http://www.ireland.com The Irish Times' Motors Top Stories en-ie Copyright 2008, ireland.com. The Irish Times 2008-05-07T12:15:05+00:00 daily 2 2008-05-07T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/ http://www.ireland.com/feeds/rss/rss_logo.gif Search for articles on ireland.com QUERY00 http://www.ireland.com/cgi-bin/dialogserver http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/motoring/2008/0507/1210062062002.html MINISTER FOR Transport Noel Dempsey has said he will introduce new legislation forcing motor insurance companies to hand over all their records on car write-offs to stop them reappearing on the roads, if they refuse to do so voluntarily. Motors 2008-05-07T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/motoring/2008/0507/1210062062000.html THE NATIONAL Roads Authority (NRA) is to retrofit "two-plus-one" or dual carriageway roads to some of the State's newer single carriageway bypasses. Motors 2008-05-07T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/motoring/2008/0507/1210062061991.html A ROAD safety group has called for the computer game Grand Theft Auto IV to be banned because it “glorifies drink driving”. Motors 2008-05-07T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/motoring/2008/0507/1210062061993.html Hard shoulderMore than 20 per cent of cars in Britain fail their first MoT test - the British equivalent of the National Car Test (NCT). The result gives Britain one of the worst records in Europe, figures out today showed. Motors 2008-05-07T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/motoring/2008/0507/1210062057449.html Volvo built its image around driver and passenger safety. Now they have to battle to keep the crown, but they won't give it up easily, writes Sarah Edmonds Other Stories 2008-05-07T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/motoring/2008/0507/1210062057036.html Second Hand SenseNOT MANY cars age as well as a Jaguar and few as well as an XK 8. It has been around for some 12 years, but put it beside one of the flashier sports cars around and its pedigree make its own statement. Other Stories 2008-05-07T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/motoring/2008/0507/1210062057186.html BOB MONGOMERY PAST IMPERFECT HENRY ROYCE and Charles Rolls - the men who gave their names to arguably the most famous cars the world has ever seen. But who were they and how did they come to build "the best car in the world"? Other Stories 2008-05-07T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/motoring/2008/0507/1210062057277.html MICHAEL McALEER HELP DESKAnswering all your motoring queries Other Stories 2008-05-07T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/motoring/2008/0507/1210062057310.html Other motors stories in brief Other Stories 2008-05-07T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/motoring/2008/0507/1210062057213.html Driving with Sebastien Loeb is a roller coaster of a scary, fantastic journey, writes Ben Oliver Motors Feature 2008-05-07T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/motoring/2008/0507/1210062057209.html THE 100,000TH Land Rover Freelander 2 recently rolled off the company's production line at Halewood on Merseyside, northwest England. Its destination was the city of Surgut in the Siberian oil fields and the red 2.2-litre diesel is part of a flood of western European-built luxury cars heading for the Russian market. Motors Feature 2008-05-07T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/motoring/2008/0507/1210062057202.html The C-Class sports coupé has seen big changes, but has Mercedes done enough to guarantee success with the new CLC? Kyle Fortune finds out Motors Feature 2008-05-07T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/motoring/2008/0507/1210062057425.html Nissan's world event in Portugal gave Paddy Comyn the chance to browse their full catalogue of models . . . and see what the brand has in store for Irish buyers Motors Feature 2008-05-07T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/motoring/2008/0507/1210062057433.html The wait may not be over, but the deadline is at least in sight. We have been waiting for Infiniti for a while in Europe and while our colleagues on mainland Europe have only to wait until October to get their hands on Nissan's Lexus equivalent, here in Ireland it will be the tail-end of 2009 before right-hand drive Infiniti models come to these shores. Motors Feature 2008-05-07T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/motoring/2008/0507/1210062057437.html So it has come to this. Even Britain's school traffic wardens are now victims of road rage, writes Kilian Doyle Emissions 2008-05-07T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/motoring/2008/0507/ The Lexus ISF has finally added passion to a brand long sold on logic, says Michael McAleer,Motoring editor Road Test 2008-05-07T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/motoring/2008/0507/1210062057060.html Four alternatives to the Lexus ISF Road Test 2008-05-07T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/motoring/2008/0507/1210062057296.html THE IRISH biking community is mourning the sudden loss of road-racer Martin Finnegan. Motorcycles 2008-05-07T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/motoring/2008/0507/1210062057301.html Other bike news in brief Motorcycles 2008-05-07T12:15:05+00:00