Catch me if you can…… Gabrielle McDonald
We talk to Gabrielle McDonald, a former Triple British Drag Racing Champion and Ireland’s fastest woman Gabrielle McDonald is officially fast, in 2010 she won the Triple British Championship for Junior Drag Racing, which made her the first Irish person, the first girl and the first foreigner to win all three championships. Not content with Junior Drag Racing in October 2012, she began her Top Fuel licence and became the first person...
First drive: Kia Sorento 2.2D AWD
The new third generation Kia Sorento is a much more polished and refined SUV writes Geraldine Herbert What is it? Kia’s third generation Sorento has just arrived sporting a sharper look outside and more premium feel inside. Rivals include the Hyundai Santa Fe and the Mitsubishi Outlander but Kia reckon it might just lure buyers away from BMW’s X5, Land Rover’s Discovery and the Volvo XC90. First impressions of the new Kia Sorento?...
Honda Civic Tourer 1.6 i-DTEC
Space, style and reliability come with a price worth striving for writes Geraldine Herbert What is it? The Honda Civic Tourer is a compact estate version of the Civic Hatchback and as a result you get many of the benefits you’d expect from an MPV, like flexible seating and extra space. Who is it aimed at? If you need a car that can accommodate a young and growing family, the occasional school friend and from time to time a...
Honda Civic Tourer 1.6 i-DTEC Video Review
Space, style and reliability come with a price worth striving...
Women in the Outside Lane
Geraldine Herbert catches up with three very quick women and finds out the goals they are accelerating towards We live longer, achieve higher points in the leaving cert and, according to motor insurance companies, are less likely to have a serious accident. So why is our participation in motorsport almost on a par with female participation on stag nights? The predominance of men is the most visible example of a gender imbalance that...
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