Goodyear is returning to prime time TV with a new campaign – Made to Feel Good. The new campaign focuses on the enjoyment of driving and inspires a sense of adventure through a series of lifestyl...

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Hankook Tire has been selected as Original Equipment supplier for the new BMW 4-Series. The new, stylish and sporty Coupé by the Munich-based premium car manufacturer will be factory equipped with Ha...

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JUST OVER ONE in five people have had their car damaged by a friend or family member. The AA is warning people not to loan their cars to anyone who isn’t insured. The insurer carried out a pol...

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PHILIP HEDDERMAN Buying a second hand car is something we all will do at some point and for most it will be a really exciting time, but it can be fraught with danger. Being ripped off or worse -...

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Continental Tyres has embarked on its ‘road to Rio’ campaign, which is a roadshow that is taking a little piece of Brazil to football fans across England. For the roadshow, they have teamed up ...

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Continental’s ContiPremiumContact 5 summer tyre has taken first place in a tyre test in the latest issue of the specialist German publication “auto motor und sport” The testers were part...

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Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe, one of Europe’s leading tyre manufacturers, has again been recognised with the ‘Top Employers Europe’ award by the renowned Top Employers Institute.  [Top-Empl...

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More than four million drivers in the UK are buying tyres that have been previously used on another vehicle, and one in six motorists has bought part-worn tyres at some point in their driving life, ty...

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Over 100 candidates have now completed the Irish Tyre Industry Association’s (ITIA) accreditation programme. This ATA Accreditation is offered to ITIA members and is facilitated by the Institute of ...

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The Irish Tyre Industry Association (ITIA) has confirmed that Road Safety Week takes places October 6-12 on an all island basis. “We have received a significant boost for our 2014 road safety wee...

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Toyota Ireland has joined forces with Dublin GAA, signing a three-year deal to make the leading car brand the official car partner to Dublin GAA. Toyota will provide a total of 16 vehicles to playe...

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An analysis of road fatality statistics has revealed that almost 1 in 5 vehicle occupants killed in 2013*were not wearing their seatbelt at the time of the collision, meaning that as many as 21 lives ...

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Peugeot’s new ‘posh’ 308 small family hatchback crowned European Car of the Year 2014 Peugeot 308 small family hatchback named European Car of the Year 2014 Crowning of 'posh' car made on ev...

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McLaren Automotive will return to the International Geneva Motor Show this year with its fastest, most engaging, best equipped and most beautiful series-production supercar yet. The McLaren 650S jo...

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Volkswagen has approved three premium summer tyres from Continental to be fitted at the factory. The Golf 7 will be fitted with the 15- and 16-inch ContiEcoContact 5 and ContiPremiumContact 5, the ...

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Dunlop’s very latest tyre is the StreetResponse2. This new tyre delivers Dunlop’s signature performance characteristics and works them into a quality tyre that delivers to the needs of smaller car...

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Falken tyre engineers in Japan have for the first time, employed a super computer normally used for climate simulation, together with the SPring-8 Materials Research Centre and its synchrotron radiati...

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Consumer magazine Which? is recommending that motorists check their tyres are properly inflated to help save cash at the pumps, and have a positive impact on road safety. Which? says that motorists...

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Helping its customers achieve lowest overall driving cost underlines Continental Tyres’ philosophy, and its presence at the CV Show 2014, 29 April-01 May, will showcase a number of products and serv...

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TRACS (the Tyre Recovery Activity Compliance Scheme) has commented on the review of the PRI (Producer Responsibility Initiative) model, proposed for the Irish tyre industry, which was published at the...

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Over ten years ago, Mercedes-Benz saw room for something different in the market. A car that would tick the usual Benz boxes but also be funky and contemporary, appealing to a brand new buyer. The A-C...

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The Japanese car manufacturer is recalling 1.9 million cars across the globe, nearly 31,000 of which are registered in the UK Toyota is recalling 1.9 million of its Prius hybrids, 30,790 of which...

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No smearing, clear instructions and excellent adhesion – the ContiTech Power Transmission Group has redesigned the sticker on which workshops record when a timing belt was changed. The sticker ad...

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Since the construction of the first sports car to bear the Porsche name (1948's '356'), Porsche has been regarded as one of the world's leading sports car manufacturers. But the company's history date...

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First we had LED daytime running lights, then LED headlights' 'matrix beam' and now laser light! Audi is again using the Le Mans 24 Hours this year to further extend its advantage in the area of li...

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Almost 23,000 new cars were bought in January, up 33 per cent on last year (17,242) and 8 per cent up on 2012 (21,309), the latest figures from the SIMI (Society of the Irish Motor Industry) show. ...

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Sending or reading mobile phone texts has been identified as the most common dangerously distracting activity for drivers on Ireland’s roads.  In a survey of Irish drivers carried out by Contin...

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According to the EU End of Vehicle Life Directive, 85% of every new vehicle must be recyclable. This guideline is to become even more stringent: from 2015, 95% of all new vehicles' overall weight m...

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UK racing legend James Hunt will be inducted into the coveted Motor Sport Hall of Fame this week at a star-studded evening at the Royal Opera House in London. Hunt, who sadly passed away in 1993, w...

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