The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) have released their official 241 new vehicle registrations statistics for April.
New car registrations for April were down 3.6% (8,591) when compared to April 2023 (8,912). Registrations year to date are up...
There must have been some personnel changes in the office at Toyota’s headquarters in Tokyo where the staff select names for new cars. In the past we got very sensible names like: Aygo, Corolla, Camry, Prius and Yaris. But...
Toyota, Ireland’s best-selling car brand, is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the iconic Toyota RAV4. With over 31,260 RAV4s sold in Ireland to date and 14 million sold globally at the end of 2023, the contemporary SUV has transformed the...
Alan Greene has been elected President of the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI), the representative body covering all sectors of the Motor Industry in Ireland.
Speaking at SIMI’s AGM in (Killashee House Hotel,) Naas, Co. Kildare, Alan Greene...
With global production having passed five million cars at the end of April 2016, the highly acclaimed Mazda3 is updated with the launch of the 2017 Mazda3. Highlights across the full Hatchback and Saloon range include subtle exterior changes...
Official statistics released this week by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) show that the total new car registrations for the year 2018 finished, at 125,557 4.4% down on 2017 (131,332).
New Light Commercial Vehicle registrations (LCV) finished at 25,561,...
As lockdown restrictions begin to ease, Michelin is urging motorists to complete essential safety checks before getting behind the wheel of cars that may have had very little use over the past number of months.
According to the tyre maker,...
A few months after the launch of the three-door, the five-door Cooper now joins the new MINI family. With extended space and innovative in-car technology, the new MINI Cooper 5 Door is offered with two efficient petrol engines that...
FTA Ireland has welcomed plans for a new runway at Dublin Airport but says more must be done to improve transport links for passengers.
The €320m project will see a second landing strip built 1.6km north of the existing runway by 2020. Plans were...
Audi has once again demonstrated its leading role in the field of driverless, or “piloted”, driving.
Its latest research car, the Audi A7 piloted driving concept “Jack”, has not only learned how to autonomously perform all of its driving manoeuvres...
