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Cartell.ie is delighted to announce a new partnership with BMW Ireland as a supplier of an independent car history check to customers purchasing either a used BMW or MINI from their authorised dealers. The move follows a lengthy appraisal by BMW of the car history checking market. Jeremy Raggett, BMW’s Used Car Manager, confirms. “Cartell.ie […]

The first 5 days of trading in 2009 has seen vehicle registrations in the state fall when compared to the same period in 2008. There were only 9,390 vehicles registered in the first week of January 2009 compared to 26,029 for the same week in 2008 representing a massive 64% drop. The top seller so […]

With approximately 8,000 vehicles stolen each year in Ireland and between 10-15% of them never being re-covered, Cartell.ie, the independent car history checking company is urgently calling for a national Stolen Vehicle Register (SVR) to be set up. Jeff Aherne, Director of Cartell.ie comments, “Our objective has always been, and remains, to keep Irish motorists […]

In another case of buyer beware, Cartell.ie, the All Ireland car history checking company, believes that up to €32 million Euro may still owe on cars imported into Ireland from the UK. There have been almost 40,000 vehicles imported from the UK & Northern Ireland in 2008 and 8% of these are still on finance. […]

According to Cartell.ie, the online car checking company, the first 48 hours of trading under the new VRT and Taxation system has indicated a shift of consumer attitude to purchase lower CO2 producing cars. The average CO2 emissions for the top ten selling cars registered in the first 2 days of the new VRT and […]

Cartell®, Ireland’s only all Ireland Car History Check company, is now offering buyers a car history check on vehicles imported from the UK and Northern Ireland. This new service, which is only available from Cartell.ie, will provide much needed reassurance for car buyers by giving them all the information they need about a vehicle before […]

Cartell®, the only independent car history checking company , today welcomed the Irish Insurance Federation’s (IIF) decision to share information on a car’s history with the government. It is believed that a report written by Cartell.ie in November 2007 and forwarded to the Road Safety Authority, Garda Siochana and Revenue Commissions promoted a major review […]

Cartell®, the only independent car history checking company claims that up to 23,000 vehicles imported from the UK which were classed as ‘write offs’ by UK insurers may have been issued with Irish registrations. Cartell.ie carried out a study of a random sample of 4,479 vehicles imported to Ireland from the UK between 2001 and […]

Cartell®, the independent car history check, is calling for a change in the law that will protect consumers against what they describe as “potentially critical procedures” currently operating within the motor industry. According to Jeff Aherne, Spokesperson for Cartell, “We are a consumer driven service and provide the Irish car-buying public with a range of […]

New figures released today by Cartell.ie -Ireland’s only used car history check – show that Irish car buyers went into overdrive in the first three months of the year – increasing the number of vehicles registered in the first quarter of 2007 by almost 22% over the same period in 2005! New vehicle sales in […]

Cartell.ie warn of new danger to Irish car buyers on advice received from UK’s Driving and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Fresh information from the UK’s DVLA has today prompted Cartell.ie – Ireland’s only used car history check – to urge Irish car buyers in the market for a second hand UK import to beware they […]

Ireland is witnessing phenomenal growth in the luxury car importation market, with Audi imports alone practically doubling in the last two years, according to new figures released today by Cartell.ie – Ireland’s only used car history check. Cost saving and specification benefits can be found by purchasing in the UK, which explains why both private […]