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Partner eDrive edition features some super content
The latest edition of our Partner Ezine eDrive The edition is available now for viewing online (no download required). It announces the launch (Summer 2012) of the new Ford Kuga which is larger than the current version and will be larger than the Focus (currently the Kuga and Focus are built from the same platform). [...]
Cartell.ie Feature in today’s Sunday Independent
Cartell.ie Bill on Vehicle Clocking gets National Coverage Today’s Sunday Independent credits Cartell.ie with prominent drive to criminalise vehicle clocking in Ireland In a piece written by journalist Shane O Donoghue Cartell is mentioned in connection with drafting a Bill which seeks to send out a clear message that vehicle clocking is a serious issue [...]
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TwinPower Turbo for all new BMW 3 Series
Stunning new BMW 3 Series hits the Irish Market 2012 Completecar.ie report on the unveiling of the new Series 3 BMW: Turbo power seems to be the name of the game in the all new BMW 3 Series, revealed today (October 14). For the first time all variants of the best-selling car in the premium [...]
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Service Car Yourself to Avoid expense!
Cartell stats quoted in today’s Irish Independent An article in today’s Irish Independent advises consumers to service vehicles themselves and look at other cost saving options in a bid to keep household expenses down. John Cadden writes: “It will probably come as no surprise to learn that our cars are getting older. After all, new [...]
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Cartell statistics feature in Sunday Independent
Statistics provided by Cartell featured in this week’s Sunday Independent in Ireland. Cartell provided the newspaper with information showing the car fleet in Ireland is aging – there has been a significant shift in the last five years: in January 2006 the average age of a car with up-to-date motor tax in Ireland was less [...]
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Annual NCT for vehicles 10 years and older
The National Car Test (NCT) now applies annually to vehicles 10 years old since June 1. Up until that date vehicles were subject to their first NCT after four years and another test every two years thereafter. The new rules mean a vehicle will still have its first NCT after four years and will then [...]
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It’s our Birthday: Cartell is five years old!
When we set up Cartell five years ago one of our primary goals was to make Irish roads safer by ensuring those in the market for a vehicle were aware of exactly what they were getting into! The purchase of a vehicle is one of the most important investments an individual makes in their lifetime. [...]
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New version of Mercedes C-Class soon to be available
Mercedes has announced details for the new 2012 C-Class C63 AMG Coupe according to industry source Jatonet and it’s expected the car will be formally unveiled at the New York Autoshow in April. The C63 AMG Coupe is expected to be available in showrooms in September though this will depend on market factors. The specifications [...]
300 unclaimed cars were scrapped in Dublin
The Irish Times today reports that 300 cars were scrapped last year by Dublin City Council after the impounded vehicles were not claimed. Alison Healy reports that among the cars scrapped were premium brands such as Jaguar and Mercedes and some of the cars were registered as recently as 2006. The article indicates that the [...]
Posted in Blog, Trade News Also tagged abandoned car, abandoned vehicle unit, dublin city council, the irish times, VAT, VRT 2 Comments
Geneva Motor Show: Ferrari FF is “a break from the past”
GENEVA MOTOR SHOW March 1: Ferrari unveil the new Ferrari FF after pictures circulated in January of the vehicle. Described by the company as ‘innovative’ and ‘a break from the past’ the vehicle is also coined as ‘unusual’ and can be ‘a different Ferrari for different Ferrari owners’. The company has significantly hyped the vehicle [...]
Ford to bolster Mondeo line-up with new 1.6 litre TDCi
Ford have announced the availability of a new 1.6l TDCi to the Irish consumer according to Jato. Since the facelift model was launched Autumn-2010 the popular family/fleet car has been limited to a 2.0 TDCi with no smaller aspiration diesel engines available here. Nor could the Irish consumer avail of the EcoBoost Petrol engine which [...]
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Cartell statistics on ‘clocking’ of motor vehicles
Over 88,000 vehicles ‘clocked’ in Dublin and Cork Last week Cartell published statistics on the prevalence of vehicle ‘clocking’ in Ireland (the practice of altering a vehicle’s odometer) with a county-by-county breakdown. We’re delighted that the story has received considerable attention in local and national media outlets. The Sun Newspaper, for instance, gave the matter [...]
