Style For Wheels – We Look At Cars On The Catwalk – Hermès and Bugatti
Car manufacturers like to give their motors the extra edge with a bit of help from the fashion world. But they don’t knock on the door of the likes of Penneys or H&M to kit out their cars. They go to the big fashion houses and the world’s most exclusive and sought after designers. In our Style for Wheels feature we will be looking at the offspring of some of these collaborations. These cars are so stylish they may have...
Hyundai Veloster 1.6 GDi
Hyundai’s new Veloster is one of the most distinctive cars around. Aiming to combine the style of a coupe with the practicality of a hatchback we find out if it lives up to that promise What is it? Pioneering the three door approach the Hyundai’s Veloster is a very clever piece of design. On the driver’s side there is one door in keeping with a coupe but on the passenger side there are two doors so in essence it is a four door...
Caroline Urch’s First Car ……
What was your first car and why did you buy it? My first car was a 1986 white imported Toyota Starlet bought in 1995 and I loved her! What did you pay for it? It is so long ago as this stage I can’t remember for sure! How did it change your life? It gave me independence, no more begging for lifts or using the bus. Was a stay-at-home Mum with a baby and I needed to get out!! What was the longest trip you ever took in...
Aiming to Clean Up, The Dacia Duster
The all-new Dacia Duster is coming to Ireland and is available from €14,990. It will be in Irish showrooms in January 2013 but you can test drive and order the Duster now through the Dacia Dealership. The Dacia formula, providing functional cars that are designed to be neither longer nor wider than required, simple, generous and robust – has been a huge success for them. The Renault owned Dacia are the fastest growing car brand in...
A Baby Called Adam – Opel’s New City Car
Modern and sporty the new Adam is the latest addition to the Opel family and will be unveiled at the 2012 Paris Motor Show in September. This new city car will arrive in Ireland early 2013. Taking design cues from the Fiat 500, Citroen’s DS5 and the Mini this is Opel’s first urban car engineered and produced in Germany. Stretching almost 3.7 metres in length and 1.72m in width, Adam is slightly longer than the VW Up and wider than...
