The all new Skoda Octavia arrives in dealerships around the country on Tuesday and we had an opportunity to take two of the new models for a spin at the Irish launch in Kildare earlier this week. The all-new third generation Skoda Octavia ia a car of firsts. The new Octavia is wider, longer...
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‘Truly outstanding’ is how Seat Ireland director Cian O’Brien describes the new Seat Leon, which we had the pleasure of taking for a quick spin at its Irish launch yesterday. Based on the Volkswagen Golf platform, the new Seat Leon has been redesigned from the ground up and now boasts a bigger cabin, a...
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The new Toyota Verso was one of two new family cars the Japanese car maker launched to the Irish market yesterday, along with the seven-seater full hybrid Toyota Prius+. Toyota says the new Verso offers customers ‘greater levels of style, dynamism, comfort and desirability to make it a compelling, no-compromise compact C-segment MPV choice’....
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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 new Audi A3 Sportback has arrived in Ireland, and we took the opportunity to take it for a quick spin at its launch in Dublin today. With a distinctive Audi look about it, size-wise the sporty looking new Audi A3 Sportback is a little bit longer than a regular hatchback. Our test car...
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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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More than 200,000 Volkswagen Golfs have been sold in Ireland since the marque was launched in 1974, and Volkswagen believes there are currently 81,000 on the road in this country. The Golf has long been a phenomenal success for the German car maker. It has taken the number 1 spot in its segment in...
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The new Mercedes-Benz E300 BlueTec Hybrid has arrived in Ireland. It was launched this afternoon, along with the new Mercedes-Benz A-Class and the Mercedes-Benz CLS Shooting Brake as part of a ‘product offensive’ the car company has planned between now and 2016, over which time it expects to launch 10 new cars. The new...
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