A few years back at a Mercedes ‘refresher day’ the company’s Irish Sales manager Ciaran Allen said that buyers of new cars now spend approximately 11 hours researching information on a car before buying. But those prospective buyers spend only 30 minutes in garage forecourts. Buyers know what type of car […]

A few weeks back I was very impressed when I drove the new Peugeot 208, which was named European Car of the Year back in March. Sadly this lingering Covid-19 means that the Irish Motor Writers’ cannot hold their annual awards dinner this year; if they did I’m sure the 208 […]

BMW Ireland chose the Belfield campus to launch their new Mini Electric. Normally car previews at held in hotels, but as this was a static launch there was no need to drive the car. The Mini Electric is the brand’s first fully battery electric vehicle based on the iconic three-door […]

During the Coronavis Lockdown I spent a lot of time driving an automatic version of an Audi A1. So it was it was a huge change to get into a car with a manual gearbox last month, the new Peugeot 2008. Yes, it was good to get into the impressive […]

The Sportage is Kia’s bestseller, but the Korean manufacturer’s flagship motor is the Sorento.  During the Coronavirus lockdown Kia released details of the fourth edition of their Sorento,  which was first introduced to Ireland 18 years ago. It won’t be available in Ireland until July or August. Emilio Herrera, Chief […]