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Border fuel rush is turning cars into 'mobile bombs'
Every weekend thousands of motorists from Northern Ireland cross the border to fill their tanks - and the plastic containers in their boots - with cheaper fuel. Brian Byrne and Trish Whelan report on the traffic and the danger it poses
The price for London in lost tax: #500 million a year
The manager of one border station said that up to 75 per cent of his business is coming down from the North, writes Brian Byrne . The station had to stop the practice of filling plastic container with petrol.
McCreevy set to pick-up taxes on motors
FUTURE owners of the motoring behemoths - American-style pick-up trucks - are likely to feel the pinch of today's budget if the Minister for Finance removes them from the commercial vehicle category for Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT). Michael McAleer reports
Fuel-cell cars start trials
The world's first commercial use of fuel-cell cars began this week with Toyota and Honda leasing environmentally friendly vehicles to the Japanese government. But, at about 40 times the cost of leasing a conventional car, it will be years before the cars are within consumers' reach.
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Once again MG Rover defies doomsayers and refuses to die
Critics have been predicting Rover's demise even before recent events in China, but the last mainstream British carmaker can't be written off just yet, writes David Gow.May the G-force be with you in the tight corners
The challenge-to design and build a racing car from scratch in an academicyear. Such is the test posed by the international Formula Student programmeinvolving a group from UCD. Dick Ahlstrom reports6 good reasons for happy days in Mazda
It's changed times indeed for Mazda, the company's European president tells for Andrew Hamilton.Children and pedestrians left out of advances in car safety
Children are less well protected by safety features in recent car models than drivers and adult passengers, crash test specialists European New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP) have claimed.The call of the wild
ROAD TEST/Ford Focus ST 170: A wolf in sheep's clothing, this Focus will focus other drivers' minds when you let it show what it can do. Michael McAleer put the boot downToyota is piling on the fun
Which of the big volume car manufacturers is the most vibrant? Undoubtedly it has to be Toyota - in the European context, it is drawing up ambitious targets which would see it passing out Citroën and Mercedes-Benz to become Europe's number eight marque. Andrew Hamilton reportsCheaper cars as pigs fly!
EMISSIONS: Kilian Doyle blows a gasket a weekWould you give a big cat a good home?
Robert Hughes, a dealer in classic Jaguars, sometimes agonises about the sort of 'home' his cars are being sold into. Oonagh Charleton has the detailsHelp Desk
Motoring queries from readers are answered every week by Michael McAleerJargon Patrol
CV JOINTS: Front-wheel-drive cars have come to dominate the marketplace and offer great traction in snow and rain.Road Desk
Routes to avoid around the country this weekThe Business
Around the industry with Michael McAleer
The little bike that rode down the lane
Others do it. Why will we not open bus lanes to two-wheel traffic? John Wheeler reportsMy Bike and I
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