• New Ford Focus RS revealed

    by  • February 3, 2015

    2015 Ford Focus RS exterior front static

    FORD has described the new Focus RS as a game changer. The new model, an All-Wheel-Drive, was previewed today in Cologne, ahead of its global reveal at the Geneva Motor Show next month. The third generation Focus RS boasts a 2.3-litre EcoBoost engine that can produce ‘in excess of 320PS’. This engine shares its...

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    Renault unveils ‘bold and seductive’ Kadjar

    by  • February 2, 2015

    2015 Renault Kadjar exterior front left static

    After teasing its new crossover on social media for a week, Renault has finally revealed the new Renault Kadjar. The ‘bigger brother’ to the Renault Captur, the Kadjar will go on sale in Ireland in late summer. Renault says the crossover ‘shakes up established thinking’ by bringing an ‘innovative and attractive proposition to the...

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    New car sales up 30 per cent

    by  • February 2, 2015

    2013 Volkswagen Golf exterior right side static

    New car sales are expected to top 100,000 in 2015 – the highest figure since 2008. Figures released today by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry show a 31 per cent year-on-year increase in new car sales in January. Some 29,948 151-plate cars were registered last month. The top three selling car brands...

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    New Ford Focus ST for March launch

    by  • January 29, 2015

    2015 Ford Focus ST exterior front left static

    Ford reckons the new Ford Focus ST is in ‘a class of its own’. It says the new model offers ‘an even more responsive, balanced and refined driving experience with new chassis control technologies, tuned suspension and steering, and bespoke tyre specification’. For the first time, the performance car will be offered in both...

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    SsangYong Korando all the better to look at

    by  • January 28, 2015

    2014 SsangYong Korando exterior front left static

    When Korean carmaker SsangYong re-entered the Irish market two years ago it did so with the Korando. Last year it was by far its biggest seller and no doubt it has even higher hopes for the facelifted model. I like the SsangYong Korando – both the outgoing and new models. In a gorgeous Sunrise...

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    February date for Renault Kadjar crossover

    by  • January 26, 2015

    2014 Renault Kwid concept

    Renault has begun teasing its new crossover, ahead of its official unveiling next week. The French company said the sound and spelling of the new Renault Kadjar ‘have an exotic feel which suggests adventure and discovering new horizons’. Breaking down the name, it said the KAD is ‘inspired by “quad” – representing a go-anywhere...

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    Ford opens new Silicon Valley research unit

    by  • January 26, 2015

    2015 Ford Research and Innovation Center Palo Alto

    Ford aims to have one of the largest automotive manufacturer research facilities in Silicon Valley by the end of 2015 with the opening of its Research and Innovation Center in Palo Alto. While Ford opened its first office in Silicon Valley in 2012, this new facility aims to accelerate the development of ‘technologies and...

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    Spring launch for new Peugeot 308 GT

    by  • January 23, 2015

    2015 Peugeot 308 GT exterior front right dynamic

    Peugeot is promising a ‘performance-oriented and dynamic drive with excellent body control’ in the new Peugeot 308 GT, which is due in Ireland in the spring. The new model joins the award winning Peugeot 308 and will be available in both hatchback and SW (estate) variants. Peugeot says that both models ‘offer assertive new...

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