My highlights of the Motoring Year
From small cars packed with technology to fast cars loaded with power, narrowing the 2017 new car list down to just a handful isn’t an easy task, writes Geraldine Herbert Over the past year, I’ve swapped countless car keys and spent hours behind the wheel of many cars both home and abroad. Awarding one a car of the year title is a difficult thing to do; cars are more than simply about price, boot capacity, power output and...
Women’s World Car of the Year 2017 Winners
Women motoring writers across the world have voted and chosen the Hyundai Ioniq as their Car of the Year Hyundai’s Ioniq has been awarded the Women’s World Car of the Year 2017 award, along with an award for of Green Car. The Women’s World Car of the Year is the only car award in the world with an all-female jury. The jury consists of 25 established motor journalists from 20 different countries. Initially they nominated 420 cars...
17 Cars Worth Waiting For
From Alfa to Volvo, 2017 promises to be a bumper year and these are our seventeen most anticipated new models writes Geraldine Herbert Alfa Stelvio Alfa Romeo revealed their new Stelvio at the Los Angeles Motor Show. This is the Italian brand’s first premium crossover and launches their return to the US market. Named after the winding roads hidden in the Stelvio Pass, the highest mountain road in Italy, the Stelvio is the...
Eight things to know about BMW’s new 5-Series
Due here in the Spring BMW has revealed the all-new 5 Series writes Geraldine Herbert The new BMW 5 Series will hit Irish showrooms on February 11th, 2017 Prices start from €52,800. It may not look radically different from the outside but its now slightly longer, wider, and taller than the previous model. With a focus on driving dynamics the car gets a new suspension and sheds over a 100kgs. BMW’s ‘xDrive’ all-wheel drive system will...
Family cars from €40,000 – €50,000
With this type of a budget there is a huge amount of choice writes Geraldine Herbert With a budget this large it is unlikely anyone will opt for a small hatchback but for comparison purposes we have stayed with that format here too. Also with regard to finance it is fair to assume that most buyers would have a reasonably expensive car to use as a deposit so the amount put down is likely to be greater than 20% but again for comparison...
