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Brand new car seized by British cops 30 seconds after driving out of the showroom
Brand new car seized by cops after 30 seconds A driver had his brand new car seized by police in the UK just seconds after it was purchased. The brand new silver Renault Megane was seized by the Northamptonshire Police just 30 seconds after it was purchased by the owner. According to the Northamptonshire police Twitter account, one of...
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UK car manufacturers stockpiling car parts in preparation for Brexit
UK Stockpiling Cars and Car Parts ahead of Brexit UK carmakers are seeking more clarity from the UK Government as they stockpile car parts in preparation for Brexit on January 1. The big car makers are moving cars and parts in both directions across the English Channel as a hedge against the huge tariffs that would result if...
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Brexit set to hit the second-hand car market in Northern Ireland
Brexit could make second-hand cars more expensive in Northern Ireland Brexit changes which may very well be introduced from January which could make it more expensive for Northern Ireland car dealers to source their cars from the rest of Great Britain. Currently, when NI car dealers and traders buy a vehicle in any other part of Great Britain and...
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Revenue acted unlawfully in failing to provide their OMSP criteria for determining VRT
Revenue Acted Unlawfully A High Court judgement following an appeal by UCII against a 2013 High Court decision has ruled that Revenue acted unlawfully by failing to provide a used car importer with details of how the open market selling price for used vehicles was determined for the purpose of calculating VRT. The court case surrounds an action...
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Ireland’s first ever Hydrogen Fuel Cell bus hits the streets of Dublin
Hydrogen Mobility Ireland has launched an eight week trial of a zero-emission hydrogen buses in Dublin. Eamon Ryan TD, the Minister for Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport has welcomed the trial which will see Ireland’s first Hydrogen bus operating across various routes in Dublin. The Hydrogen Mobility Ireland (HMI) initiative, includes members from both the transport industry...
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Cars may actually prove to be more important post covid
Personal transportation by car may prove to be far more important to the average driver than before covid. In a new survey, by the RAC’s annual Report on Motoring, more than half of 3,068 drivers surveyed in the UK (57 per cent) say that having access to a car is extremely important and even more so after the coronavirus outbreak....
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Motor Insurance is 35% higher in the past decade
Motor insurance premiums rose as much as 35% over the past ten years despite a massive drop in claims. Profit margins for the insurance industry actually increased from 9% in 2018 to 10% last year. The industry has raised their premium prices by 35% even though there has been a 9% fall in the cost of claims in...
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Car dealers are calling for urgent deferral on new VRT increases
Car dealers call for a deferral on the new VRT hikes The Irish Car Carbon Reduction Alliance (ICCRA) have warned that the increase in VRT (Vehicle Registration Tax) in Budget 2021 will negatively affect all new car sales in this country, including the sale of electric cars. Along with this group, Irish car dealers are also...
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Most popular cars in October 2020
The MyVehicle.ie Nationwide Market Overview report for October 2020. Once again, the Hyundai Tucson was the number one best selling car sold by Independent dealers in Ireland, with the Nissan Qashqai coming in a close second. The top-ten used cars sold by Franchise dealers for the month of December revealed the number one spot, also to be the Hyundai Tucson....
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Tesla Motors recalls 30,000 cars in China
Tesla Motors recalls 30,000 cars in China According to China’s State Administration for Market Regulation, Tesla has recalled 30,000 cars in China over suspension defects which could potentially affect control of the car. The electric car manufacturer has identified two different types of defects in the suspension system with imported Model S and Model X cars which were...