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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 |
The Opel Insignia has been named Car of the Year 2009 (COTY) by a panel
of car journalists from 23 countries, recognizing the mid-sized car as
revolutionary for the brand.
The Car of the Year is a designation given by 59 senior motoring
correspondents from 23 European countries. They chose the Insignia from
a tough field of 37 contenders in this year’s competition.
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 |
Alfa Romeo Ireland has recently announced the pricing of its new sporty
compact, the new Alfa MiTo. The MiTo sees the return of Alfa Romeo to a
segment it has not competed in for some years. The Alfa MiTo is
available to order in Ireland from November at prices from €18,995
before delivery charges, for deliveries in January.
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 |
Toyota Ireland launched a partnership with the Irish School of
Excellence supporting the Secondary Schools Driver Education Programme.
The programme teaches transition year students the rudimentary
requirements of safe driving.
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 |
Ford has dropped the entry prices for the new Ford Ka, which is due to
go on sale in advance of Christmas. The new entry price is €11,535
(plus delivery charges), which Ford claims is some €800 below that of
the outgoing model.
The price saving for the new Ka comes despite a high level of
specification, in tune with the Ka’s promise of fun, fashionable
motoring. Ford’s new baby is available in two series, Style and
Titanium.
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 |
As well as offering added safety in the snow, cold weather tyres
provide a safer option when driving on cold and wet roads. Tyre
specialists advise motorists to consider fitting cold weather tyres in
order to improve road safety and reduce the number of accidents on the
road.
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Wednesday, 12 November 2008 |
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Audi has given its TT Coupe its diesel engine treatment to blend power with economy in a stylish sports car. Sports car driving doesn’t have to be wasteful with the new diesel powered TT, and you can still maintain a style image. Michael Moroney drove the new Audi TT in turbo-diesel form and this is his report.
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Wednesday, 12 November 2008 |
FORD has announced full details on the spec and prices for the new Fiesta model, which has just been launched on the Irish market.
The new Ford Fiesta will be based on three main series, Style, Zetec-S and Titanium.
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Wednesday, 12 November 2008 |
ONE of the world’s largest car surveys has named BMW as most reliable brand, with the 3 Series named the most reliable car in a historic win over Japanese brands.
The German marque topped the charts in the 2008 Fleet News’ ‘FN50’ publication’s vehicle reliability survey, which lists the cars considered most dependable among Britain’s 50 largest leasing companies.
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Wednesday, 12 November 2008 |
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CITROEN has launched a new SensoDrive version of the compact, high cube Citroen Nemo van. The SensoDrive system gives a clutchless automated manual transmission, which provides a conventional automatic transmission’s two-pedal driving convenience with the fuel economy and low CO2 emissions of a manual gearbox.
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Wednesday, 12 November 2008 |
HYUNDAI has launched what it believes will be two world beating diesel engines.
The engines in either 2.0 or 2.2 litre format are Euro-5 compliant and develop 184bhp and 200bhp respectively. Hyundai believes that the bigger of these two engines rivals the performance of some V6 diesels.
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