Volkswagen is celebrating a number of class wins, and overall victory, in the annual Caravan Club Towcar of the Year Awards. The 4MOTION-equipped all-wheel drive Passat Alltrack has been named Towcar of the Year 2017 while the Passat and its smaller sibling, the 4MOTION-equipped Golf Alltrack, have taken three class wins between them.
Character-building five-cylinder power continues to be the lifeblood of the Audi TT RS, which can be ordered in the UK from late September in all-new, 400PS form priced from £51,800 OTR
Citroën has announced its range of offers for the new September registration, including 3 years / 35,000 miles servicing at £99 across its passenger car range (orders placed by 19 September & registered by 30 September, 2016), Citroën SimplyDrive across the range from 18 years old with telematics, and up to £1,500 additional support for customers when trading in their car for a new model: £1,500 for C4 Picasso and £1,000 for C3 Picasso.
We recently visited Rally School Ireland in Monaghan alongside Subaru NI and in the company of the fastest racing driver in Northern Ireland, Colin Turkington from Portadown. Colin kindly took time out of his hectic British Touring Car Championship schedule to give us a taste of what it’s like in a Subaru Levorg with the master at the helm.
Rally School Ireland know a thing or two about traction, reliability and value for money. So there was no surprise when the Co Monaghan based Rally school chose Subaru Foresters as the latest additions to their ever growing fleet of vehicles.
SIR CHRIS HOY MASTERS TOUGH DRIVING STUNT IN JUST TWO DAYS
He may have retired from professional cycling, but Sir Chris Hoy has been spotted back on two wheels. The former-Olympian managed the tricky technique of two-wheel driving in a Nissan Juke, with just two days of instruction.
The recently revised new PEUGEOT 2008 SUV that arrived in UK showrooms in June is in strong demand with over 40,000 existing UK customers and 500,000 produced since launch in 2013. The appetite for this model continues to rise, with sales in the first half of 2016 up 16%, with 99,900 units sold worldwide.
Citroën Racing chose the roads of Finland for the third development test session of its 2017 World Rally Car. Running at maximum speed on the famous jumps, Dungannon’s Kris Meeke and Waterford’s Craig Breen were able to test the car’s aerodynamic performance.
Citroen World Rally Championship driver Kris Meeke says every rally fan should visit Sol Rally Barbados “at least once”. The Ulsterman made the remark when he joined the Circuit of Ireland’s Chief Marshal Raymond Linton last week to pick the names of two motor sport volunteers who will enjoy a trip to Sol RB16 next month (June 3-5) out of the prestigious Ulster Automobile Club Trophy.
The Balmoral Show is most certainly one of the biggest events on the annual Northern Ireland calendar and in recent years having moved from the Balmoral Showground’s at the Kings Hall in Belfast to their new site at The Maze the show hasn’t stopped growing.