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    The €2,500 grants for plug-in hybrid cars will be scrapped from 1 January 2022

    The end of the road for plug-in hybrid vehicles ?

    It's only a little over ten years ago that plug-in hybrid cars became mainstream and car manufacturers have been promoting them heavily ever since. Now they appear to face an early demise under proposed draft EU legislation.

    Motors • 20 Oct 21
    Mazda's 6 executive saloon.

    Reviewed: Mazda's 6 - the challenge of an ageing petrol car.

    The Mazda may be as good as, and cheaper than, a comparable BMW or Mercedes but is there a future for saloon cars ?

    Motors • 12 Oct 21
    The Skoda Fabia will not now arrive here until next year.

    Skoda Ireland to defer car launch because of microchip crisis

    Skoda in Ireland has cancelled its planned launch of the new Fabia because of the global shortage of microchips that is causing havoc for car manufacturers around the world.

    Motors • 06 Oct 21
    The tax proposals would have a significant effect on the price of the ID.3, according to Volkswagen.

    VW warns of price hike for electric cars if tax proposals adopted

    Volkswagen Ireland says new tax proposals would add almost 3,000 Euros to the price of its most popular electric car - the ID.3

    Motors • 29 Sep 21
    The chip shortage is causing huge difficulties for car production and delivery times.

    Buying a new car ? You had better get ready for a long wait

    Just as the world motor industry begins to recover from the Covid crisis, it's faced with a new challenge that is dramatically affecting car production and already resulting in delayed orders for Ireland.

    Motors • 14 Sep 21
    Skoda's Enyaq SUV performs impressively when it comes to range.

    Reviewed: Skoda's fully electric SUV

    Skoda's new Enyaq show's how dramatic the improvement in electric cars has now become. Behind us are the days of cheap interior finish, charging frustration and experimentation.

    Motors • 06 Sep 21
    The Jogger is being kept under wraps until next week.

    Dacia to launch new family car with choice of 5 or 7 seats.

    Dacia plans to undercut some of the bigger names in the family car segment with its new Jogger model.

    Motors • 31 Aug 21
    Citroen has opted for a more SUV profile for the revised C4.

    Citroen launches first electric car as part of revised C4 line-up

    Citroen has opted for an SUV-styled theme with its new C4 range, which comes in petrol, diesel and electric options.

    Motors • 23 Aug 21
    The revised iX3 arrives in Ireland at the end of the year.

    BMW launches revised electric iX3.

    The iX3 has had fairly minimal styling changes. In fact, you'd probably be hard pressed to notice them. The main changes are that the car now comes in M-Sport specification and has a better battery capacity.

    Motors • 13 Aug 21
    The UX 300 is the first all-electric car from Lexus.

    First all-electric Lexus a better bet for shorter journeys

    Lexus describes its first electric car, the UX 300, as a car optimised for urban driving, which just about sums up the car's rather limited capacity.

    Lexus electric cars • 09 Aug 21

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