Petrol
Petrol engines are here for many years yet! We review today’s ever better ever cleaner more efficient petrol powered cars.
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Spring Is In The Air At Last! The Mazda MX-5 Is The Perfect Tool In Which to Enjoy Some Wind In The Hair Motoring.
Road Tested By Hugh Maguire. I know, I know you probably think I’m getting a bit too excited because we have hit the first week in April and its been pretty nice! weather! So I thought lets not focus on the forced diet of boring EV’s. There are still drivers out there ( quite a lot…
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New Peugeot 208 Mild Hybrid Proves Small Can Be Big On Appeal!
Road Tested By Hugh Maguire The new Peugeot 208 is available with a choice of three trims –Active, Allure and GT-Line. There are some lovely new colours available one of which is the Agueda Yellow metallic of my test car! The Peugeot 208 has always been a popular model for the brand and this latest…
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New Mazda CX-80 Is A Delightful Revelation!
Road tested by Hugh Maguire. Mazda were already represented within the luxury SUV segment by their CX-60 but the CX-80 while looking similar and sharing most components differs in that its 250mm longer and boosts a full seven seats or in Homura specification a six seat layout with individual chairs. There are five trim levels…
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BYD Offers New Plug In Hybrid SUV That Will Worry The Competition.
Road tested By Hugh Maguire. This is BYD’s first SUV and I have to start this review by telling you its rather impressive! BYD are really gaining traction in the Irish market with a winning combination of well built, well specified cars at competitive prices. The European manufacturers are understandably worried as this trend is…
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Third Generation Dacia Duster May Win You Over!
Road tested By Hugh Maguire. Dacia was originally an independent Romanian car manufacturer who have been around for quite some time but they were bought by the Renault Group in 1999. Therefore their cars are primarily based on tried and tested Renault running gear and chassis. Dacia are still manufactured in Romania and the brand has seen a huge…
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The New Fiat 600 Is A Car That May Bring Irish Motorists Back To The Brand.
Road Tested by Hugh Maguire. Fiat have been surviving in this market with really just one model, the funky Fiat 500. Yes it has many incarnations from the sporty Abarth, the standard economical petrol and of course an EV. The slightly larger Fiat 500X really just did not appeal as it seemed like a Fiat…
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Renault Wants A Slice Of The Premium Segment With New Rafale.
Road Tested By Hugh Maguire. So What is the new Renault Rafale E tech hybrid you may ask? Basically it is a 5 door coupe SUV with clever self charging hybrid technology and underpinnings developed in part by their sports car division Alpine. The name Rafale was originally used on a Caudron-Renault Rafale aircraft which…
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BMW 3 Series Gets A Mid Life Upgrade.
Road tested by Hugh Maguire. Its nearly mid June and the change over to a 224 plate will soon be upon us, a time when some will consider changing their car for a new one. Well you might like to consider the latest version of the BMW 3 Series if your in the…
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Audi’s Q5 Hybrid Is In A Class Of Its Own.
Road Tested By Hugh Maguire. Its already March, where is the year going? The PHEV I am road testing this week is the Audi Q5 TFSI e revised with a bigger battery to improve range and claiming to offer up to 62km of electro motoring on a full charge. Now I need to set out my stall here. These hybrids…
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The New VW Taigo, Nice But Where does it fit in?
Road Tested by Hugh Maguire. Can the SUV market get any more crowded? SUV’s whether small as in the VW Polo based T-Cross, medium or large are outselling the traditional three box saloon and family hatchback. People just seem to love the extra height they have and their much vaunted practicality when in fact they…