MINI Cooper SD Paceman
So is the new MINI a case of four doors good but two doors better, Geraldine Herbert finds out! What is it? MINI has added to the family, yet again. The iconic brand already includes a Hatch, Clubman, Convertible, Countryman, Coupé and Roadster. The seventh and latest model to wear the MINI badge is an SAV, a Sports Activity Vehicle called the Paceman. Who is it aimed at? This is a MINI designed for singles or a couple with no kids...
Off-Road Declarations
New measures have been introduced to clamp down on Motor Tax evasion and drivers now have to declare cars as ‘off road the road’ before tax runs out writes Suzanne Keane. Up to July this year if you weren’t using a car that wasn’t taxed all you needed to do when you eventually wanted to tax it again was fill in an RF100 form, get it stamped at your local garda station and take it to the tax office with your hard earned...
Stylish and Practical, meet the Urban Crossover
Urban Crossovers promise style and practicality at an affordable price, it’s no wonder they are the fastest growing niche market . Geraldine Herbert looks at some of the new additions to our roads Small SUVs or Urban Crossovers are the fastest growing niche market and car companies are falling over each other in a rush to produce one. More hatchback and less SUV they blend MPV like interior versatility with a high driving position....
The BMW i3
BMW has launched its first fully electric production car, the BMW i3. Geraldine Herbert was in London to take a closer looks at this all new car With the traditional kidney grille it may be instantly recognisable as a BMW, but the i3 – which the luxury German car-maker unveiled to the world last week – is about as new as a car can be. From its carbon fibre and aluminium chassis to its recycled dashboard, BMW promises this “game...
Irrepressible Icons
The long road to cult success is stranger than fiction, the week we look at some memorable Cult Cars In 1933, Adolf Hitler asked Dr Ferdinand Porsche to make a volkswagen, a “people’s car”. Porsche’s answer to this was the car we know today as the Volkswagen Beetle. With more than 21 million Beetles built between 1939 and 2003, in the longest production run of any one car design, the Beetle is one of the motoring industry’s greatest...
