It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly two years since I first drove the Volkswagen up! – that three-door sensation is still fresh in my mind. Since then a five-door version has been added to the city car family and that’s what we were in this week – the mid-range Move up! to be...
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The new Ford Focus ST is making its world debut at Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK today. Ford says the sporty and aggressive new hatchback and wagon models offer a more responsive, refined and balanced driving experience via new chassis control technologies, retuned suspension and steering. The exterior of the new Ford...
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‘Timeless elegance’ is the look Peugeot was going for with the new Peugeot 108, which arrives in Ireland later this year. Describing it as ‘a perfect runabout’, the French car company says the all new 108 ‘takes small car versatility to a whole new level’. Peugeot 108 Design Director Ivo Groën said the aim...
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If you’re going to be audacious enough to call a car Superb then you’d better be damn sure that it is – and Skoda knew exactly what it was doing in naming its range topper. The Skoda Superb is a fine car all round and the Elegance trim Combi version we had on test...
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First things first – it’s pronounced P-H-E-V (not fev) – and it’s an SUV with a difference. Yes, the Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle has arrived in Ireland and the Japanese car company says it’s the first of its kind in the world. Mitsubishi is billing it as a ‘game changer’ and describes...
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Classic luxury meets modern utility in the Lexus GS 300h executive hybrid. With head turning looks, its angry exterior belies a serene personality and a classy interior. Full of creature comforts, the cabin in our Dynamic trim test model was almost all leather, with cream seats, a padded leather dash with wooden inlays and...
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Toyota has added a new Sol grade to the Toyota Auris and Toyota Auris Touring Sports range, which, it says, ‘enables a more premium driving experience’. Standard features in this trim include the Sol interior, heated front sports seats with silver stitching, power lumbar support on the driver’s seat and rear and side privacy...
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Toyota has knocked nearly €2,500 off the price of the upgraded Toyota Avensis Luna grade. The move comes as part of a repositioning of the line-up, which sees a new Sol grade and the discontinuation of the Strata grade. The new Luna now offers dual zone climate control, dusk and rain sensors, Bluetooth hands...
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