Author: Padraic Deane

Word broke this morning in the UK that Mitsubishi Motors there had written to its UK franchised dealer partners to inform them of the Japanese car manufacturer’s plan to exit their market as well as the European new car markets. That followed an announcement by Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) at its board of directors meeting

Leading Irish automotive component distribution company, CD Group has strengthened its fleet of commercial vehicles with the recent addition of five new Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans.     Supplied by Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle dealer MUTEC, of which CD Group is a long-standing customer, the new units will soon be put through their paces delivering vehicle parts and components

This week, ELVES released its 2019 Annual Report detailing its third year of successful operations supporting End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV) reuse, recycling and recovery in Ireland. ELVES mission is to improve the processing of scrap cars and small vans to help Ireland meet the 85 per cent re-use and recycling and 95 per cent re-use, recycling

A reminder that the Auto Trade EXPO in Dublin was also postponed from October this year (2020) to October 16-17, 2021 due to the pandemic and health and safety related to that once in a century crisis.      Growing in size and attendance every time, the 2021 Auto Trade EXPO will be the biggest

County Sligo based Peter Devaney Recovery has just taken to the road in their brand-new DAF LF 180 4×2 10 tonne rigid.     The highly spec’d vehicle includes: extended day cab, rear ECAS air suspension, translucent external sun visor, daytime running lights, integrated bumper mounted fog lights, luxury upgraded air suspended driver seat, multifunction steering wheel, 22-foot tilt & slide recovery body, remote central

Following a similar move by Auto Promotec in Bologna, Equip Auto 2021 has also been postponed to 2022. The exact dates are to be specified in due course. Still maintaining its two-year frequency and its venue of Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Equip Auto thus adopts a new schedule, in the autumn of even-number years.