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Toyota to recall 270,000 Prius models

Toyota is preparing to recall 270,000 Prius models in the latest of a series of embarrassing gaffes that threaten to wreck a reputation for reliability that has taken decades to earn.
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Inside Motoring

Toyota apology for cars recall

Saturday, 6 February 2010

Toyota's president yesterday apologised for the car company's global recalls.
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Young drivers may be banned from carrying friends

Saturday, 6 February 2010

Environment Minister Edwin Poots is considering banning young drivers from taking a group of friends out for a spin.
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Toyota recall: Motorists in Northern Ireland relatively unaffected

Friday, 5 February 2010

Motorists in Northern Ireland appear to have escaped relatively unscathed from the Toyota debacle — although the delivery of a small number of new cars has been suspended.
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Toyota recalls over 180,000 UK cars

Thursday, 4 February 2010

Toyota is working to recall over 180,000 cars in the UK as the crisis over defective accelerator pedals rocked the company.
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The fast show

Thursday, 4 February 2010

The curtain goes up tomorrow week on Northern Ireland’s annual three day motorcycle show at Belfast’s King’s Hall with the majority of the manufacturers represented and the star spot being taken by Honda’s long awaited new v-four, the VFR1200F.
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Review: Nissan 370Z Roadster

Thursday, 4 February 2010

Car manufacturers seem to be devoting more and more time and energy to telling us how their latest model is cleaner, more fuel efficient, safer, cheaper to run and better value than the one that preceded it.
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Review: Alfa Romeo MiTo MultiAir

Thursday, 4 February 2010

Beating the MINI is a thankless task but it’s also the one that’s been handed to the Alfa Romeo MiTo.
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Review: Volvo V70 D5

Thursday, 4 February 2010

If ever a car needed a good diesel engine, that car is Volvo’s V70 estate.
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Car scrappage is extended

Thursday, 4 February 2010

The Government's car scrappage scheme is to be extended for up to a month, it was announced last night.
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Toyota hit by new safety alert

Wednesday, 3 February 2010

The Japanese government said it had received 14 complaints about brake problems with Toyota's ground-breaking Prius hybrid.
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Clamped drivers get right to appeal

Friday, 29 January 2010

Motorists claiming to have been unfairly clamped will be able to appeal to independent tribunals with the power to give them their money back, the Home Office has confirmed.
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Black Beauty

Thursday, 28 January 2010

This is the bike that Nigel House made. He made everything bar the engine, running gear and brakes.
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Hurst BMW to unveil three great boxers

Thursday, 28 January 2010

Three boxer bikes with important new engine internals are being unveiled at Charles Hurst BMW Motorrad on Saturday, February 6.
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Review: Vauxhall Astra range

Thursday, 28 January 2010

The Ford Focus has had things its own way for far too long and as for that Volkswagen Golf? Well, it’s about time that somebody knocked it off its perch.
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Review: Hyundai i20 Edition

Thursday, 28 January 2010

More equipment for less money is a Hyundai mantra we know well but the i20 supermini can also compete with the best on grounds of comfort, quality, safety and economy.
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Review: Toyota Aygo Blue

Thursday, 28 January 2010

If you’re trying to sell a car that you perceive to be cool, then the obvious colour to choose would be blue.
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Tripped up

Thursday, 21 January 2010

A four foot high snow drift in China has smashed Northern Ireland biker Wilson Lynn’s attempt to complete a 30,000 miles ride more than half way around the world on his own machine.
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Interest- free riding

Thursday, 21 January 2010

Yamaha UK is doing its bit to keep sales flowing in 2010, with a zero pc finance offer on 14 models in a campaign called ‘Let’s Go%’, including the R6 sportster and the 1300 tourer.
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Review: Lexus LFA

Thursday, 21 January 2010

Lexus has been a brand obsessed with refinement and comfort.
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Review: Renault Clio Sport Tourer range

Thursday, 21 January 2010

The idea of a Renault Clio with a bigger boot might not be enough to set your pulse racing but The Clio Sport Tourer makes plenty of real world sense.
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