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  • Disqualified drivers avoid longer bans

    Motorists convicted of drink driving before March this year will not face new, longer driving bans which the minister introduced that month, the High Court has heard.

  • Pass rates 'much higher' at SGS test centres

    Pass rates at test centres run by private firm SGS are significantly higher than among those examined at Road Safety Authority test centres, according to data seen by The Irish Times. Of almost 40,000 tests carried out by SGS so far this year, the average pass rate was 62 per cent, compared with an average of 52 per cent among candidates at RSA centres.

  • Close WRC battle ahead

    It's here at last: Ireland's round of the World Rally Championship, the most significant event in Irish motorsport since the Irish Grand Prix held between 1929 and 1931. According to organisers, it will be broadcast to a TV audience of an estimated 807 million viewers in some 50 countries.
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  • Plenty to choose from in Ireland's most popular family car segment

    Small family cars make up some 30 per cent of the new car market, so are big business and the choice and variety is enormous. Paddy Comyn guides you through the big-sellers and some of the ones you should look at next year.

  • Small family cars you may consider in 2008

    KIA CEE'D: It might not yet be up there in the top of the sales charts, but for us the Cee'd is one of the best small family cars you can buy and one that really should challenge the front runners.

  • Big family names forced to face up to

    The ultra-competitive large family car segment has some new contenders this year and more just around the corner. Paddy Comyn looks at the cars that

  • Cars you might want to consider for 2008

    RENAULT LAGUNA: As reviewed in Motors last week, the new Laguna is a big step forward from the previous version and should help to arrest flagging sales for the car.

  • Making travel child's play

    FirstDrive/Chrysler Grand Voyager: If you have lots of children and lots of money, you won't find a better family vehicle than the Chrysler's Grand Voyager, writes Paddy Comyn

  • Cameras 'ineffective' for road safety

    A new British report says that speed cameras are not as effective as old-fashioned policing in reducing road casualties, writes Tim O'Brien.

  • Warmer winds to blow in California

    Los Angeles auto show: US carmakers are hoping to put a gloss on a bleak domestic outlook at Los Angeles International Auto Show, says Donal Byrne

  • A real entertainer from Stuttgart

    FirstDrive/Porsche Cayenne GTS: Some cars are always worth testing, says Conor Twomey , and the new Porsche Cayenne GTS certainly didn't disappoint.

  • Ford to keep hold on Volvo

    Ford has signalled its intention to keep a foothold in the globally buoyant premium car segment by moving away from a possible sale of Volvo.

  • HelpDesk

    Michael McAleer answers your questions

  • Stylishly comfortable

    SecondHandSense/Jaguar S-Type: We will soon see the replacement for the Jaguar S-Type, the car introduced by Jaguar to try to attract a younger type of driver and a less staid image, back in 1999. It does not seem like that long ago, and the fact that the car does not look all that dated is a testament to the traditional approach to its design.

  • Triumphing over injury to achieve worldwide fame

    PastImperfect/Goldie Gardner: In May 1939, a rather dour Englishman, Lt Col Arthur Thomas Goldie Gardner, drove his 1100cc MG Magnette along a special section of the Frankfurt-Dessau autobahn over two kilometre and mile distances, at average speeds of 203.5 and 203.2 mph respectively.

  • Comfort, but at a price

    TestDrive/Mazda6: Mazda's new 6 is a handsome drive, but it's missing the zoom-zoom factor, writes Conor Twomey
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  • Swing low sweet chariot, you're next for auction

      Selling Celebrity: There's a great market these days for cars that were formerly owned by a celebrity. A quick Google reveals that you can buy a 1963 Bentley formerly owned by Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees for $225,000 (€154,728).
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  • Another SUV lite

    Snubbed for so long, the SUV has well and truly taken hold, but the Antara offers little new to an already saturated market, writes Michael McAleer , Motoring Editor.
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  • The triumph of the easy rider

    BikeTest/Triumph American:  An American take on the Triumph Bonneville: this was a combination that Geoff Hill found almost irresistible, dsepite a few quibbles about it being sanitised.

  • Bike News

    BMW reveals Junior GS:  Good news for those lusting after a BMW R1200 GS but who can't quite afford one. BMW has unveiled a new GS, the F800GS.
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