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New car sales reached an eight year high in 2016
Eight year high for new car sales It was revealed this week that new car sales soared by 17.4% in 2016 to an impressive eight-year high to 146,385 making it the highest new car total since 2008. Although car sales were up in 2016, particularly with used car imports of approximately 50%, it is expected that sales will level off...
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Trump v the US Car Industry
Trump v the US Car Industry The Ford motor company in the US has made the decision to cancel a $1.6 billion investment in Mexico and invest an extra $700 million in its Michigan plant. This move can definitely be attributed to President-Elect, Donald Trumps’ economic nationalism. Interestingly, the announcement by Ford was made on the same day that President-Elect...
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Are New Car Lenders Victims of Their Own Success?
Are New Car Lenders Victims of Their Own Success? Dealerships have been busy releasing new cars to customers with attractive car finance deals which are known as Personal Contract Plans. Under these contract plans, the customer puts up part of the money and can drive off in a new car in no time at all. These payment plans have relatively...
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Dangerous cars at NCT centres on the increase
Dangerous cars at NCT centres on the increase NCT centres are seeing a sharp rise in the number of 'dangerous' cars being tested according to NCT Mechanics. It was reported that almost 6,500 'perilous' vehicles failed the NCT test by November 2016. This was an increase of more than 1,000 cars over what was detected in all of 2015. These...
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Is your tractor and trailer legal?
Is your tractor and trailer legal? Farmers can avoid fines of up to €2,500 by ensuring that their tractors and trailers are legal and roadworthy. When driving out on the public roads, it is always good to have peace of mind that you are up to date with all the regulations of tractor and trailer roadworthiness. If you were to...
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Porsche will not make Driverless Cars
Self-driving autonomous cars are all the rage and most car manufacturers are going full steam ahead in their pursuit of the perfect consumer driverless car. At the moment, the car industry is engrossed in the pursuit of driver-less and electric cars. There is one exception to this burgeoning trend. A manufacturer that does not intend to get into the driverless...
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Ford promise mass produced autonomous self-driving cars without a steering wheel by 2021
Ford promisemass produced autonomous self-driving cars without a steering wheel by 2021 Within the next five years, Ford promises to mass produce fully autonomous cars without steering wheel or pedals. They are currently collaborating with and investing in various start-ups which will help the company to vastly increase its autonomous vehicle development capabilities. Ford plan to spend $1.3bn to upgrade...
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Motorists could soon unlock the doors of their cars with a selfie
New photographicidentification to unlock cars Jaguar Land Rover newly patented technology will use facial recognition and gait analysis that can identify drivers. Cameras mounted near the windows can capture photos and video of the owner of the vehicle as they approach it. These images are then run through the car's onboard computer which has data that it can recognise the...
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Road Traffic Bill 2016
Road Traffic Bill 2016 New legislation has been passed as part of the road Traffic Bill 2016 which is to bring in many new changes to the law with regard to road traffic safety. Driving disqualifications The new road traffic bill will give effect to an agreement with the UK on mutual recognition of driver disqualifications. This was signed last...
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Written off vehicles to come under new legislation
New laws for Written-off vehicles Under a number of measures included in the Road Traffic Bill 2016, which was passed by the Oireachtas this week are new measures with regards to written off vehicles. Shane Ross, the Minister of Transport said the bill will “change the current arrangements between the insurance industry and my department in relation to domestic write-offs...