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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...
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Transport options for Pope’s visit
When it comes to transport options for the visit, it is advisable to make yourself aware of any transport issues the visit will cause. An Garda Siochána is advising members of the public not to use their own cars but instead use public transport. There will be a Controlled Access Zone around Dublin City starting at the M50 from 6...
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What Will the New WLTP Emissions Standards Test Mean For Both Consumers and the Motor Industry?
Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure What are the new WLTP emissions standards and how will it affect you? It wouldn’t be the first thing on your mind but have you noticed your car’s Co2 emissions going up lately? Probably not but that certainly what is bound to happen quite soon. The new Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure...
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Tesla Motors Going from Public to Private
Elon Musk has hinted this week on Twitter that Tesla Motors may go private and hinting at $420 a share deal. The founder of Tesla, took to Twitter on Wednesday to declare that he might take the EV Autonomous car company private. He made the announcement shortly after a report that Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund had taken a...
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BMW warns global trade tensions could affect their profits
The escalating trade war between US and China is putting the squeeze on car manufacturers. In particular, BMW has warned that trade tensions between the two powers could affect profits in the coming months. BMW said that if tariffs get any higher they may no longer meet a goal of making a profit at the same level that they...
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Armoured personnel carrier goes on sale on DoneDeal
For anyone that's looking to change their vehicle any time soon, there is an armoured personnel carrier on sale in the online classified website, DoneDeal and it could be yours. If you've got absolutely no patience for traffic jams and you feel like a little off-road terrain driving you can get behind the wheel of your own military vehicle....
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Volkswagen may have to recall electric cars over 'toxic' metal
Volkswagen has announced that it may be forced to recall 124,000 electric and hybrid cars due to the presence of cadmium in the batteries. Cadmium is an element used in electric car batteries and it can be a carcinogenic metal, in the vehicles. Volkswagen maintains that the affected cars do not pose any immediate danger to drivers, explaining...
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Plane-train Hybrid that could Revolutionise Transportation in the Future
Imagine in the future where your plane lands on the runway and then taxis to a rail track. The fuselage that you flew in now doubles as a train compartment and you are now transported by rail to the city centre without even getting out of your seat. Your multi-seat trip (taxi-to-subway-to-airtrain) from home to hotel suddenly becomes a one-seat,...
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New car sales down 2.75% in July
New car sales are down 2.75% once again in July as the new 182 registrations are being sold. At the same time, the volume of used car imports from the UK continues to grow. Last month, 26,944 n, down 2.75 per cent on the same month last year. Since the beginning of the year, there has been a total of...
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Scottish address used in second-hand car sales scam
The latest car sales scam in the UK is also affecting car buyers from Ireland. The scam involves these car criminals using an address in Caithness, in Scotland as part of a con to get people to spend thousands of pounds on fake second-hand cars sales. A particular house in Thurso has been visited by at least five people looking...