Now and again, I get the chance of a second test week in a car. It’s a great way of sizing-up a model against rivals that I have driven in the intervening period. I always find something is better than…
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First drive: Kia EV5
Kia’s long-awaited medium-sized SUV category, the EV5, has made it to these shores just in time for the best-selling months of next year. It is the first Kia made for what is called the C-SUV battery electric vehicle segment. As…
Tested: Hyundai Ioniq 9
Buying a big seven-seat large electric SUV says a lot about how well some people are doing. And more luck to them. Funding around €80,000 to purchase of the likes of the 7-seater Hyundai IONIQ 9 is no simple feat…
Tested: Leapmotor C10 REEV
One gets the impression that the flood of Chinese brands coming onto the Irish market can only go one way – and that’s up. Hitching onto well-established importers and distributors gives them a great base on which to launch and…
Tested: Polestar 3
Buying a new electric luxury car must be one of the great acts of faith in modern times. Maybe it’s not as great an act as was the case when doubts about EVs in general drove trade-in values into the…
First drive: Renault 4 E-Tech electric
Renault are looking to the future and dipping into the past as they aim to make their new 4 E-Tech electric SUV a bestseller. And that compact 4 EV has just gone on sale now from €27,995.
Tested: Toyota Land Cruiser Commercial
Sentiment has no place in the hard-nose business of 4×4 buying and selling. But humour me for a minute because it has been a long time since I have driven a large commercial 4×4 (several passenger versions) here and there…
Tested: Alfa Romeo Ibrida
I know Alfa Romeo have had their doom days but you have to hand it to them, and the Stellantis auto giant to which they belong, for rejuvenating the historic brand once again. I’m sure it has been far from…
Tested: Ford Puma Gen-E
I used to find it difficult to write anything about Ford’s electric cars without being critical of how the motoring giant dilly-dallied so long about committing to the idea of EVs for the immediate and long-term. I still find it…
Tested: Kia EV4
One of the challenges facing many brands bringing cars into the Irish market is getting the balance right between electric and historic. It is especially the case where distributors are energetically building market share with EVs while simultaneously trying to…
