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Ferrari explains recent 458 fires
Share Ferrari North Europe has officially explained the fault that has caused five of the very earliest examples of its 458 supercar to catch fire. “When the car is driven to high exhaust temperatures, in hot ambient temperatures, the adhesive used in the wheelarch assemblies can overheat and allow the rear wheel housing heat shields [...]	Tweet Share

Sneak Peak: BMW 1-Series M Coupe
Share Looking for some automotive porn? Well here you go. Some seductive and teasing shots of the new 1-series super car. We expect this car to be every bit as good as the E46 M3 of old, a car that it looks like it’s loosely built on. Same stance and view from the rear, and [...]	Tweet Share

Tougher rules for learner drivers
Share The RSA (Road Safety Authority) has come up with proposals for new tougher rules for learner drivers with the aim of tackling Ireland’s current spate of road deaths. Under these new changes, they aim to reduce deaths with better training, restricted plates and tougher legislation that deals with young and inexperienced drivers on our roads. Firstly, [...]	Tweet Share

New equation to predict phantom traffic jams
Share Traffic slows to a crawl. There must be an accident ahead, you figure — but nope, all of a sudden the bumper-to-bumper snarl untangles and it’s free sailing. You crane your neck looking for a reason for the tie-up. There wasn’t one. Only, yes, there was. Researchers have decoded the math behind these maddening [...]	Tweet Share

Euro NCAP Results: Honda CR-Z, Suzuki Swift, Citroen C4 and Hyundai ix35
Share Euro NCAP, the organisation that reveals and rates the true safety of new vehicles, released results lately of 4 new cars: Honda CR-Z, Suzuki Swift, Citroen C4 and the Hyundai ix35. The results show that all 4 cars received the maximum 5-stars. This is great news for consumers as it shows that manufacturers are [...]	Tweet Share

Sneak Peak: 2010 Audi S5 Sportback
Share There seems no end to the model expansion from Ingolstadt, and up next is the S5 Sportback. As usual, the S models from give the performance boost as well as the looks from the S-Line packs available on most models. They sit in between the road going big sellers and the full blown RS [...]	Tweet Share

Ford Focus ST joins Honda Civic Type R in the graveyard
Share The Ford Focus ST has joined the Honda Civic Type R in being axed due to it’s failure to pass new Euro 5 emission standards due to come into effect in January 2011. We understand the issues but don’t see the reasoning behind retiring great cars in order to save a measly few Co2 [...]	Tweet Share

The Bugatti Veyron is on the way out, but it isn’t going quietly
Share If your reading this and you don’t know what a Bugatti Veyron is, then shame on you. It is and has been the pinnacle of production car engineering and performance and the main target for anyone trying to beat the production car top speed records. It was built at a loss and originally came [...]	Tweet Share

The cost of ill-informed vehicle choice
Share When buying a new car, there are numerous factors involved in the decision. Thanks to political changes to the motor tax system, fuel prices and a global green agenda, the pressure to buy diesel is overwhelming. Before you part with you cash on the forcourt, be sure to cover all the bases in your [...]	Tweet Share

Retro Audi? Too dangerous they say
Share According to Audi design chief, Stefan Sielaff, it would be “dangerous” for Audi to design retro-looking cars. According to the designer, the new A7 is a “new niche and a new idea”. He refuted claims that the car is retro-inspired and says that the references to the classic 100 Coupe are with only minor [...]	Tweet Share

Reducing Road Deaths: Your Views?
Share Road deaths are a big part of our motoring lives. We hear about incidents nearly every day and everyone has an opinion on who and what caused it. We need to look at the best possible way to reduce road deaths through intelligent and non-political means. What are the real statistics on road deaths. [...]	Tweet Share

Idiot drivers post themselves dicing with death
Share Gardai have seized a number of cars and interviewed three people in connection with a YouTube video posted of reckless driving in Tipperary. The idiots in question have been dubbed “Irelands Dumbest Criminals” after they made no attempt to hide their faces or registration plates in the video. While the RSA has obviously come out an [...]	Tweet Share

Irish car Sales Beat Forecasts
Share New Figures are showing that new car sales are outstripping official projections by nearly six months. Official figures released by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) yesterday show that more than 70,000 new cars have been sold so far this year. SIMI forecast at the start of the year that 70,000 new [...]	Tweet Share

It is about time L-Drivers have to prove their right to a licence
Share With news coming through that the Road Safety Authority (RSA) is to announce a graduated Driver Licencing System (GDL) in the coming weeks, the tables are turning on inexperienced and under-skilled learner drivers. It has long been known that the level of skill required to pass the Irish Driving Test and obtain a full [...]	Tweet Share

Senna should keep hands on wheel and off the keyboard
Share It’s been reported that Bruno Senna was axed from the HRT F1 team for the British GP because he accidentally sent and critical critical email to his boss. German magazine speculation Auto Bild Motorsport claims Senna wrote the email, criticising HRT chief Colin Kolles‘ management style, and then accidentally sent it to Kolles himself. [...]	Tweet Share

