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  • Despite overtime tests still down

    Applications to sit a driving test have significantly outstripped the number of tests actually conducted over each of the last four years, according to new figures supplied by the Road Safety Authority.
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  • UK prices send car values south

    Despite VRT, big savings can be made by importing cars from Northern Ireland, writes Paddy Comyn

  • IFA head refutes claims on ecofuels and the environment

    In last week's Motors George Monbiot argued against biofuels. Here, Padraig Walsh , President of the IFA, replies

  • Trendy Seat packs a punch

    SecondHandSense: Seat Ibiza FOR: Quality, reliability and very sharp styling AGAINST: Low headroom in rear

  • Back to the future with Ford

    The Ford Focus has been a huge hit here and the latest version runs on bioethanol, but as Paddy Comyn discovered, the Model T could already do that 100 years ago

  • BMW's 'spartan' home in the USA

    BMW's decision to set up a factory in the USA has proven successful. Shane O'Donoghue reports

  • BMW confirm new M3 coupé

    BMW has confirmed details of its new BMW M3 Coupé, the fourth generation of the high-performance version of its best-selling model range.

  • One in a million Factfile

    FirstDrive: Mini One Mini has just produced its millionth car yet still retains its original style and passion, writes Michael McAleer , Motoring Editor

  • By hairpins to the edge of the sea

    GreatRoads: Continuing on his Great Roads, Bob Montgomery takes to the rugged rocks and obstinate sheep of Achill island

  • Chrysler deal in danger of collapse

    Tracinda's offer to buy Chrysler could collapse unless the investment vehicle controlled by Nevada billionaire Kirk Kerkorian can rapidly find a way to enter into negotiations with DaimlerChrysler, the German parent of the US automaker.

  • Winging her way from Irish tracks to midget-car racing

    PastImperfect: Flying Fay Fay Taylour, or "Flying Fay from Dublin" as she became known, is one of the most intriguing of the many women drivers to have graced the race tracks of Europe down through the years.

  • HelpDesk

    Michael McAleer answers your questions
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  • The dirtbirds

    The avian enemy It's official. I am at war. My foe? The avian army that congregates over my house, tormenting me with its daily guano attacks on the Duchess, (my classic BMW for those who don't know). Each evening it's the same - her lush red paintwork is coated in nastiness.
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  • Stealing Thunder

    Mercedes Benz CL500 Mercedes Benz CL500 Rich but not yet over the hill? Never fear, Mercedes has designed the CL-Class just for you. Michael McAleer , Motoring Editor reports
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  • The road much less well travelled

    Kilkenny to Cape Town: Hugh Bergin slogs on across the Equator, and finds blocked border posts and mud, mud, mud

  • MotorbikeNews

    SCREAMIN' HARLEY: Offering luxury, ubiquitous chrome, great performance and a high-end price to match, the new 1,800 cc Harley-Davidson Custom Screamin' Eagle Ultra Classic Electra Glide is an awesome and extraordinary cruiser.
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