SEAT To Launch New Car Every Six Months
SEAT is going to launch one new car every six months until 2020. The first two vehicles will be the SEAT Tarraco and the CUPRA Ateca, which are going on sale at the end of 2018. Next year the new generation SEAT Leon will be available in dealerships with two variants, the five-door model and the […]
Seat Achieves The Highest Operating Profit In Its History
SEAT posted the best results* in its history in 2017 after increasing its operating profit by 24.8% and reaching a figure of 191 million euros (2016: 153 million euros). According to the results presented yesterday by the Volkswagen Group, SEAT closed the year with a record 9.892 billion euros in turnover, which is 11.2% more […]
Vehicles More Fuel Efficient Yet Ireland Faces Carbon Penalty
Vehicle history and data expert Cartell.ie reports today (March 14th) that fuel efficiency for vehicles in Ireland has increased significantly yet Ireland still faces stiff EU penalties for increased carbon emissions. Cartell.ie examined fuel efficiency figures for all new vehicles sold in Ireland between 1998 and 2017. Over that time efficiency has increased by 35 […]
Brabham BT62 Name and Engine Note Revealed In New Clip From Brabham Automotive
Evoking the spirit of the iconic Brabham marque and the legendary cars that have carried its name, Brabham Automotive has today announced Brabham BT62 as the name of its first project, along with an audio tease of the car at idle during dynamic testing. Since 1961, when Jack Brabham and Ron Tauranac began designing and […]
Motorsport Ireland Weekend Round-up
Former double National Rally champion Declan Boyle took a comfortable victory in the opening round of this year’s Triton Showers series by bringing his Ford Fiesta home 37 seconds clear of the nearest opposition in the Achill Island Hotel-Connacht Print and Signs Mayo Stages Rally yesterday. The Donegal driver and his new Monaghan partner James […]
Mercedes-Benz At The Geneva Motor Show
Six new Mercedes-Benz models make their world premiere at the forthcoming Geneva Motor Show – models that Ciaran Allen, sales manager for Mercedes-Benz passenger cars in Ireland, said: ‘maintain a new product offensive that has opened Mercedes-Benz ownership to a significantly broader body of motorists and underpinned growth, both in Irish and international markets’. […]
Ireland’s Craig Breen Scores Best His Best Result in World Championship Rally
Ireland’s Craig Breen showed his class all weekend by scoring his best result in a World Championship Rally, bringing his Citroen Total Abu Dhabi WRT Citroen C3 to a superb second place overall in Rally Sweden. This was also the best performance ever by a driver from the Republic in the WRC, with the Waterford […]
Win Tickets to Ireland’s Upcoming Rugby Six Nations Home Games
The Prize We are giving 3 lucky people the chance to win a pair of tickets to one of the following Ireland NatWest Six Nations Championships home games at the Aviva Stadium: Ireland v Italy on 10th February 2018 kick off at 2.15pm Ireland v Wales on 24th February 2018 kick off at 2.15pm Ireland […]
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Fuel Prices Remain Stable Despite Soaring Oil Costs
In welcome news for Irish motorists, petrol and diesel costs have remained largely unchanged month-on-month despite significant increases in crude oil costs. According to the latest monthly AA Fuel Prices survey a litre of petrol costs on average 138.2c across Ireland, a drop of 0.1c from December 2017 prices. Meanwhile, diesel owners can no expect to […]
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Kildare student’s app aims to keep us safe
Many of us get breaking stories from Twitter and news apps, but what if you want a specialised service that lets you know about alerts from the emergency services and Met Éireann as soon as they are announced? Kildare student Jack Jordan thinks he has the answer. A Transition Year student at Scoil Dara in […]
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