It was a gloriously warm and clear evening last night (Wednesday 5th July) when Lanes and Yards of the McKee family home, close to Newtownards, reverberated to the noise of cars.

Having just maintained a 14 year dominance by the Irish, McKeever commented “I am over the moon, I couldn’t be any happier – that is two weeks in a row – I won BDC last week and I won IDC this week”

The Suzuki Ignis is a small car with a big personality – a more than funky crossover that finds itself at home in the city and a car that offers more space than you would think.

On July 22nd and 23rd, the Irish Rallycross Championship welcome the British Rallycross Championship to Mondello Park for a “Festival of Rallycross” across two days and two separate track layouts.

At a glance the Discovery 5 has adopted a much softer look, a less agricultural look and indeed a very nice look I have to say. All of the modern styling from other models from the Land Rover group, seem to be incorporated into this new car and rightly so as it works.

At the NI launch of the Alfa Romeo Giulia I recall Donnelly’s sales manager Drew McVeigh say “The Giulia is a true sports saloon with rear-wheel-drive and sports tuning through its DNA, it lives up to the motto of LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO DRIVE BORING CARS”.

An annual show organised by the Kilbroney Vintage Show Committee and Newry Lions Club took place on Saturday past (17th June) and played host to over 1000 vintage cars, live music and children’s entertainment.

Pitched as the ‘avant-garde’ of four vehicles on offer, the all-new ‘Range Rover Velar’ introduces new and experimental ideas to the Range Rover family.

we were both eager to see just what could stop the D-Max, Isuzu will be glad to hear that the answer is nothing – it was unstoppable on some very challenging areas

The Subaru Forester is a car that I have yearned to own for some time and having explored its capabilities off-road for a day, I can now confirm, having driven one for a week on local roads, that the Forester is not perfect, but what it is, is fabulous!