New test to hit car sales: Motor workers have a real beef

The idea of universal car ownership is one of the 20th-century freedoms we may take for granted.

How it endures in the face of efforts to avert climate catastrophe is an ever-sharper question. That question is being asked already through new Worldwide harmonised Light vehicle Testing Procedure (WLTP) which, according to the Irish motor industry, will increase new car prices by at least €2,500 and, much more importantly, put as many as 12,000 jobs in jeopardy.