Declan Colley test drives the new Mazda2 model, but finds it falls short in the highly competitive supermini segment

Declan Colley reports on Peugeot 208 taking the 2020 Car of the Year prize in Geneva, along with news updates on Skoda, Cupra, Audi and Renault

Deutsche Post-DHL will stop producing its electric delivery vehicle called StreetScooter, bringing to an end a much-hyped venture that was once seen as a possible disrupter to conventional van makers such as Volkswagen and Daimler.

Toyota’s latest super-mini won’t be available until the autumn, but Ryan Hirons says the prototype he drove suggests a good-looking, improved performer

Craig Breen’s return to the World Rally Championship with Hyundai Motorsport has given the Waterford ace the opportunity to showcase his ability on this weekend’s Rally Sweden, where, just two years ago he secured his best ever result (second) in the WRC.

One-fifth of new private cars licensed in the first month of the year were electric or hybrid, according to new figures.

Toyota isn’t letting a global slowdown get in the way of its plans to grow, reporting a higher-than-expected quarterly profit and raising its full-year forecast.

Ford Motor, founded 100 years before Tesla, is paying the price for a sudden role reversal: It’s now the one struggling to produce a new model on time, at scale and without losing money.

He recalled the anecdote as it was announced that Jones, Dido, Diana Ross and Sinead O’Connor are among acts performing this summer at Live at the Marquee 2020.

The stage version of Mrs Brown’s Boys is also coming to the venue, with three shows booked for June 12 and 13.

Gardaí in Donegal are appealing for information following a significant theft of jewellery and cash in Letterkenny last weekend.

Louise O'Neill on giving up alcohol.

Electric cars are too small and lack the range required for the Lord Mayor’s needs, according to Cork City Council.

THE past festive season was extra special for newly- weds Yvonne Coleman and James Twohig as it was on a December 26 night out that the couple first laid eyes on each other.

Total new car registrations in Ireland are down 6.8% in 2019, with 117,100 cars registered compared to 125,671.

Total new car registrations in Ireland are down 6.8% in 2019, with 117,100 cars registered compared to 125,671.

Plans for 1,100 apartments on a key site in Cork’s south docks are in the pipeline, it has emerged.

NOT too many vehicles are as imposing as the first VW purpose-built pick-up, the Amarok and I can safely venture that the version we tried recently — titled the Amarok Aventura — is perhaps the most outrageous car to have decorated the driveway this year, other than the preposterous Ford Raptor, which looks like it just drove off the set of a Mad Max movie.

With an imperious performance, the local crew of Rob Duggan/Ger Conway (Ford Escort) took a superb victory in the Rentokil-Initial Killarney Historic Rally.

Kya deLongchamps revs up to explore the tradition of pedal power.

The history of some of the most iconic places in West Cork are explored through the pages of a new illustrated book that charts the character and the beauty of the region.

As a motoring columnist who spent most of his life in cities, I only tested cars and knew little about farming, but now that I live in the countryside, I couldn’t resist driving my neighbour’s New Holland/Ford 7740, says Declan Colley

The Criminal Assets Bureau has seized six cars, three luxury watches, six designer handbags and almost €19,000 in cash in an operation targeting criminal associates in the Midlands.

Christian Bale and Matt Damon tell Laura Harding about their roles in Le Mans ‘66, the tale of the men paid by Ford to take on the dominance of Ferrari in the motor-racing world

Relentless innovation can future-fit Cork’s strong biopharma hub, writes Bernard Mallee

In an age defined by seismic change, the ability to adapt, to innovate, to sustain, and to extend traditional expertise, skills, and crafts to remain relevant — socially, culturally, and commercially — is ever more important.