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Cheaper cover? We'll be lucky
Will recently-announced proposals produce cheaper car insurance? Carol Coulter , Legal Affairs Correspondent, is not holding her breath
French take European car crown once again
The Renault Megane, just launched on the Irish market, is European Car of the Year 2003. It achieved 322 points, 20 ahead of the runner-up, the Mazda 6. Andrew Hamilton reports
Police investigate discount car operation
British police are investigating complaints against a car sales operation based in the Netherlands which advertises significantly discounted cars in newspapers and the motoring press in Ireland and Britain. Autodirect offers discounts of up to €60,000 on new cars. Michael McAleer reports
Other Stories
The SUV plague: Why I started to worry
Last week we reported the views of an eminent American motoring journalist on the proliferation of SUVs , sport utility vehicles, in the US - and their increasing presence on European roads. Today, in a footnote, Keith Bradsher answers our questions about how he came to see SUVs as dangerous, pollutant and fuel-thirstyTroubled Fiat denies Ferrari boss is due to take helm at auto group
FIAT has denied reports that its chairman Paolo Fresco is to resign as unions geared up to protest against planned restructuring of the Italian industrial conglomerate's loss-making auto division.Doing the impossible in the land of ice and fire
Drivers in Iceland are well used to dodging about through steaming geysers, cold rivers and, well, ice. Claire Bowen joined them for a spot of Formula Off Road, a Viking variation of motoring with very big tyresNissan gives Micra a long-overdue makeover
The third generation of Nissan's Micra is a winner, as Andrew Hamilton discovered on the streets of RomeFusion falls flat for Ford family
ROAD TEST: Ford, fretting frantically, found a fissure between the Fiesta and the Focus - and formed the Fusion. Fuss and flap but no phenomenon, files Andrew HamiltonVolvo enters the power war with its R-range
"Safe and Swedish" needn't exclude performance. Michael McAleer reportsPoints: Forget them. Let's get serious
EMISSIONS/Kilian Doyle: It's been a few weeks since I've had a good old rant. Despite exhortations from my good editor and others to quite literally let rip, I'm afraid I've been a bit sanguine of late. But all that is to change. Feeling exceptionally vituperative today, so I am. So here goes.Incidentally, it's my Bentley
So plush and capacious is its carpeted interior, you could hold soirées init - with canapés. Oonagh Charleton talks to Gerard Ussher about hisBentley S2The Business
Inside the industry with Michael McAleerRoad Desk
Routes to avoid around the country in the week ahead:Help Desk
Michael McAleer helps readers with their motoring problemsJargon Patrol
Low tyre pressure warning: Tyre pressure has been identified as a contributing factor to fatal crashes involving SUVs in the US two years ago which led to the recall of thousands of Firestone tyres and Ford SUVs.
Nothing but the best is acceptable
Advanced driving skills are well worth the time. In fact, says, John Wheeler , anything less just isn't good enoughMy Bike and I
Solicitor Peter McEvoy discusses the reasons why motorbikes are the real deal for him.
