Motoring
Car dealer fined over clocked vehicles
A second-hand car dealer was fined £1,500 yesterday for selling 'clocked'
vehicles.
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Classifieds: motors for sale in Northern Ireland
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
If you are looking for that special car, the one with that something a little bit extra then take a look at Northern Ireland’s top car website at www.nicarfinder.co.uk .
Toyota product line under review
Thursday, 25 June 2009
Toyota's entire product line-up is to be reviewed to better focus its
offerings to each global region, the firm's new president said today.
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Motoring: VW Mini-Golf
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
A Volkswagen Polo used to be the smartest of smart super-mini buys. Not the
fastest or flashiest, nor even the most comfortable or best to drive, but a
beautifully-made, sophisticated little car with all the understated
classlessness of its bigger Golf sibling.
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Motoring: Suzuki Alto
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
If I were Suzuki I would be a bit worried about what this little car is liable
to do to my reputation, at least in Western markets.
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Motoring: Hyundai Grandeur
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
Some car manufacturers don’t make life easy for themselves. A few years ago,
for example, Mitsubishi brought out a saloon which wasn’t exactly the
Madonna of the showrooms. Inexplicably, they decided to call their mid range
entrant the "Carisma". Predictably, the Carisma became the subject
of easy ridicule, whatever its virtues.
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Concerns grow over Vauxhall jobs as GM talks break down
Thursday, 28 May 2009
Thousands of workers at Vauxhall will have to wait to see who is being lined
up as the carmaker's new owner after a key meeting ended today with no
decision.
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UK car production plummets
Friday, 22 May 2009
Car production fell sharply last month, dipping 55.3% compared with April
2008, it was announced today.
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Rolls-Royce steps up Ghost production
Thursday, 21 May 2009
Luxury car giant Rolls-Royce is creating more than 150 new jobs to support
production of the firm’s new model, the Ghost.
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Ford to join Government's car-scrappage scheme
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Britain's biggest car seller, Ford, is to take part in the Government's "cash
for bangers" car-scrappage scheme from tomorrow, the company announced
today.
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General Motors slashes dealerships
Friday, 15 May 2009
US car giant General Motors announced today it is to slash the number of its
dealerships in a further sign of the deep trouble the country's auto
industry finds itself in.
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Depreciation wipes out scrap cash ‘in 88 days’
Friday, 15 May 2009
The £2,000 incentive under the Government’s “cash for bangers” car-scrappage
scheme will be wiped out in just 88 days due to depreciation, it has been
revealed.
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Budget: How the Government's car scrappage scheme will work
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
This is how the Government's scrappage scheme will work.
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Budget: More petrol rises for motorists
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Hard-pressed motorists, who have seen petrol pump prices slide back up toward
the £1 a litre mark of late, will face further fuel hikes in future months
after today's Budget.
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Budget: Cash for bangers to kick start motor industry
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
The Chancellor attempted to kickstart the ailing motor industry today by
introducing a "cash for bangers" car-scrappage scheme.
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£5,000 incentive to buy electric cars
Thursday, 16 April 2009
Consumers could receive incentives of between £2,000 and £5,000 to buy an
electric car from 2011, the Government announced today.
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Drivers face insurance hikes of up to 12%, says AA
Monday, 6 April 2009
Drivers in Northern Ireland — where car insurance already costs more than the
rest of the UK — should brace themselves for double digit increases.
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Brace yourselves for more expensive car insurance
Monday, 6 April 2009
Car insurance is collectively costing Northern Ireland motorists £136m a year
more than if they lived elsewhere in the UK, it has emerged.
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Tips to obtain cheaper car insurance
Sunday, 5 April 2009
With costs continuing to head north, it has never been more important for
drivers across the province to try to find identical cover at a cheaper
price.
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Northern Ireland diesel is UK’s cheapest
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
Diesel is cheaper in Northern Ireland than anywhere else in the UK — for the
first time in over four years.
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Road test: Renault’s Laguna Coupé
Saturday, 28 March 2009
Is there such a thing as a beautiful car any more? Not a car which shouts or
shocks or even just surprises, but which actually makes you slightly drunk
with a good aesthetic, sensual feeling, as a classic Ferrari, for example,
might?
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