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| Thursday, July 01, 2010 Proposed Bill to outlaw Clocking Cartell.ie, Ireland’s car history checking company, submitted a proposal to the Transport Committee, along with a complete Bill, which it drafted, recommending the criminalisation of vehicle clocking, and related matters. ...more> |
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| Wednesday, June 30, 2010 Scrappage Scheme – the figures Figures released by SIMI show that as of the end of May, there have been 7,368 reclaims made under the government scrappage scheme. (These statistics were compiled by Revenue.) ...more> |
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| Wednesday, June 30, 2010 FIA World Touring Car Championship with StickerFix AkzoNobel Car Refinishes (ANCR) is to provide its unique StickerFix adhesive repair system to the SRSport team, after becoming a technology partner of the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) contenders. ...more> |
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| Tuesday, June 29, 2010 Applus+ to take on import registration The process of importing a car from outside the state and paying VRT to the revenue commissioners is to change, with responsibility for registration, taxing and inspection of the vehicles to be handed over to Applus+, the company that took over the NCT testing last January. Although a date for the change has not been confirmed, it is understood that the switch will take place this summer. ...more> |
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| Tuesday, June 29, 2010 Follow the yellow holed road? If you can’t fill them paint them. That is the ingenious solution of two Italian teenage engineering students, to the Europe wide problem of potholes. With many governments unable to find the cash to fix pot holes, students Domenico Diego and Cristina Corradini, have persuaded Italian road safety authorities to adopt their plan of simply painting all the holes bright yellow. ...more> |
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| Monday, June 28, 2010 Scania sees signs of recovery Although commercial vehicle sales in Ireland are still very sluggish, there are some more positive signs that the global CV market is recovering; with Scania saying it intends to re-expand its workforce. The truck making giant is set to rehire about 500 employees at its European plants. ...more> |
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| Sunday, June 27, 2010 Classic Bugatti smashes sales value record Some cars are holding their value even in the current fluctuating market and some are doing even better. This 1936 Bugatti 57SC Atlantic has just become the most expensive second hand car ever, selling at brokered auction for a price in the region of US$35 million. ...more> |
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