Shop Bodyshop Direct’s own brand of refinishing products Raxon, recently received the Bodyshop Consumables Brand of The Year 2018 Award...
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Bodyshop Awards presented at Carton House
By admin / November 3, 2017
The Bodyshop Awards, part of the Irish Auto Trade Awards, were presented at the five-star Carton House, Co. Kildare on...
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New car sales decline by 10.2 per cent
By admin / November 2, 2017
New car sales in for the first nine months of the year (128,578) declined by 10.2 per cent when compared...
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New FinishLine Straight Die Grinder
By John Loughran / October 27, 2017
Abcon Ireland has expanded its FinishLine range with the addition of a new variable speed straight grinder, the FinishLine Die...
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Motorists warned of Hallowe’en driving dangers
By Padraic Deane / October 27, 2017
In advance of the October Bank Holiday weekend and Hallowe’en, AA Ireland is warning motorists to exercise additional caution while...
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Standox dishes the DiRT
By Padraic Deane / October 20, 2017
Enthusiasts of rally-themed racing video games can spot the Standox brand name in multiple areas when they play DiRT® 4™,...
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22 Dec 2016
Lechler Refinish product packaging receives a redesign
Lechler Refinish, represented in Ireland by Team PR Reilly has embarked on a new brand identity programme that is aimed at increasing customer awareness and appeal. Traditionally, Lechler has represented its business and products with a series of evocative images. A new evolution of its imagery captures colour, in the form of energy, released at
22 Dec 2016
Standox calendar 2017: A meeting of generations
Generations of Colour is the new Standox wall calendar for 2017. The 12 images are like a meeting of automotive generations, with classic cars shown alongside current models. It’s a portrayal of shapes and colours that will appeal not just to car enthusiasts. Contrasting classic models with today’s reincarnations has a certain appeal – it
22 Dec 2016
Automotive passion down to the last detail
Fast, powerful and unique: In its Hobbies 2017 calendar, Spies Hecker presents lovingly-restored and refinished vehicles from 12 of its customers’ bodyshops in eight countries. Every calendar page reveals the professional and the personal enthusiasm of the refinishers. The 2017 Spies Hecker calendar features, amongst others, an Opel Kapitän PL 2600 from 1960 in Denmark,
22 Dec 2016
Commission outlines plans for safer cars, vans and lorries
The European Commission has published a list of 19 lifesaving safety technologies that could be made mandatory on new vehicles in the next update of EU vehicle safety rules expected next year. The European Transport Safety Council has welcomed the announcement but says several critical areas for action are missing, and the proposed timescale is
22 Dec 2016
Peugeot Aftersales award winners 2016 announced
The 2016 Peugeot Dealer Aftersales award were held at Croke Park last month, hosted by Gowan Distributors Limited, Peugeot importers in Ireland. The Service Dealer of the Year was presented to Windsor Airside, Swords; the Parts Dealer of the Year was awarded to Holcroft Motors, Drogheda; Accessory Dealer of the Year went to Slattery’s Garage
22 Dec 2016
Automated driving’s most complexreal-world demonstration at CES
As the pace of automated driving technology shifts into overdrive, Delphi Automotive Plc and Mobileye will conduct the most complex automated drive ever publicly demonstrated on an urban and highway combined route in Las Vegas for CES 2017. The 6.3-mile drive will showcase Delphi and Mobileye’s Centralized Sensing Localization and Planning (CSLP) automated driving system, which will