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Volkswagen chooses Continental

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 ...

Posted 10 years ago

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Volkswagen identify 1.2m cars in UK affected by software

Audi, Seat, Skoda and VW models feature the cheat software - still no word on the estimated 80,000 affected Volkswagen UK said around 1.2 million vehicles in Britain, including Audi, Seat...

Posted 8 years ago

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Volkswagen still on top as number of cars licensed jumps

The number of new cars licensed in the first nine months of the year rose by 31.7 per cent compared to the same period in 2014, according to the Central Statistics Office(CSO). The latest figu...

Posted 8 years ago

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Volkswagen cleared of cheating in CO2 scandal

An initial investigation into the Volkswagen Group’s array of cheating scandals has cleared the carmaker of claims it systematically cheated on CO2 figures. While the investigations continue in t...

Posted 8 years ago

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New car sales set to return to 2008 levels

  New car sales are predicted to be in the region of 150,000 for 2016, up from the 124,945 registered in 2015. Figures from the Society of the Irish motor industry show new car registrati...

Posted 8 years ago

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New car sales up 34% as Hyundai topples VW from top spot

  New car sales rose 33.6 per cent in January compared to the same month last year, with 39,812 new 161 registrations. Hyundai finished the month as the best-selling brand with 5,062...

Posted 8 years ago

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Irish Volkswagen emissions recall starts next week

Volkswagen has begun its recall of the cars in Ireland which were affected by the global emissions scandal, with Golf 2lt TDI Blue Motion models to start being fixed next week. In total, some 117,0...

Posted 7 years ago

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New concept tyre at Frankfurt

A new concept tyre Hankook is being showcased on the new electric drive concept vehicle from Volkswagen, the I.D. Crozz II, at the IAA in Frankfurt this week. The four-door vehicle with all-wheel d...

Posted 6 years ago

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New car registrations decline as import numbers continue to grow

New car registrations were down over 11% in October compared to the same month last year.This is according to new figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry.1,725 new cars were registered in...

Posted 5 years ago