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  • Tunnel needs extra height

    With a recent vehicle survey showing that the €625 million Dublin Port Tunnel will be too low for 4.5 per cent of trucks - rising to 10 per cent in 2013 - the haulage sector has intensified pressure to raise its height, writes James Nix.

  • What's new

    As motorists busy themselves with some spring cleaning of their garages, it's time to look ahead at what's coming onto the market in the coming months.Car firms are obviously hoping for an Indian summer, particularly considering quite a few of the convertibles - such as the Saab 9-3 - will not make it here until the autumn. Michael McAleer reports.

  • Vegetable oil can move you

    His time in European transport politics gave Charles McDonald an interest in green fuel. He now runs his car on vegetable oil. Hugh Oram reports.
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  • Tougher times as buyers go ahunting for good deals

    The significant fall in new car sales in February has suggested a more difficult selling environment for dealers and greater pressure to offer more attractive finance packages and price discounts on new cars. John Cradden reports.

  • Upsets, intriques, overtaking

    Motorsport: Brazil. Land of Senna, the samba, and the caipirinha, a vicious mixture of cane liquor, sugar and crushed limes that has seen more than one Formula One hack join a snaking conga line to detox over the years. This year, however, we may be deflected from that previosly inexorably swaying course.

  • Masters of the Morgan magic

    In a quiet corner of Worcestershire they've been making some of the world's best sportscars for almost 90 years. Clare Bowen reports.

  • Winning formula

    Emissions/Kilian Doyle: I hate to say this. It's as difficult as cajoling a straight answer out of Bertie Ahern, but it has to be done. So, deep breath, here goes: I was . . . wrong.

  • Executive action as Audi puts in the boot

    Road Test/Audi 8: An uphill climb faces the new A8, a strong, classy contender in the tough luxury market with lots of serious opposition.

  • Meriva seeks Zafira glory

    It's a new model with a new name and it doesn't replace anything. Step forward then the Opel Meriva that is just about to go on Irish sale, writes Andrew Hamilton.

  • Block exemption: it's a whole new world

    New EU rules about selling cars will have a dramatic impact on the Irish industry. Donal Byrne reports from the forecourts

  • Navigating the road we need to take

    When the Taoiseach announced the establishment of the new Department of Transport last June he promised that the building of a "modern, quality transport network" would be best achieved under a single dedicated department. Patrick Logue reports.

  • Cheaper car insurance? Well, don't count on it

    As chief executive of the Irish Insurance Federation (IIF), the industry's representative body, Michael Kemp is the public face of an industry we all love to hate. And, after two hours dissecting the industry and chasing up cul-de-sacs for solutions to the intractable problem of exorbitant premiums, even the most optimistic commentator begins to feel disillusioned about suggested cuts of up to 30 per cent.

  • Getting on the road

    Despite the many obstacles, young people are managing to get a set of wheels. Three of them tell Ian Noctor about how they did it.

  • PastImperfect

    Motoring historian Bob Montgomery delves into his archives.

  • Help Desk

    Michael McAleer answers your queries

  • Hard Shoulder

    BACK SEAT RAGE: Back-seat driving is the leading cause of in-car road rage.

  • Road Desk

    Routes to avoid around the country

  • Fiat eager to speed up GM links

    Fiat's new executive team is setting ambitious cost-cutting targets and seeking to speed up co-operation between ailing Fiat Auto and General Motors. The moves come just weeks after it installed Giuseppe Morchio as chief executive and Umberto Agnelli as chairman. From Fred Kapner in Milan

  • MarqueTime

    All you need to know about Skoda.

  • Jaguar's XJ flagship wins award for ride quality

    Jaguar's new XJ flagship has been voted Best ride by British car magazine Auto Express.
Market ReportsBack to Top

  • Mini

    The A1 or 'mini' segment, which represents the most affordable and minimalist cars available in Ireland, imploded in the first two months of the year, with sales more than halved from an already small market share in overall Irish terms.

  • Supermini

    With about 27 per cent of all car sales here, the B segment has shown growth for the early 2003 selling period. In the January-February sales, Nissan's new Micra ruled the roost with 1,843 cars registered, closely followed by Ford's Fiesta (1,792).

  • Small Family

    In a segment that is essentially the largest in the Irish market, it is very hard to beat Ford Focus, and in the early selling this year that still didn't happen, with the model registering 2,721 sales, even though that is a significant drop of 14.5 per cent compared to January-February 2002.

  • Large family

    Ford may have topped the January sales in this segment, but it didn't maintain the momentum over the two months. VW's Passat (1,311/1,346) took the crown against Mondeo (1,245/1,506).
MotorcyclesBack to Top

  • Go ahead, and make your day

    Road Test/Honda Pan European ST 1300: Despite a few niggling little quibbles, this machine is as good as it gets on two wheels.  John Wheeler reports.

  • A parable for our motorbikes, and the history of our time

    This is history, but it isn't just the history of Triumph. It places motorcycles in a context that ranges from "the old world, more closely related . . . to that of Napoleon and Nelson," to the post-Japanese world of Hinckley multis.

  • My bike and I

    Rodney Devitt, chiropodist/podiatrist
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