Rosemary Mac Cabe drives the Renault Twingo
Guest Reviewer, STELLAR Magazine deputy editor Rosemary Mac Cabe, tries out the Renault Twingo. One thing’s for sure about my vivid turquoise Twingo; you’d most definitely see me coming. In a five-door, 2-litre saloon, this would be a garish shade, verging on brash – but in the Twingo, it’s just, well, fun. This is Renault’s third Twingo iteration, jointly developed with – no surprises here – Smart, and fun is...
Ford Mustang: We chart its 51-year history
The wait is over as the Ford Mustang arrives in Irish Showrooms we chart its 51-year history Ford executives watched gleefully as the public enthusiastically checked out the new Ford Mustang at the 1964 World’s Fair in New York. Based on the regular, humdrum Falcon but clothed in a modern, handsome body and with a raft of options including cruise-o-matic transmission, power disc brakes, handling packs, air conditioning and a choice of...
Wheelsforwomen.ie is the Winner
Wheelsforwomen scooped the prize of Best Automotive blog at the 2015 Blog Awards The Blog Awards Ireland celebrates the best in Irish blogging across a range of topics from food to Health and Lifestyle and recognises companies and individuals for their achievements. Wheels for Women, founded by Geraldine Herbert, picked up the award for the Best Automotive Blog. Founded over three years ago wheelsforwomen.ie features honest,...
Car Chat with Teena Gates
We talk cars with Teena Gates, former news journalist turned adventurer and author of ‘One Foot in Front of The Other’. If you were a car what car would you be? I would be a DeLorean DMC-12, the stainless steel, gull winged ‘Back to the Future’ car that was produced briefly in Belfast in the early eighties. My stainless steel body would stand up well to the salty Atlantic air and I’d live on Inisbofin Island, County...
Car Chat with Kelly Proper
We talk muscle cars, gadgets and more with Record-breaking Irish athlete, Kelly Proper If you were a car what car would you be? The new 2015 Ford Mustang – I just love the classic Mustang look – the new model will be on sale in Ireland for the first time from November, I can’t wait to try it out! What do you drive and what does it say about you? I drive a Ford Focus Zetec S and with its 150PS engine, it is like me, made for...