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Top 10 most commonly stolen cars in the UK
New research from the UK has identified the top ten most commonly stolen cars. Reports claim that UK car thieves are targeting the big German brands, accounting for seven out of the Top 10 most stolen car models.. According to the digital marketing agency, Colewood, most of the stolen cars are in and around the London area, followed by the...
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Mark Wahlberg is now a car dealer
Major Hollywood movie star Mark Wahlberg is driving his business empire in a totally new direction and has started a new business venture which no one expected. The 47-year-old former boy band singer and now major Hollywood movie star is best known for his roles in Oscar favourites such as The Departed and The Fighter. In an unsuspected way, Wahlberg...
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Bugatti launches their new multi-million dollar supercar
Bugatti, the maker of the world's most expensive production car, has launched a brand new supercar that will be even more expensive than the Chiron. The current Bugatti Chiron will set you back at least €2.4 million ($3.8m). The supercar manufacturer has announced that it is building an ultra-exclusive new model which will cost more than twice the price of...
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Why Driving Cars Are Secretly Making Us Sleepier
Most if not all of us have felt sleepy while driving, especially in a long journey but it's not always because we have had an early start, or a long day at work, or even because we didn't get our morning coffee fix. New research now suggests that something about the actual act and motion of car travel which can...
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New cars sales and Imports sold in July by County
During the month of July there was a total of 27,155 new cars registered across Ireland. Added to that, 8,086 cars were imported into the country, the vast majority from the United Kingdom. Of the 27,155 new cars imported last month, 24,308 (90%) vehicles were actually sold and taxed by consumers which would show that the vast majority of...
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Used-car sales dramatically increases as Brexit hits pound
With Brexit looming close, there is an increase in exports from the UK, it is expected that there will be well over 100,000 second-hand vehicles imported into Ireland this year from across the water. The number of second-hand cars imported into Ireland has doubled in the last two years alone, while at the same time sales of new cars were...
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Electric Kalashnikov - Maker of the Lethal Weapon AK-47 Creates EV Car
The famous Russian weapons manufacturer, Kalashnikov who are the makers of the lethal AK-47 Automatic Assault Rifle has created a retro-looking electric car to rival Tesla. Kalashnikov has unveiled its new electric car inspired by a rare 1970s model, saying the new technology will rival Elon Musk’s Tesla. The machine gun maker, presented their retro-looking pale blue prototype,...
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Can Ireland become a global hub for autonomous cars?
John Cormican, general manager of vehicle engineering at Jaguar Land Rover Ireland believes that Ireland could become a global leader in AV development, especially on the west coast. It’s been a long time since Ireland has had a car manufacturing operation since it died off with Ford in 1984. There is a history in vehicle manufacturing here in Ireland...
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Take That's Howard Donald will host a new motoring TV series
Take That's Howard Donald has landed a brand new job and will host a brand new Channel 4 TV Series dedicated to motoring Producers have not yet announced when the series will air with the world famous Boy Band Pop Star at the helm but they are planning on it being a hit. Howard Donald will team up with...
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Škoda unveils new stained-glass car for Popes visit
Škoda Ireland has unveiled an amazing car with stained-glass windows specially commissioned for Pope's visit. The Czech carmaker has specially commissioned the decorative car to celebrate the Pope’s visit to Ireland on Sunday. Skoda said the windows were completed by Evan Connan, Ireland’s “last fully trained traditional stained-glass designer,”. The stained glass windows have over 1,700 individual pieces of...