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American nightmare
Sport Utility Vehicles have conquered America. Europe is next. They shouldbe stopped, warns Keith Bradsher of the New York Times, because they're dirty and dangerous and they drink fuel.
Putting Opel back on the road
Since Arnold O'Byrne's departure Opel's share of Irish action has dropped. Now a young Dubliner has come home from Canada. His brief is to putOpel back on the road here. Michael McAleer talks to John C Maher.
Saab is cleared for takeoff
THE ROAD TEST/Saab 9-3 sports saloon: Steady if stuffy . . . that used to be the Saab way. Now the Swedish maker has discovered fun. Michael McAleer tests a very sporty Saab.
Other Stories
Megane II plays a strong French hand
Renault is piling on "la différence" with the new Megane. Andrew Hamilton sets the market scene.Mitsubishi's future rides on the Colt
If there was ever a car that could make or break an automaker, the new Colt would be it for Mitsubishi Motors Corporation. Two years after tarnishing its brand with the industry's biggest cover-up scandal to date, Japan's fourth-largest automaker badly needs a make-over to win back drivers and reverse the two-year run of falling domestic sales. Chang-Ran Kim reports from Tokyo.The Business
Inside the industry with Michael McAleer .Road Desk
Routes to avoid around the country in the week ahead.Tehran: somebody dies on its roads every 28 minutes
For those who consider Irish roads to be dangerous, spare a thought for the population of Iran.MINIs run amok again - with apologies to The Italian Job
What's a motoring writer doing at an organised art heist from a gallery in Barcelona? There is an explanation, says Michael McAleer .Sleeping the sleep of the damned
Emissions ... Kilian Doyle blows his weekly gasket.Murray parks himself
After 52 years delighting in the excitement of motor sports, Murray Walkeris coming in for a long pit stop. Justin Hynes talks to the broadcastinglegend about it all - and about his just-published autobiography.HELP DESK
Michael McAleer helps readers with their motoring problems.At long last, Irish motorists are on the map
Michael McAleer reports on a new computerised on-board mapping system covering Irish cities and towns.Sub-woofers and tweeters
JARGON PATROL: Prepare yourself for the world of the radio-heads. We've all seen the images of cars with the boot full of speakers and wires, rocking down the road emitting more decibels than a medium-sized nuclear explosion. What's more, the owners of said vehicles use a language and jargon unintelligible to the rest of us. Yet many of us have just such systems built in to our household stereos and even the cars.
Hit the brakes, not the deck
Applying the brakes on a motorbike is quite different from applyingthe brakes in a car, says John Wheeler .My Bike and I
James A Kennedy , motorcycle mechanic and shop owner
