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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Prices for the new Volkswagen Golf estate will start from €22,280, Volkswagen has announced. The new model is available to order now and is offered in the same trims as the five-door hatchback variant – Trendline, Comfortline and Highline. Sixteen engine options are on offer, ranging from a 1.2 TSI 85bhp five speed manual...
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The 2015 Volkswagen Golf R is now available to order – at a price €9,550 less expensive than the 2014 model. Volkswagen Ireland says the new €42,445 starting price is ‘despite the addition of increase specification to the value of €2,280’. Standard features include Adaptive Cruise Control, Park Distance control, Climatronic two zone air...
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Volkswagen dealers are now taking orders for the new Volkswagen Golf SV, for July delivery. The German car manufacturer says the new Golf SV will offer ‘all of the advanced technology of the Golf hatchback range, but in a larger, more practical body’. The new model replaces the Golf Plus and will sit between...
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Volkswagen says its new Golf plug-in hybrid is a ‘a zero-emission and long-distance vehicle all in one’. The German car company describes the new Golf GTE as ‘combining electric mobility and the dynamics of the GTI idea’. The car has a 1.4 TSI 150ps petrol engine along with a 75kW/102 PS electric one. Relying...
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The Citroën C4 Picasso has scooped the Continental Irish Car of the Year 2014 title, pipping the Volkswagen Golf and the Mazda6 to the post. Overall, the Citroën received 377 votes, with the Golf at 364 and the Mazda6 at 327. Presenting the award to Citroën Ireland managing director, Frederic Soulier, Continental Tyres Ireland’s...
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Mazda took to the podium for the first time at this year’s Motorcheck.ie Fleet Car Awards, when the Mazda6 was named its large car (D Segment) of the year. Some 27 fleet cars were shortlisted and judged on aspects such as their styling, quality, driving and engine performance, equipment levels, safety, and running costs....
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The new Volkswagen Golf has been named World Car of the Year 2013 at the New York International Auto Show. This is the second year in a row Volkswagen has taken the prestigious title, with city car the Volkswagen up! named last year’s winner. The World Car of the Year jury is made up...
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