When one of the Lexus engineering team cited the cup holders of the company’s new premium mid-size SUV — the NX — as being one of the car’s most important characteristics, he raised a few eyebrows among motoring hacks.

I HAVE never regarded the Renault Megane as a top contender in the family car segment — a segment dominated by sales leviathans such as the Ford Focus and the Volkswagen Golf.

Audi has released details of the forthcoming new A7, a car which the company says it has spared no effort in revising.

John O’Mahony catches up with Ireland AM Presenter Anna Daly to see what’s under her bonnet.

LUXURIOUS SEAT ALHAMBRA

THE much-anticipated Peugeot RCZ R which, with 270 bhp on offer, is the most powerful road-going car the Peugeot brand has ever sold, has been unleashed in Ireland.

IT HAS without doubt been the single most important car in the Mercedes range down the years and it is now in Ireland in its very latest, and very impressive, guise.