The year 2008 was when Barack Obama was proving 'yes he could', Apple was a smartphone newcomer and the global financial meltdown sparked the beginning of some turbulent years. It was also the year Ford launched its brand new and most successful Fiesta to date.
It may be have been miserable and damp all last week but SEAT is planning a sizzling summer with the launch of its funky new Ibiza.
The Renault Kadjar has a proved a popular alternative for those seeking a little more space than the Captur, and now the new Koleos offers even more comfort and space and completes its trio of SUVs.
Aidan Timmons and Motoring Editor Eddie Cunningham team up to help readers make the right choice with their next car. Aidan visits dealers...
Once the quintessential family car, the saloon is under assault from myriad chic crossovers and compact SUVs. And yet despite this competition, one in five Irish buyers still drives a new saloon...
Peugeot's new 3008 compact SUV has been crowned European Car of the Year 2017.
The show is a melting pot of the brilliant and the bizarre. I love the buzz, even if I felt this year was a bit flat.
Deep in the Scottish highlands the tough terrain surrounding Blair Castle, a landscape of thick forests and rugged mountains that sprawl across 145,000 acres, is where the all-new Land Rover...
Theyare only making 10, yes 10, of these Ferrari J50s.
With C4 Cactus styling cues and frugal running costs, Citroen's funky third-generation C3 is its answer to modern city living. In a hotly contested but relatively dull small hatchback segment, the...
The Nissan Juke and other junior crossovers have a strong competitor in their class, the SsangYong Tivoli, and now the Korean manufacturer is squaring up to king Tucson, Qashqai, Peugeot...
Summer weather is here and we all dream of open-air driving, the roof down and the great outdoors rushing by as we sit comfortably behind the wheel. But what about the rest of the year when...
Arriving next month is an all new car from Suzuki that should appeal to the more grown up drivers as much as the younger set, who are the main devotees of the super mini-class of vehicle.
As summer approaches, boats and caravans are being spruced up for another adventure. The car has got the once-over too, but one important item has most likely not gone on the checklist - insurance.
Are you one of the quarter of motorists who have had their romantic drive dashed by an unexpected puncture. The chances are up to 50 per cent that it occurred in an inconvenient location and there is a 23 per cent chance that it was after nightfall. Bye bye love, hello dirty hands.
I am a great believer that car-sharing, along with alternative technologies, is the way forward for motoring, so I was pleased to hear that GoCar, Ireland's only car-sharing initiative, announced further expansion of its operation by unveiling a new GoCar base at The Square, Tallaght, last...
Aidan Timmons and Motoring Editor Eddie Cunningham team up to help readers make the right choice with their next car. Aidan visits dealers all over the country to produce a monthly...
The recession seems to be finally over for car manufacturers and a supercar renaissance is afoot. As the doors of Europe's most important motor show of the year opened in Geneva, a new batch of...
Facing a mid-life crisis? Tempted to take a mistress and have an extra-marital affair? Rein in your emotions, there is now an alternative love affair available that is bound to inflame passions.
Toyota is adding hybrid power to the RAV4 - but with heavy price increases over the diesel line-up it is not surprising that the oil burner will be the top-seller.
There must have been some very happy faces among the Irish staff at the three Korean marques last week. Not only did mighty Hyundai storm to the overall lead of the car market here,...
The current Sunday Independent Car of the Year, the all-new Honda Jazz, below, was awarded last week with safety organisation Euro NCAP's prestigious Best in Class 2015 award in the supermini category.
The conglomerate that took over the import of Citroen and DS cars here may well extend its profile of imported brands in the future. The UK-based IM group already has the franchise for Subaru and...
The VW group is to start correcting cars and commercial vehicles affected by the Dieselgate emissions scandal in the coming weeks. About 80,000 vehicles sold in Ireland with 1.2, 1.6 and 2-litre diesel engines will be recalled.
Ford seems to have got it right on a number of fronts. As Ireland and many parts of western Europe were lashed by gales and widespread flooding the company took to its test track at...