Radical BMW M3 GTS
Share The new BMW M3 GTS is the most radical factory based iteration of a road going BMW M3 yet. It is the final guise of the current model before the arrival of a new model in 2012, but make no mistake, it is basically a track car that is road legal, so don’t really [...]	Tweet Share

Phantom Traffic Jams can be predicted
Share Mathematicians at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have said that traffic jams can be predicted using a new formula they have developed. The research predicts that the occurrence of “phantom” jams could lead to the improvement of road design going into the future. A “phantom traffic jam” are not those caused by accidents [...]	Tweet Share

BMW 5-Series and Alfa Romeo Giulietta get top marks in crash tests
Share The all new BMW 5-series and the new Alfa Romeo Giulietta have both achieved top marks in Euro NCAP tests. The new tests completed by the Euro NCAP have four categories: Adult, Child, Pedestrian and the car’s safety assists. The 5-series scored as follows: Adult: 95% Child: 83% Pedestrian: 78% Safety Assist: 100% while [...]	Tweet Share

Chief Programme Engineer for Ford’s new Focus quits
Share Ford’s chief programme engineer for their all-new Focus has quit. Jens Ludmann, who has worked at Ford for 10 years, is leaving the company to lead German luxury yacht maker Bavaria Yachtbau. The new Focus is the first model to be developed under CEO Alan Mulally’s ‘One Ford’ strategy; it will be the firm’s [...]	Tweet Share

Senna will stay at HRT for remainder of season
Share While he was dropped for the British Grand Prix, HRT have confirmed that Bruno Senna will race for the team for the remainder of the Formula One 2010 season. HRT test driver, Sakon Yamamoto took Senna’s place at Silverstone, and the team gave no reason for the driver change when announcing the development last [...]	Tweet Share

Webber Wins 2010 British Grand Prix
Share Mark Webber has won the 2010 British Grand Prix in style, with a commanding win over Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. Webber lead from the first corner and never looked back, all due to a fantastic start that gave him the jump on his team mate Sebastian Vettel, who ruined his race when he [...]	Tweet Share

Audi A1 prices to start at €19,000
Share Audi have just announced prices for the new A1. Order books for the small hatch open on July 16, with ex-work prices ranging from between €18,900 and €25,975. This is the first time that Audi has made a small compact car. Most buyers are expected to go for either the 1.4-litre TFSI (125bhp, 119g/km, [...]	Tweet Share

Robert Kubica signs with Renault till 2012
Share Robert Kubica will remain with Renault F1 team until the end of the 2012 season. We found it strange to see speculations relating to the Polish driver with potential race seats at Mercedes GP and Ferrari with the season only half way through. These transfers in F1 usually wait until the end of the [...]	Tweet Share

Volkswagen Group hit record sales
Share Volkswagen Group is likely to hit a record sales figure in 2010 due to a great first half of the year. Over all of it’s brands (Audi, Skoda, Seat, Bentley, Lamborghini and VW) VW Group sold more than 3.5 million units between January and June. This amounted to a 15 per cent rise on [...]	Tweet Share

BMW’s B5 M5 is no more. Production ends.
Share The current B5 M5 has stopped production. During it’s lifetime, 20,548 models were produced in various saloon and touring forms. According to these figures, this makes it the most successful M5 in over 26 years. The saloon model was by far the most popular with only 1025 touring models made, and from these numbers [...]	Tweet Share

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...Are you driving the correct vehicle? By this I mean did you choose the right car for your lifestyle, driving style and profile? If not you could be one of many drivers these days that let external and political influences determine the type of car you buy, and in some cases this can actually cost you more money than you might think.... from "The cost of an ill-informed vehicle choice"

...Overtaking is easy, right? I am afraid not. Overtaking is a hugely risky move in a vehicle and should be always treated with respect and only performed in optimal circumstances. The general rule of overtaking should really be that you want to spend as little as time as possible on the wrong side of the road, in order to reduce the risk of the manoeuvre.... from "Better Driving: Overtaking"

...The motorway filter scenario is where a motorist is joining a motorway from a slip road or filter lane. The motorist needs to be aware that they have come from a traffic area where the speed limit is lower than that of the motorway they are joining and that to join this flow of traffic, certain vehicle speed considerations need to be taken into account, by the vehicle joining, the vehicles behind them and the drivers already on the motorway. The drivers on the motorway need to be aware that the filter lane may have filtering traffic just up ahead and be prepared for any possible problems.... from "Better Driving: The Motorway Filter"

...General Traffic Filtering can apply in a myriad of situations. Examples of such can be seen in filter lanes at traffic lights and in-town multilane routes with traffic entering and exiting the main flow. Many of the same principles that applied to the -linkMotorway Filterlink- will apply here. But obviously we are talking about situations where the volumes of traffic can be greater, slower moving and in built up areas. The main emphasis here is to be mindful of the fact that the name of the game is to keep the traffic flowing, and think in terms of all drivers, not just yourself.... from "Better Driving: General Traffic Filtering"

...How many of you are member of the traffic corps? Not too many I would say. So m y next question to you is why would you feel like you have to act like you are when you are driving along a motorway? Do you somehow think that it is your responsibility to try and control the traffic behind you?... from "Better Driving: General Driver Behaviour"
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