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MINI festival in Westport this weekend
A Mini festival has been planned for Westport, Co Mayo, over the next few days. The International Mini Meeting has picked Westport House for their 2017 event with a large gathering of classic Mini enthusiasts from the four corners of the world. For the second time in 20 years, the International Mini Meeting will be proudly hosted by the Irish...
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Garda traffic plan in place for Guns n Roses concert in Slane
Garda traffic plan in place for Guns n Roses concert in Slane this weekend The Paradise City rockers will perform at Slane Castle on Saturday more than 25 years since their first gig there. As a result of the event, a major Garda traffic plan will go into operation this weekend in County Meath. The policing operation will facilitate the...
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Dubai Police Supercars
Police in Dubai have built up a large fleet of high-horsepower luxury sports cars and SUV's. In an oil-rich country where red Ferrari's growl at stoplights and convertible Rolls Royce's roam the city streets, high-powered squad cars such as Dubai’s fleet of supercar police vehicles really fit in nicely. If you ever find yourself being rear-ended in a fender-bender incident...
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Toyota Land Cruiser reaches incredible speed of 370km/h
A 2,000 bhp Toyota Land Cruiser can reach the incredible speed of over 370km/h (230mph). Former NASCAR race car driver Carl Edwards hit the jaw-dropping speed on the Mojave runway. When one considers that a €2 million Bugatti Chironsupercar has just 1,500 hp you can begin to see how powerful the 2,000 hp SUV is. An SUV that can outrun...
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Cloned car scam duping eBay buyers
Organised criminals in the UK are using eBay to dupe car buyers into paying thousands of pounds for stolen vehicles. At least three eBay car scammers in the Greater Manchester area of England were selling cars that were made to look legitimate with the cloned details of vehicles on sale elsewhere. Criminal gangs clone cars to mask the identity of...
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Will 2017 be the Breakthrough Year For Flying Cars?
Will 2017 be the Breakthrough Year For Flying Cars? Scott Wharton who is Vice President & General Manager of the video camera group Logitech has weighed in on the subject of flying cars. Ten years before the iPhone came out he predicted that every device with a screen would have a camera within a decade but he was wrong, not...
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Man tries to steal bike from back of moving car.
A cyclist is captured trying to steal a racing bike in central London. Dashcam footage has captured the shocking moment a would-be thief tries to steal a bicycle from the back of a car - while it briefly stops at a red light. In the one-minute clip, dated 3:24pm on Sunday, a man wearing a hoodie is seen cycling behind...
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Longford Vintage Club Show Celebrate 100 years of Ford in Ireland
The Longford Vintage Club is celebrating 100 years of Ford in Ireland at their 12th annual Longford Vintage Club Show. To mark the Ford centenary the Longford Vintage Club will feature a special Ford section at the Vintage Show and Craft Fair which will take place on Sunday, June 4 in Connolly Barracks Longford. Gates open at Connolly Barracks at...
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Toyota in Ireland may establish their own private bank
The Toyota Motor Group is believed to be in the process of establishing its own bank in Ireland so it can provide car finance directly to customers but they are not talking. If the rumours are true, it would mean that Toyota would join a growing list of car manufacturers who are setting up private banks in Ireland, including Volkswagen....
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37% Of New Cars Sold In Norway Last Month Were Electric Vehicles and Could Be 100% By 2025
37% of all new private cars sold in Norway last month were plug-in electric vehicles. The plug-in electric vehicle market in Norway has been rapidly increasing in recent years, mostly the government has brought in strong incentives for those who purchase and use electric vehicles. One of the most popular incentives which are making drivers go electric is free toll...