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Over 88,000 vehicles ‘clocked’ in Dublin and Cork
PRESS RELEASE Over 88,000 vehicles ‘clocked’ in Dublin and Cork Cartell today releases information on the estimated number of clocked vehicles per county across the country. (See chart below). Clocking of motor vehicle’s (the resetting of a vehicle’s odometer to display less miles than those actually travelled) has now become a significant problem for the [...]
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How to measure the Dream Car?
John Walsh considers the question: what is the best car in the world – or put another way – how do you measure such an accolade anyway? Motoring “experts” are forever debating cars in an attempt to answer the eternal question “what is the best car in the world?” The real question, however, is how [...]
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Latest edition of our Partner Publication: eDrive!
You can view and download the latest edition of our Partner Publication – eDrive. As well as featuring Cartell.ie – concerning our latest well-publicised initiative to track up to 40,000 UK write-offs in Ireland – the magazine has many other interesting bits and pieces: including where it argues that Irish people should buy more ‘interesting [...]
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Irish and UK insurers set to track 40,000 write-offs
PRESS RELEASE Cartell.ie says initiative is the first-of-its-kind Up to 40,000 imported cars on Irish roads could be write offs according to a new report from car history analysis company ‘Cartell’. Cartell has today launched a new initiative to help keep track of UK write-offs which are put back on the roads and exported to [...]
Posted in Blog, News & Press, Trade News Also tagged Cartell, categorisation of write-offs, insurers, miaftr, miaftr ireland, miaftr uk, motor insurance, write-offs 1 Comment
One in three imported vehicles have serious issues
PRESS RELEASE An article in today’s Irish Sun (Wednesday 1 December) features statistics provided by Cartell.ie concerning vehicles imported from the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. The results – based on a sample of 5,430 vehicles – show 11.4% of imports have been clocked (i.e.had their odometer altered to incorrectly reflect a lower number of [...]
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Motorsports Update: Spectacular finish to F1 season!
After a season of ups, downs and unthinkables the final stamp on this year’s season fell in favour of the one everybody thought would win it when the season began. Despite failing to lead the Championship all year until crossing the line in Abu Dhabi young Vettel made it count when it mattered: at the [...]
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‘Ferrari’ Abandoned in Dubai
Abandoned ‘Ferrari’ in the Desert To start the week on a lighthearted note: there have been a few stories on the web about expensive cars abandoned in Dubai including quite a few of this Ferrari F40 (top photo) which was supposedly found in the outskirts of Dubai covered in dust. Spot the problem? The car [...]
Average Mileage in Ireland
Average Mileage in Ireland: Some Statistics Courtesy of the NMR One query we get from time-to-time from consumers concerns the average mileage for a vehicle in Ireland. Understandably potential buyers want to know whether the mileage on the vehicle they are considering buying is more or less than the national average. So the question arises: [...]
Posted in Blog, Statistics, Trade News Also tagged average mileage, Cartell, mileage, National Mileage Register, NMR, Statistics, sustainable energy ireland 1 Comment
AA Ireland is 100 Years Old!
Cartell.ie would like to congratulate AA Ireland on its Centenary! We are delighted that AA is one of our Partners and we’d like to extend our best wishes to everyone there for the tremendous effort: 100 years in business in Ireland is a fantastic milestone and deserves mention. To celebrate the occasion AA Ireland have [...]
New VRT rules sees vehicle imports decline
New VRT rules sees Vehicle Imports decline to lowest level in three years Figures for September show a fall in imported vehicles to less than 3,000. This was the lowest number in three years and a decline of over fifty percent when compared with August (6,144). A spike was seen in August before the new [...]
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Have the Irish embraced Telematic Technology?
Dennis Foy, who was one of the leading automotive technology experts, considered in 2003 the role which telematics can play in preventing clocking. As our readers know the “clocking” of a vehicle is when the mileage reading on the vehicle is altered, or manipulated, to display a lower reading than the actual miles travelled by [...]
Motorsports Update: Gary Thompson
Cartell.ie is delighted to see the continuing good progress of Irish racing car driver Gary Thompson. Gary recently scored another podium finish at the Japanese F3 Championship: a springboard for F1 drivers like Pedro de la Rosa and Adrian Sutil. In fact F3 lies just below GP2, Formula NIPPON, and F1 on the Formula pyramid. [...]