Fiat is moving back into the family car market with a car that will undercut models such as Ford Focus and VW Golf by up to €3,000, although offering more interior space than both models.
Launched in 1995, the Renault Mégane found plenty of converts to its blend of quirky styling and comfort. And even when the "shakin' that ass" second generation gave way to the somewhat bland third version, the hatchback continued to attract buyers and was the best selling car in Europe...
A corporate culture that tolerated rule-breaking and misconduct by employees was at the heart of Volkswagen's emissions-rigging scandal, the German car maker's chairman admitted on Thursday.
As Ireland joins the global battle to tackle greenhouse gases under tough new rules discussed in Paris last week, there is renewed pressure...
Lexus believes that hybrid technology is superior to diesel power for cleaner motoring and over 10 years ago the RX hybrid was launched into a market segment dominated by diesel power. New developments in hybrid technology and the controversy over 'cheating' diesel engines have...
It is only natural to expect awe-filled comments about the prowess and panache of the latest Bentley Mulsanne Speed.
Some coupe models look like a two-door version of their saloon sibling, but Mercedes Benz has carefully avoided the look-alike approach with the new C-Class Coupe. The new model is very much its...
The last week has seen the big car companies falling over themselves to tell of their green credentials and how their future plans had less reliance on diesels.
While MINI purists may still consider the new MINI far too big for its name plate, for some it was still simply too small with cramped space and a tiny...
North east of Bratislava near the Slovakian border with Austria is the Little Carpathians mountain range which served as the dramatic backdrop for our test drive of the all new Opel Astra.
In a way the Volkswagen scandal couldn't have come at a better time so that the end of diesel can be truly highlighted along with the massive developments that are being made in alternative...
There has been much discussion recently about diesel engines and the dangerous NOx black particles they spew out, which has added to the steadily growing interest in petrol-powered cars.
Cars with no steering wheels may soon be with us, but what will they look like? The intelligent car is making much of today's driving expertise redundant and possibly style will suffer also. But the day of zero crashes on our roads is also around the corner.
The motor industry is charging ahead, with big companies like VW planning to launch 20 electric and plug-in hybrid cars by 2020. The Porsche Mission E and Audi e-tron prototypes have a...
With almost its entire range refreshed or revised, Honda is having a busy year. Next month sees the arrival of two all-new models, the compact crossover the HR-V and the third generation Jazz, Honda's supermini. Getting much more than just a mere facelift, the new Jazz has been completely...
It's now eight years since Fiat launched the new 500, a modern interpretation of a car that first hit the road in 1957. With classic good looks and clever engineering it has become one of the...
According to Jane Austen, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. That...
Audi has taken a big jump forward in terms of technology and the new A4 will benefit from safety and driver assist advances when it arrives here in November.
No Bling Bling, just good value for money. That was the message from Opel at the international launch of their new city car, the Karl, which will be in showrooms in a matter of weeks. It is one of the best looking small cars around but it enters a crowded market place where Hyundai i10 is...
Erik Carlsson, the burly Swedish driver called "Mr Saab", who has died aged 86, was the first global star of the new post-war sport of rallying; he was considered the most gifted and the fastest-thinking driver of his era, all in an under-powered car.
It's fresh and fun with a larger scope for personalisation, making Peugeot's newest 208 a great choice for those that need a small car with chic styling.
SIXTY years after the launch of the original DS19, Citroen are giving us the chance to buy a Goddess - with the launch of DS as a separate brand.
IT has been the American muscle car to be seen in for over 50 years, and now it is on the way here in right-hand drive for the first time. The iconic Mustang has been used in 500 movies and hundreds of TV shows to symbolise American cool - most famously by Steve McQueen in the best nine-...
The new Mini John Cooper Works is out and Bob went to the UK for a fun drive around Goodwood
With long, athletic yet smooth lines, and a honeycomb grille, that nod to the badge's halcyon days, Jaguar's new XE is a strikingly good-looking car. But the real beauty of this newcomer is...
