Irish Karting Champion Kayleigh Cole To Make Her Single Seater Debut for 2021
Young Irish Karting champion Kayleigh Cole (17 Years) from Cork is delighted to announce that she will make her single seater debut in the “2021 F1000 Championship” The 2021 F1000 Championship the UK’s fastest growing Single Seater Series which will run between April and October 2021. Kayleigh is the first Irish racing driver to participate in the superbike powered racing car, which can reach speeds of up to 150mph. Back in October...
Honda e
The Honda e oozes personality with its virtual fish but you will need to splash out writes Geraldine Herbert Why you will like it? Watch faces light up and heads turn when you tootle by in the new Honda e. Is it a looker? Honda’s first all-electric car has a distinctly retro yet futuristic vibe, but it’s the little details like the signature front and rear lights and flush door handles that catch attention. Even with Covid...
Ford Puma ST-Line X
Ford’s big cat is back and it is set to trouble rivals writes Geraldine Herbert Why you will like it? With good looks, a small engine and fuel-sipping hybrid technology what’s not to like about Ford’s new baby SUV? It joins the likes of the Nissan Juke, Skoda Kamiq and Volkswagen T-Roc in this fashionable sector of the car market. Is it a looker? Stylish, sporty and seductive we particularly like the low sloping...
SEAT Leon 1.5TSI 150hp Xcellence
Practical and fun to drive, there is lots to like about the new SEAT Leon writes Suzanne Keane What is it? I was a huge fan of the first SEAT Leon but they certainly lost their way with its replacement in 2005. The 3rd generation was a huge improvement harking back to the good old days and while this new Leon is more spacious and practical it doesn’t seem to have lost its spark. Who is it aimed at? The Leon offers the benefits of a...
Double Win for Nicole Drought on Final Britcar Weekend
Nicole Drought ended her Dunlop Britcar Endurance Campaign in the best possible way at Snetterton circuit in the UK today, taking two class wins for CJJ Motorsport. Teamed up once again with Sean Doyle, the pair were hoping to pay tribute to their patron John Campion, who sadly passed away last month after a battle with leukemia. With just one driver qualifying the car at this, the final race meeting of 2020, Nicole took the wheel and...
Ten things we learned about Transport in 2019
New figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) reveal some interesting insights about transport activity in 2019 writes Geraldine Herbert 1) During 2019, a total of 191,104 penalty point endorsement notices were issued, an increase of 7.9% on the previous year and almost two thirds (64.3%) of all penalty point endorsement notices issued in 2019 were for speeding. 2) There were 864 drivers with 12 penalty points on their licences...
