Seat believes the new Seat Leon Sports Tourer is the ‘most beautiful estate in its class’. Irish drivers will have the chance to test that assertion when the new model arrives here later this year. Joining the five-door Leon and Sports Coupé variants, the Sports Tourer is said to ‘combine the youthful, dynamic, design...
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The words ‘fun’ and ‘estate car’ don’t usually go together, and for the pedantically minded among you neither do they for the Mazda6, for it is in fact a Tourer (or a fancy word for estate to you and me). No matter what it’s called, it most certainly is fun. It’s a beautiful looking...
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The new Audi RS6 Avant will be on Irish roads in July and Audi is now taking orders ahead of its arrival. Priced from €140,300, the supercar estate has a top speed governed at 250kph and can accelerate from 0-100kph in 3.9seconds. Top speed can be upped to between 280kph and 300kph, depending on...
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The new Skoda Octavia Combi arrives in Ireland on June 15. The new model is longer and wider than the outgoing one and Skoda says it has class leading legroom, cargo space and safety features. Knee room and rear headroom are also improved in this generation of the popular estate. Three specifications will be...
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For a long time the estate was one of the most joyless of cars. Largely devoid of style and flair, it was, for many, simply a large, practical rectangular box on wheels – something you could never fall in love with. However, in recent years car designers have started to take note of the...
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Toyota has launched two new family cars with the arrival in Ireland of the all new Toyota Prius+ and the new Toyota Verso, both of which we got to take for a quick spin at their Irish launch in Dublin yesterday. The Japanese company also introduced a new Toyota Verso-S Luna Grade. Toyota believes...
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The all new Mazda6 has arrived in Ireland and the Japanese car maker is hoping it will become the ‘new benchmark in the large family car segment’, attracting new customers while retaining current drivers. We got a chance to take the new Mazda6 for a spin across challenging terrain at its Irish launch in...
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Mercedes-Benz officially introduced three new cars to the Irish market today – the new Mercedes-Benz A-Class, the Mercedes-Benz CLS Shooting Brake and the Mercedes-Benz E-Class Hybrid. ATL got a sneak peek at the new Mercedes-Benz A-Class last month and today we got to take both the CLS estate and the diesel hybrid for a...
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