The best Motoring and Motorsport series to binge-watch
Missing motorsport? We have rounded up some of the best motoring and motorsport shows on Netflix to keep you entertained while stuck at home A Life of Speed : The Juan Manuel Fangio Story Based on a study conducted in 2016 by the University of Sheffield that determined that Juan Manuel Fangio is the best F1 driver in history, A Life of Speed : The Juan Manuel Fangio Story seeks to get inside the mind of the legend throughout...
First Drive: Electric Ferrari 308
An electric Ferrari 308 may not convert you with its sound but it certainly will with its speed writes Geraldine Herbert What is it? One of the most dynamic duos of the 80s was Tom Selleck and his red Ferrari 308 in the long-running TV show Magnum PI. Now nearly 40 years on, the Ferrari 308 still features high on many collectors lists and while it may not have been the most powerful Ferrari, it still had that much coveted V8 exhaust...
Maserati – Luxury and Performance with Style
Suzanne Keane takes a look at the Maserati brand, past, present and future The rumble of a Ferrari engine catches your attention before a gleaming trident badge comes into view – a muscular piece of Italian engineering that turns heads on every corner – a Maserati. It all began in the early 1900s with Rodolfo Maserati, a railroad worker, whose son Carlo Maserati designed a single cylinder engine at age 17 after inheriting a lust...
2015 Geneva Motor Show
As the first European Motor Show of the year, you can always depend on the Geneva Motor Show to launch some spectacular new models writes Geraldine Herbert Dogged by recession and falling car sales this year’s Geneva Motor Show marked a new optimism as European Car makers finally turned a corner. Over 90 world premieres were unveiled at the show and everything from family-oriented cars, sports cars and SUVs battled for attention....
First Drive – Ferrari 458 Italia
As the first Ferrari dealership opens in Ireland, we get behind the wheel of the 458. It will set you back about €250K but the experience will live on writes Laura Keane What is it? Powered by a 570bhp 4.5-litre V8 petrol engine, this Italian Stallion goes from 0-100km in a mere 3.4 seconds and has a top speed of 326 km. First impressions of the new Ferrari 458? The exterior is aerodynamically impressive, it certainly has presence....
