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BMW Purchasing Director to be the new head of Audi
Audi gets a new Purchasing Director The purchasing director at BMW, Markus Duesmann is being lined up by the Volkswagen group to head its Audi premium brand. According to certain inside sources, the group plan to place Duesmann at the helm as Audi CEO on January 1, 2019 Markus Duesmann is an engine development expert and if he does get...
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Why Should You Purchase a Car History Check Before Buying a Pre-Owned Vehicle?
Why get a car check before buying a used car? Buying a car, even if it is a used car can be a huge expense and before handing over your hard earned cash, you want to make sure that you have done everything you can to lessen the risk of buying a junker and you will make sure that you...
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Surge in fuel prices are eroding any declines in Insurance costs
Surge in fuel prices A new survey from the AA survey has found that motorists are paying more overall due to forecourt pump expenses and any savings they have made in lower insurance is being eroded by the increasing fuel costs at the pump. The latest findings have been revealed in the AA’s annual survey of motoring costs. The survey...
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Dacia and Ford recall thousands of cars in Ireland
Dacia and Ford are recalling thousands of cars in Ireland over safety fears and Irish motorists who are affected by these recalls will be contacted in due course.This is an urgent recall notice issued on thousands of cars in Ireland, in which Dacia is recalling 2,291 vehicles and Ford is recalling 278 vehicles.The affected Dacia vehicles are certain models of...
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New Road Network Mobile Phone Warning Sign!
New Mobile Phone Warning Sign New road sign technology aimed at mobile phone use while driving is being trialled in Norfolk in the UK. This new mobile phone detection system will deter motorists from using their hand-held mobile phones while driving and it is the first of its kind to be used on roads in the UK. The new detection...
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Insurance Companies Cashing in by Dual-Pricing on Premiums
Dual-Pricing on Car Insurance Premiums The Central Bank has been called on to ban dual-pricing of insurance policies. The regulator is being urged to act on these insurers as firms have been quoting inflated prices for year-two renewals. Dual pricing is the practice of setting prices at different levels for the same product or service. This situation has come to...
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To Air-Con or Not To Air-Con - Some Fuel Saving Tips To save you money
Fuel Saving Tips To save you money So should you keep your car windows open in hot weather or should you close them and put on the air-conditioning? Many drivers who hit the motorways generally close their windows as they speed up and turn on the air-conditioning. Traditional wisdom would have it that you should close your windows and switch...
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$7 Trillion Annual Market Projected for Autonomous Cars
Autonomous Car Market According to a new study by Intel, autonomous vehicles will generate $7 trillion per year by 2050. This autonomous vehicle revolution vehicles will see an unprecedented transformation of the global industry as autonomous vehicles displace human drivers all over the world. Large vehicle fleets, such as trucks, buses, taxis and delivery vehicles will be the likely first...
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AA Ireland To Host Major Conference on New Car Technologies
New Car Technologies AA Ireland will host a major conference on the social impact of new car technology in Dublin in October The purpose of the conference is to see how prepared Ireland is for the next wave of motoring technology, such as self-driving cars? Some of the issue on the conference agenda will be the social, legal and regulatory...
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Millions lost on M50 tolls each year
Millions lost on M50 tolls each year! Millions in toll charges is being lost every year on the M50 alone, as cars from foreign registered cars get away without paying. In the past year, cars from 38 countries have been flouting the law and going through the toll without paying. Over 1.3 million motorists use Dublin’s M50 every year without paying the...