What Does Driverless Cars Mean For Motoring?
Cars are getting smarter. So smart that some do not even need a driver to control them. But what do driverless cars mean for motoring? Modern cars are smart. Some cars can park themselves at the touch of a button. Features like lane departure warning systems, automatic lights and emergency stop systems work together to make our cars safer on the road, but they also take some of the thinking out of driving. Headlamps will turn on...
Christmas Gift Ideas
These Christmas gift ideas just might help you choose the perfect gift. Bang & Olufsen Speakers These funky pyramid-shaped speakers from Bang & Olufsen are designed for computers, laptops, iPods and other MP3 players. Inspired styling, but you pay for it, these Bang & Olufsen BeoLab 4 speakers are €1,120 directly from www.bang olufsen.com. With three identical curved surfaces coming together at a round base, BeoLab 4...
Working Week – Grace Weston
We have asked some of the many women working in motoring to share their Working Week with us. This week we catch up with Grace Weston, Volkswagen Aftersales Marketing Specialist for the Volkswagen Group Ireland Monday My alarm goes off at 6.30AM so I bounce out of bed for a shower, a quick look at emails on my phone and I’m out the door to begin my week. My first meeting of the day is with Alan Bateson, Head of Aftersales, to...
The Dreaded NCT Test
The NCT is more than just a car test; it’s a test of the owner’s nerves too. We look at the emotional rollercoaster of a trip to the NCT centre. I always feel a bit nervous arriving at the NCT centre. It’s similar to exam nerves except this time I’m nervous for the car and I always hope that “we will be ok”. It is at this special time that only comes around every two years that the car and I become one and like an anxious parent I...
Toyota GT86
We find out if the Toyota GT86 really is a sports car without the sports car price tag writes Geraldine Herbert What is it? Toyota has been promising to build a sports car for the past few years and finally the wait is over. Co-developed with Subaru, who incidentally supplied the flat-four boxer engine, developed the chassis and built the car finished with a dash of styling from Toyota. The result is the rear-wheel-drive Toyota GT86...
