‘‘Your mobile phone is still inside the vehicle.’’ That’s a phrase I heard a lot in the past week. I was driving the new Audi A1 Citycarver and any time I attempted to leave the car without picking up my mobile, that’s the message I got. I have got the […]
As the Lockdown continues car sales like most other businesses are suffering. The last proper figures from SIMI were for the month of February, where Renault finished the podium in third position in the new car sales charts. The new version of the Renault Captur, which I drove last week, […]
‘‘This is one of the classiest car you have ever driven.’’ That was the reaction of my daughter when she first sat into the Audi A4 that I was driving last week. My only daughter has got lifts in lot of fancy cars over the years, but she definitely was […]
Last week I got an opportunity to drive the electric Audi e-tron. It’s Audi’s first electric car and I think it was the first electric car that looked like a regular motor, in this case a luxury crossover. Many of the new electric cars are spartan looking, especially their interiors, […]
‘‘Today Peugeot is Electrified.’’ That was the opening line from Peugeot’s Sales and Marketing Director Colin Sheridan’s presentation as the company launched a new range of electric cars at the organic Brook Lodge hotel in Aughrim in the last week of February. The e-208 is Peugeot’s first electric model and […]
Toyota made a lot of Irish motorists happy last year when they brought back their popular Camry after a 15-year absence. The Camry has been re-introduced in Ireland and across Western Europe, to maintain Toyota’s presence in the saloon segment. Fifteen years is a long time off the road and […]