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Car dealer fined over clocked vehicles

A second-hand car dealer was fined £1,500 yesterday for selling 'clocked' vehicles.
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Inside Motoring

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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 RAV4

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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Mini-Golf: The new Polo has a strong identity of its own

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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Hyundai Grandeur: 'With a little patina around the cabin a faded Grandeur could have its own shabby-genteel appeal'

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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Vauxhall Astra Estate

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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Petrol peril: fuel prices could rise

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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Aloof: Renault's Laguna Coupé has fallen victim to misused technology

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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