Sales of higher-margin sports utility vehicles and cost cuts helped Volkswagen shrug off a €1bn legal charge to meet first-quarter operating profit forecasts, sending its shares 4% higher.

Rob Ellis is Senior Designer at DFS. Here he speaks to Aileen Lee about his role.

Specialist gardaí have pounced on four members of an organised crime gang suspected of deceiving elderly people in the sale of classic vintage cars.

The sensational Golf R combines shattering pace with to-die-for handling with unexpectedly real practicality, and comes highly recommended for all lovers of cars with five-star performance, writes Declan Colley

Cork racer Matt Griffin and team mate Duncan Cameron took their Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE to third place in the Silverstone 500, round six of the British GT Championship. 

Bentley’s in-house commissioning division Mulliner has shown just how luxurious it can make a Bentayga by equipping one with a unique falconry kit.

Taking the lead on the third stage, Donegal cousins Declan and Brian Boyle (Ford Fiesta WRC) won the Hotel Kilmore Cavan Rally finishing 32.1 seconds ahead of the Subaru WRC of Fermanagh’s Garry Jennings and his Letterkenny co-driver Rory Kennedy. 

It has been pretty obvious for some time now — to me anyway — that the VW ‘dieselgate’ scandal was going to have a massive and very positive effect on two companies within the Volkswagen Group.

Aston Martin has achieved its objective of making the most beautiful car in the world with the DB11, says Hannah Elliot.

It’s the show that affords carmakers the opportunity to pull out all the stops.

It’s the fastest, most powerful production Bentley ever: the 2017 Continental Supersports. This is the third iteration of the Supersports model that Bentley first produced in the 1920s and reintroduced in 2009. Everything on this latest model has been lightened, tightened, and sculpted.

Lamborghini Huracán’s rear wheel-drive system is  likely to poach new customers more than an all wheel-drive car, writes Hannah Elliott

Comedian Eddie Izzard made an impassioned plea for tolerance for LGBT people after a man was convicted of shouting homophobic abuse at him.

A US federal judge has approved a 15 billion dollar (€13.4bn) court settlement of most claims against Volkswagen over its emissions-cheating scandal.

Some of the bigger marques stayed away but there was plenty to see in Paris, says Hannah Elliot

A Dublin man has appeared in court in Spain charged in connection with the murder of Gary Hutch.

South Korea has suspended sales of most Volkswagen models in a fresh blow to the German carmaker as it struggles to overcome the global repercussions of its emissions-test cheating scandal and rebuild its tattered image.

The Sunday World has apologised, and agreed to pay undisclosed damages, to a Bank of Ireland employee under a settlement of his legal action alleging defamation in an article concerning a €7.6m tiger kidnapping heist in Dublin.

One French media outlet labelled him ‘the unknown Irishman’, and no-one is throwing his name into the list of Golden Boot contenders, but few players are so central to their team’s hopes in France as Kyle Lafferty is to Northern Ireland.

Last week, I spent most of my waking hours inside an ocean blue Tesla Model X P90D.

Patrick McSweeney gives us a look at his beautiful Rolls Royce Silver Seraph

Catherine Shanahan experienced Georgian Dublin at its finest at the Cliff Townhouse on St Stephen’s Green.

We all know that exclusivity and excellence comes at a price, whatever commodity it is you would like to purchase, writes Declan Colley.

The names Peter Schreyer and Luc Donckerwolke might not mean much to the average Joe or Josie, but in the world of automotive design, they are hallowed legends.

Bentley the English Bulldog has two great fears - ladders and walking over cables.

Volvo Cars’ S90 premium saloon, which will be launched here in Ireland later this year, has been voted Production Car Design of the Year 2015 by a panel of professional car designers from around the globe.

It’s a showcase for supercars to flaunt their curves, and a stage for manufacturers to let the imagination run wild.

Aston Martin has done exactly the right thing with its new DB9.

A California woman badly burned by an exploding electronic cigarette was awarded nearly $2 million by a jury in a product liability suit, her lawyer said.

Pat McSweeney shows off his absolutely gorgeous 1913 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost.

This is the type of car you buy when you often must write, take calls, or otherwise work while you are being driven to your summer home, says Hannah Elliott

Luxury brands like Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin and Bentley are just some of the cars which have been issued a refund under the VRT export repayment scheme.

Catch up with the latest motoring news from the past week

Try driving the Jaguar F-Type S coupe around for a few days. You’ll have teenage girls, middle-aged shop owners, and preppy blonde moms forgetting what they were doing and just staring at your svelte silver bullet of a car.

John O’Brien shows the Irish Examiner around his 1951 Bentley mk 6.

It’s big, fast and expensive, so it should come as no surprise that the Bentley Mulsanne Speed is one of the world’s finest automotive experiences, writes Matt Joy

Bentleys and Porsches may be posh but they are prone to break down more than other cars, according to a survey.

Catherine Shanahan talks to Tim O’Mara a veteran soap opera director who has worked on popular staples such as Emmerdale and Coronation Street, and who is currently driving the storyline of our very own.