was made during the New York International Auto Show. The GT comes with 430kW of power, giving a 0-100km/h time of just 3.5 seconds. This, and...

Kia’s Niro has been named Women’s World Car of the Year, with the announcement made on International Women’s Day. The voting was carried out by 63 women motoring journalists from 43 countries, including Ireland’s Geraldine Herbert. In the first round of...

Peugeot held the Irish launch of their new 408 in Cashel recently and the car is now available to order. The 408 is a fastback design with its five door body based on a lengthened 308. I Think the 308...

Volvo long ago switched from rear wheel drive to front wheel drive across their model range but now they’re bringing back rear wheel drive on the XC40 and C40 Recharge EVs. The revisions also bring some extra driving range,...

Mazda have unveiled an unusual plug-in hybrid version of their MX-30 EV, a car that has been on sale for a couple of years now. The e-Skyactiv R-EV uses a rotary engine to generate power, making it unique in the...

Meet the million kilometre Kia. Ben O’Connor is a Sales Manager for New Holland Tractors at Colemans of Millstreet in Cork and his Sportage Diesel GSE 4x4 has just crossed the million km mark, having been supplied as a...

For the first time ever, an electric car has driven the length of Ireland, from Mizen to Malin Heads without stopping to charge. The trip was undertaken by Blake Boland and Paddy Comyn from AA Ireland and the car used...

Tesla, the electric car maker, have slashed their prices around the world and that includes the Irish market. It’s part of a global move on their part to cut the cost of their cars, which include the popular Model...

TedFest is back from Thursday March 2nd to Sunday March 5th 2023 as Inis Mór becomes the legendary ‘Craggy Island’ once more for a weekend of high-jinx. Copious cups of tea and sandwiches, a lot of red tank-tops, nuns...