China joins Women’s World Car of the Year with three renowned motoring journalists
Motoring journalists Gao Wei, Zhao Shuang and Zhang Liyue have joined Women’s World Car of the Year as judges. Gao Wei, Zhao Shuang and Zhang Liyue have an important influence over Chinese car consumers and the Women’s World Car of the year jury is delighted to add them as judges. With their appointment, Women’s World Car of the Year increases membership to 47 journalists from 36 different countries and with a media...
Five ways a Hard Brexit will impact on Motoring in Ireland
What are the implications for car buying and Motorists in a post no-deal Brexit writes Geraldine Herbert? Importing a car from the UK will become more expensive Over 100,000 used cars were imported last year from the UK and Northern Ireland. A no-deal Brexit would mean that UK car exports to the EU would become subject to a 10% tariff under World Trade Organisation rules. There would also be VAT Charged. The customs duty is applied...
The Galway Energy Efficient Car
The Geec is the first and only Irish team in the world’s top ultra-efficiency competition, and the most energy-efficient car ever built in Ireland. The Galway energy-efficient car, the Geec, is an eco-car designed and built by NUI Galway engineering students. Every year since 2015, they have competed in Shell Eco-marathon Europe, a 16-km street-circuit race where the winner is the car that uses the least fuel or energy. This...
Double Win for Nicole Drought on Final Britcar Weekend
Nicole Drought ended her Dunlop Britcar Endurance Campaign in the best possible way at Snetterton circuit in the UK today, taking two class wins for CJJ Motorsport. Teamed up once again with Sean Doyle, the pair were hoping to pay tribute to their patron John Campion, who sadly passed away last month after a battle with leukemia. With just one driver qualifying the car at this, the final race meeting of 2020, Nicole took the wheel and...
Ten things we learned about Transport in 2019
New figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) reveal some interesting insights about transport activity in 2019 writes Geraldine Herbert 1) During 2019, a total of 191,104 penalty point endorsement notices were issued, an increase of 7.9% on the previous year and almost two thirds (64.3%) of all penalty point endorsement notices issued in 2019 were for speeding. 2) There were 864 drivers with 12 penalty points on their licences...
What Budget 2021 means for motorists
Public Expenditure Minister Michael McGrath and Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe have just presented the 2021 Budget. From fuel tax to VRT, here’s everything motorists need to know… There were no real surprises in the budget and as expected the main focus was on public health spending in light of the coronavirus. The key take out for motorists is that fuel will increase, so too will motor tax for some motorists and new car...
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