Models from Honda, Opel, Skoda, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Volkswagen were among the winners of the Fleet Car Awards 2018, announced at Citywest Hotel in Dublin last week. The prestigious annual awards honour the best cars for the corporate and fleet markets currently on sale in Ireland. Announced prior to the Fleet Transport Awards and Gala Dinner event – Ireland’s largest
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Audi Ireland has announced details of the Audi Future Now 181 Sales event, offering motorists exceptional offers on 181 cars across the range of Audi models. The event includes the new Audi Scrappage EcoGrant scheme as well as upgrade packages tailored to meet the lifestyles of both existing and future Audi drivers. Audi Future Now 181 Sales event takes place
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Official statistics released by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) show that new car registrations for the month of September, were down 17% (3,916) when compared to (4,707) September 2016, while new cars registrations year to date remain down 10% (128,597) on the same period last year (143,211). The new Commercial vehicle sector continues to see a decrease
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Chef and TV personality Jamie Oliver and Jaguar Land Rover have created the ultimate kitchen on four wheels highlighting the versatility of a Land Rover Discovery. Jamie’s bespoke family SUV comes with a host of cooking features including a slow-cooker, barbecue, ice cream maker, olive oil dispenser and will even churn butter as you drive. Jaguar Land Rover’s Special Vehicle
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A UK businessman had a nasty surprise when he discovered that his Rolls-Royce Phantom had been stolen while he was cutting the grass in his back garden. Thieves broke into his Warwickshire home and stole the keys for the car worth £110,000, before driving away with it. Fortunately, TRACKER’s award-winning stolen vehicle recovery (SVR) technology led police straight to the
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A 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7 MFI owned by one of the most respected Porsche specialists in the Midlands will be offered at auction by Silverstone Auctions at its annual Porsche Sale at Silverstone circuit on 21st October. The original, duck-tailed, right-hand drive 2.7 Carrera MFI, one of only 1,011 examples made in 1974, was bought by David Pattison of PCT
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Frank-Steffen Walliser, Vice President Motorsport and GT Cars, said: “At the start of the development process, we set ourselves a lap time target for the GT2 RS of less than 7 minutes and 5 seconds. The credit for beating this target by 17.7 seconds goes to our development engineers, mechanics and drivers, who demonstrated an exceptionally strong team performance. This
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