Tipperary’s Nicole Drought Wins UK TDC Opener at Snetterton
2024 TDC Champion Nicole Drought started her title defence in the best possible way at Snetterton at the weekend by qualifying on pole position, taking fastest lap and winning the opening race of the season. Having worked with four times BTCC Champion Colin Turkington during Fri day testing, Nicole had made some setup changes to her […]
Nicole Drought to defend UK MSVR Championship
Irish racer Nicole Drought has announced her 2025 plans and unveiled her 2025 race car.. She will return to the MSV Trackday Championship in the EBC Brakes Civic Type R. This year though, Nicole will drive the races solo, with team mate Justin Roberts taking a year off due to family commitments. The car, which visited […]
New grants for Electric Motorcycles, Small Public Service Vehicles and New Charging Pilot to boost EV adoption
The Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien has announced a suite of initiatives aimed at accelerating the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) and encouraging a cleaner and more sustainable transport future for Ireland. The initiatives are a new scheme for electric motorcycles; a renewal of the taxi, hackney and limousine scheme; and a pilot to explore […]
Plug-In Hybrid Sales Soar as Toyota Tops January Sales
Toyota Ireland has closed out the month of January as the best-selling car brand in the country – for the fifth consecutive year. Five Toyota models have been named in the top ten best-selling models in January, the Yaris Cross, RAV4, Corolla, Toyota C-HR and Yaris. Toyota sold 5,354 passenger vehicles in January, which was […]
Pole and P3 at Brands Hatch moves Tipperary’s Nicole Drought up to second in UK Championship Standings
Nicole Drought is becoming a bit of a Brands Hatch specialist of late.The Tipperary lady took a win and a second in the EnduroKA and Trackday Championship races respectively at the Kent venue at the end of 2023 and she returned there last weekend for the second round of the 2024 MSVR Trackday Championship. The […]
Tipperary’s Nicole Drought Wins At Donington Park
Nicole Drought and Justin Roberts took on two different races at Donington Park last weekend. They entered the EBC Brakes Honda Civic in the Trackdays Championship race on Saturday and managed to qualify third of the 35 entries. In the race itself, Justin started the race and handed over to Nicole at the half way […]
Mercedes-benz Announces Arrival of ‘Luxuriously Appointed’ People Carriers
Showing no let-up in the pace of their new model introductions, Mercedes-Benz has announced the arrival here of its latest V-Class and all-electric EQV equivalent – two ‘luxuriously appointed’ people carriers arriving to replace models that have been a feature of their offering in Ireland for some years. Described as ‘exceedingly classy’, the new V-Class […]
Nicole Drought Launches Support Initiative on International Women’s Day
Today, on International Women’s Day, Ireland’s top female racing driver Nicole Drought has launched a support initiative to help others progress in the sport. 20 year old Róisín Sweeney from Naas will drive Nicole’s Global GT Light race car in the 2024 Irish Global Championship. Róisín is a former Motorsport Ireland Karting Champion and has just […]
‘Smart’ Newcomer to Ireland’s EV Market
smart – one of the most iconic and fondly-remembered names in motoring history – has returned to the market with the arrival here of the all-new, all-electric smart #1 – as its name suggests, the first model in a sequence of EV models that its manufacturers say is destined to be ‘the new premium intelligent […]
90% of EV Drivers Experience Cheaper Running Costs Since Switching to Electric, Up From 85% Last Year
Key Highlights Cost savings: 90% of EV drivers report cheaper running costs compared to their previous petrol or diesel vehicles, up from 85% last year. High EV repurchase rate: 70% of drivers of new EVs plan to stay electric for their next purchase. Range anxiety remains a concern: 30% of EV drivers cite range anxiety as their biggest concern. […]