Tag: 2025
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Renault’s Popular Captur Gets A Big Refresh.
Road Tested By Hugh Maguire. First launched back in 2013 the Captur has proven to be a wining model for Renault with well over 2 million units sold. The Captur is built on the same floorpan as the Clio so it is not a large car but the SUV styling and practicality have given it
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The New XPENG G6 Another New Model For Ireland From China.
Road tested by Hugh Maguire. XPENG is yet another new manufacturer from China that has now arrived on our shores. We already have MG, Polestar, and BYD, and more are sure to follow. Equipped with a range of new features and new ‘know-how’ – much of it a product of their widespread use of AI
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Tesla Gives The Model 3 A Refresh For 2025.
Road Tested by: Hugh Maguire. Tesla have been in the news of late for all the wrong reasons. Notably a backlash against their CEO Elon Musk due to his political stance in The USA of late and of course the well documented fall off globally in EV sales. Tesla’s problems don’t end there as the
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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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Cupra Expand Their Sporty Model Range In Ireland.
Cupra is the sub brand of Seat which most will know is part of the VW empire. The Cupra brand hopes to offer buyers a more sporty driving experience than other offerings from VAG. It’s not a Seat with a sporty theme but rather a brand in itself that offers unique cars with sporting overtones.
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Peugeot continues to launch some rather good new cars!
Road tested by Hugh Maguire. It’s only March but Peugeot just don’t seem to have slowed down with a continuous flow of new models coming to the market. So this week we are road testing the new Peugeot e-3008. Peugeot also offer this car as a 1.2 litre petrol plug-in-hybrid and I can’t help but
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Peugeot’s New 5008 Is Impressive and Available As hybrid or EV.
Road Tested by Hugh Maguire. It is interesting how manufacturers are leaning towards hybrid and not solely EV’s in their latest models. No doubt due to the rapid slowdown in EV uptake for reasons I have discussed here many times. So this week its a quick intro via the Irish Press launch of the all
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A Real Head Turner, But Does It Live Up To Its Vibrant Style? The New MG Cyberster.
Road Tested by Hugh Maguire. The original British MG brand was of course famous for its two seat roadsters. I guess it was just a matter of time before the now Chinese owned brand harked back to that era with a two seat roadster of their own. Well now we have it. The new MG
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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