Cartell.ie, Ireland’s leading vehicle history check provider, welcomes the recent announcement by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) calling for greater transparency in the used car market. The CCPC’s report highlights the need for consumers to have access to critical vehicle history information, such as mileage records, past accident data, and safety recalls, before […]
It just makes sense. A car, even if it is a used car, is the second-biggest purchase you’ll ever make (after your house; assuming you can afford one of those…). So, it pays massive dividends to know exactly what you’re getting into with any potential purchase. That’s why it’s so important to do a vehicle […]
We all know that, for a small country, Ireland’s counties can be radically different from one another. But what can we tell from looking at each county’s car population? That’s not the new cars that have been sold this year in each county, but the cars currently registered and being driven day-in, day-out in each, […]
If you’ve bought a second-hand car and discovered after the fact that it still has outstanding finance payments owing on it, what should you do? This is a complex issue, but it’s an increasingly prevalent one. According to history checking service Cartell.ie, the number of cars being offered for sale with outstanding finance remaining is […]
In our latest vehicle data report we have seen an increase in overall levels of finance for key years. From a sample of over 5,906 vehicles offered for sale and checked via the Cartell.ie website in the year 2022 the figures show that a 1-year-old vehicle now has a 32 percent possibility of being on […]
In our latest report we delved into the state of values in the Used Car Market in 2022. Our data shows that the average vehicle owned for the last 12 months is now valued at 8% more than its market value for the equivalent period in 2021. Instead of depreciating, most owners’ vehicles have increased […]
Our latest data reveals a rise in CO2 emissions in the Irish fleet. In 2021, Cartell looked at the state of CO2 emissions in the private transport sector for the first 10 months of the year and compared the results to the first ten months of the year for each year since 2003. In November […]
Vehicle history and data expert Cartell.ie and Car Sales Platform CarsIreland.ie reported on Wednesday 12th May, 2021 on the success of the original Waste Management (End-of-Life Vehicles) Regulations 2006 (SI 282 of 2006) which were replaced in 2014 by the European Union (End-of-Life Vehicles) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 281/2014). Since the inception of the End-of-life […]
Our friends at CarsIreland.ie announced on March 10 that they have once again teamed up with Ulster Bank’s Lombard for their 2021 CarsIreland.ie Dealer Awards. The awards, in their seventh year, strive to recognise the online marketing efforts of car dealerships across the country. There are three award categories – Best Presented Cars, Best Online […]
Vehicle digital platform CarsIreland.ie and Cartell.ie announced on March 3rd the results of our first joint analysis on the used car market in Ireland. For this study CarsIreland.ie looked at the most-popular-searched-cars across its site in February 2021. Those results were then compared with data from Cartell.ie which showed the most popular private models so […]
Vehicle history and data expert Cartell.ie report today (2nd December) on an encouraging and timely fall in CO2 emissions. In 2020, Cartell looked at the state of CO2 emissions in the private transport sector for the first 10 months of the year and compared the results to the first ten months of the year for […]
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Vehicle history and data expert Cartell.ie report today (27th May) on the number of convertibles in the Irish fleet. The company advises that only 27 have been registered so far in 2020 and a mere 167 were registered with a 2019 plate. The numbers peak with 2186 registered to 2007 and 1838 registered to 2006. […]
PRESS RELEASE Vehicle history and data expert Cartell.ie reports today (22nd April) on the numbers of Porsche, Maserati, Bentley, Ferrari and Aston Martins in the live fleet. In total there are 1,184 high-end luxury vehicles from these marques currently in the Irish fleet. The company notes the decline in vehicles at this end of the […]
Press Release Vehicle data expert CARTELL.IE reports today (11th March) that more new vehicles are being sold with automatic transmission, and the gap between manual and automatic transmission has narrowed considerably in the last 5 years for new car purchases. For native Irish cars automatic transmission has grown from 18,831 of new cars purchased in […]