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Ford Focus Used Car Review
For more than a century Ford’s family cars have dominated much of the car market thanks to a blend of affordability, availability and choice. Nowhere is this more apparent than with the Ford Focus is now into its third generation and is still probably the most popular hatchback on the market. After six generations of Escort, the Ford Focus first...
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Audi A4 Used Car Review
Audi A4 (08 - 15) Used Car Review Audi is one of the most popular premium car brands in Ireland and the A4 is a very popular model within the range. This executive saloon is very spacious, comfortably fitting up to five. The storage space in the boot is more than adequate, in fact quite spacious and easy to load....
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Dubai Police Supercars
Police in Dubai have built up a large fleet of high-horsepower luxury sports cars and SUV's. In an oil-rich country where red Ferrari's growl at stoplights and convertible Rolls Royce's roam the city streets, high-powered squad cars such as Dubai’s fleet of supercar police vehicles really fit in nicely. If you ever find yourself being rear-ended in a fender-bender incident...
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Fleet managers to review reliance on diesel vehicles
Venson Automotive Solutions in the UK has urged fleet managers to prioritise a review of their current policies. Like many in the automotive industry, Venson believes that the end of diesel is nigh. Fleet decision-makers are being urged to plan for a future with fewer diesel vehicles. This advice comes hot on the heels of the UK Government's confirmation in...
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Toyota Land Cruiser reaches incredible speed of 370km/h
A 2,000 bhp Toyota Land Cruiser can reach the incredible speed of over 370km/h (230mph). Former NASCAR race car driver Carl Edwards hit the jaw-dropping speed on the Mojave runway. When one considers that a €2 million Bugatti Chironsupercar has just 1,500 hp you can begin to see how powerful the 2,000 hp SUV is. An SUV that can outrun...
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Supertanker, Super Jam
Supertanker Super Jam Global oil glut leaves supertankers in one of the world's biggest traffic jam SINGAPORE: It may be the world's biggest traffic jam! Due to a global glut in oil, ports are struggling to manage the number of supertankers waiting to offload and take on their oil supplies totalling some 200 million barrels of crude oil. So much...
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India plans to go all electric with green car incentives
The most influential Government think-tank in India has recommended lowering taxes and interest rates for loans on electric vehicles at the same time capping sales of conventional cars. This signals a huge shift in Indian Government policy and this will affect global trends, as well as India, is one of the world's fastest-growing auto markets. A government draft is outlining...
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Oil prices continue to fall as oversupply concerns persist
Oil prices fell byanother 3 per cent on Friday. Prices have been falling over the last six months amidst concerns about global oversupply. Crude oil futures were trading at $44.14 per barrel earlier, down $1.39 or 3 per cent, after a more than 4 per cent drop putting oil prices at their lowest since November 14th. The international benchmark for...
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The world's largest ‘river rat’ could be by a roadway, river or stream near you
The public is being warned as the 'world's largest rodent' has been spotted in Ireland. The rodent in question is called a coypu and it is reputed to be the biggest rodent you will find anywhere else in the world. The National Parks and Wildlife Service in Cork have caught 10 coypus in the Curraheen area of Cork. The giant...
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Drink driving up by two thirds in Laois
Drink driving has surged by as much two thirds in County Laois. These are shocking statistics showing a huge rise in the number of people getting behind the wheel of a car while intoxicated. Drink driving figures for Laois have risen by a staggering 64 percent in the last 12 months with the numbers arrested for drug driving also expected...