TRADE FOCUS: Michael Grant Motors, Santry
The Grant family has been in the motor trade for 35 years. Michael Grant moved the companies operation to its current location in Santry in 1999. Cartell.ie stopped by for a chat about trading conditions for this months Trade Focus. “Business is up on last year” says Michael “but things are still far from where [...]
Outstanding Finance: Some Information From Cartell
Cartell.ie understands that Finance is a critical issue for consumers. This was always the case, even before the current economic downturn, but now, more than ever, customers are concerned that a vehicle they purchase may have finance outstanding on it from a previous owner. We’ve been highlighting this issue for some time based on our [...]
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Cartell Donates to Rimini Rally 2010
Cartell was delighted to donate some cash to a good cause as part of this years Rimini Rally which got underway on 4th September. The idea behind the Rally is that 5 countries are visited in 5 days – and plenty of donations are generated too! The rally crew this year stopped off at some [...]
Future Concept Vehicles
We thought it was time to have a look at a few future concept vehicles. Obviously saving the environment is a serious concern for vehicle companies at the moment as they develop their ideas. One particular idea caught our attention: This is a Bamboo Car – made entirely from recycled materials designed by some clever [...]
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Cartell on Newstalk Motormouth
You may know already that Cartell appears weekly on the Motormouth show on Newstalk 106 when our own Jeff Aherne gets the chance to talk about the thing he most loves to talk about – cars! This weeks topics included driving in wet weather and new driver training rules to improve road safety – and [...]
NCT to collect VRT and carry out ‘Verification’ test for all imports
From September 1st, the collection of Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT) will be the responsibility of Applus+, the Spanish based company currently administering the National Car Test (NCT). Therefore it will no longer be possible to register a vehicle at a Revenue Vehicle Registration Office (VRO).
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Cartell.ie submits Bill to make Clocking Illegal
It is time that Ireland sends out a clear message that it will not allow its citizens be ripped off and put in harms way when laws can be passed to protect them. At present, the Gardai do not have sufficient powers to prosecute offenders.
UTV schedule for RPM Motorsport Cartell.ie Rally of the Lakes
UTV have re-scheduled the broadcast of the Cartell.ie international Rally of the Lakes. Tyndall productions have released this statement Due to circumstances outside RPM‘s and UTV‘s control the two programmes covering the Cartell.ie Rally of the Lakes have had to be re-scheduled. Tyndall Productions regret to announce that their programmes on the recent Cartell.ie Rally [...]
Genuine Cartell.ie Discount Vouchers
Any person performing a car history check in Ireland must be made aware that only the AA, SIMI, and Cartell.ie have access to UK Finance systems to check the current finance status on UK vehicles.
BMW Handles the style at Cartell.ie International Rally of the Lakes
I must admit that I felt a slight nervousness at the prospect of being driven on closed roads by a man who has owned a 325i and 335d within the past two years and has clocked at least one of them on the Autobahn.
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Finish of the Cartell.ie International Rally of the Lakes
After the Circuit of Ireland crash I came to Killarney with the strict instructions to take it nice and easy and bring the car home...
Cartell.ie Diesel Rally Team sets the pace in Mondello
Recently the Leinster Branch of the RS owners club had a track day at Mondello Park International Racing Circuit. I joined the club as I am trying to get my hands on a 1992 Sapphire RS Cosworth. To make life even better Brian Dennis, a member of the club also brought his Rally spec Skoda [...]
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Cartell ask’s, “Where does our motor tax go?”
The Government collects revenue from drivers in multiple ways. VRT, Motor Tax, Insurance Levy, Fuel Excise (VAT), Tolls and Parking. Not surprisingly, and especially given the increased damage our roads suffered during the earlier part of 2010, most people want to know if the motor revenue collected is actually spent on improving their areas roads [...]
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Cartell.ie write-off information
Since its inception in 2002, one of Cartells primary goals was to eradicate the resale of dangerous vehicles. While some write-offs are repairable, one must always ensure that they are repaired by qualified personnel with suitable parts. An insurer writes off a vehicle when the cost to repair the vehicle to the correct standard using genuine [...]
Bosch Start Stop Technology
Bosch is one of the largest automotive system suppliers in the world. They supply electrical, braking, injection systems and START-STOP technology. Bosch maintains that up to 50% of new cars by 2012 will have the technology fitted. It works by cutting the engine when the vehicle comes to a halt and starts again when the [...]
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Winners of the Killarney Historic Stages Rally 2011