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New Electric Mercedes-Benz EQ C SUV for Launch
Spelling big trouble for Elon Musk and Tesla Motors, the world-famous German luxury car manufacturer, Mercedes-Benz has just unveiled its very first production electric vehicle. This is indeed an all-out industry assault on Tesla Motors as Mercedes-Benz is not alone in seeing the electric future approaching rapidly. Mercedes believe that they will swamp the market with their electric...
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Credit Unions Partner with Car History Check Experts MyVehicle.ie
Credit Unions in Kerry and West Limerick have partnered with Car History Check experts, MyVehicle.ie. This collaboration means that Credit Union members can now get total Peace of mind by availing of a free car check with every car loan application at participating credit unions. The Credit Unions are offering to members a Free Car History...
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What does your car know about you?
How much does a car know about it's driver? Car manufacturers are continuing to collect massive amounts of data from cars and now they are figuring out how to make money from all the data that can. Modern cars with built-in connectivity are on the increase and because of this, car manufacturers are gaining access to unprecedented amounts...
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How much profit does Ferrari make on each sports car?
A fascinating new study has been released by Dr Ferdinand Dudenhoffer, who is a director with CAR-Center Automotive Research based in Duisburg, Germany. He conducted research into how much actual profit Ferrari made on each of its sports cars and it's an interesting comparison with other luxury car manufacturers. The luxury Italian sports car manufacturer was founded by...
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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...