Thursday, 2nd
August 2018 Motoring
€30,000 now the norm for new vehicle value
The average price of
a new car in Ireland is now over €30,000 for the first time. The figure comes from new figures reported by vehicle his- tory and data
Cartell.ie.
Cartell.ie found the aver-
age value of a new vehicle purchased fluctuated with the fortunes of the economy, so, in 2007 at the height of the boom the average value of a vehicle purchased was €28,106 which dropped to €24,758 in 2011 before in- creasing steadily every year since then as the economy improved. In 2016 the average val-
ue of a new vehicle was already back to boom time
expert
levels recording €28,385 while in 2017 the value was up 4% to €29,481. For the first 6 months of 2018 the average value has now hit €30,000 returning a figure of €30,130.
figure recorded for average value
Adjusted for inflation the for the 12 months
ending 1st January 2018
(€27,786) is higher than the figure recorded for the aver- age value in 2006 (€26,997), right in the middle of
boom.
Cartell.ie says that some
of the reasons behind the rise in average values may be;
Consumers opting for the
more expensive vehicles, or more expensive vehicle types like SUVs and Crossover ve- hicles, or MPVs. Buyers have more cash
to spend or more available lines of credit, especially through PCPs. Vehicles are now more to manufacture,
expensive
to comply with NCAP safe- ty ratings, for example and consumers have higher ex- pectations about
vehicle
specification. There is increased con-
sumer demand for more ex- pensive hybrid vehicles. John Byrne, Legal and
Public Relations Manager,
Cartell.ie said, “The buyer of a new vehicle is getting more features than ever be
Autoelectro issues Fiat starter motor warning
specialist
Rotating electrics Autoelectro
has highlighted a prob- lem on certain Fiat models which is caus- ing early failure of the starter motor.
The Autoelectro
technical team says that the fault is triggered by a corroded earth point which results in poor starting and eventu- al failure. The starter motor for the Grande Punto 1.4 (2006-on- wards), because of the poor electrical connec- tion, has been known to excessively crank. As a result, the component begins to burn out and
fail. To avoid such prob-
lems, technicians are advised to remove the earth point, clean and lubricate
starter motor. it, before
installing the replace- ment
However, if the fault has already occurred, the technician should check the condition of the earth point, which can usually be found under the windscreen washer reservoir, be- fore fitting the replace- ment starter motor.
Symptoms that indi-
cate the potential fail- ure include:
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mature shaft near pin- ion - Rattling inside mo-
tor when starter motor is shaken - Burnt smell from
inside the starter motor - Damaged teeth on
starter motor -
Burnt/dis-
coloured/melted/bro- ken wire from solenoid to starter body
fault will result in early failure of
Failure to rectify the the replace-
ment starter motor and the warranty will be void.
Devine heads to Finland Motorsport Ireland
Young Rally Driver of the Year, Callum Devine, is gearing up for the biggest challenge of
his rallying
career as the 24 year old Derry driver will compete on the legendary Rally Finland this weekend.
The Finnish round of
the World Rally Champi- onship is widely regard- ed as one of the most challenging events on the calendar given the undu- lating nature of the tree lined forest roads and the high average speeds. The event,
formerly known
as the “rally of the 1000 lakes” could also be re- ferred to as the “rally of the 1000 jumps” as the cars will spend much of the weekend airborne!
4th
Finland will be Callum’s round of the 5 round
Junior World Rally Cham- pionship (JWRC) and it offers some unique chal- lenges to him and co-driv- er, Brian Hoy. Speaking ahead of the event Callum said; “Finland will be very
different to anything I’ve done before. One of the biggest
challenges we’re
going to have will be on recce where we will have to guess as best as we can where the car is going to jump at competition speed and how far. Typically you might get 5-6 jumps in a single rally, in Finland we’re going to be getting at least twice that on al- most every stage!
“It’s also a very high
speed event so being able to trust my pacenotes will be vital. We were extreme- ly disappointed to miss out on a career best finish in the last round in Portugal and the non-finish there has effectively made our shot at
the title impossi-
ble, however I would still like to impress in Finland and we can still learn a lot from the event. The fact we have nothing to lose could be a good thing as others start to focus on the championship.”
Rally Finland, round 4 of the JWRC takes place
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This year’s action covers 317.26 kilometres
of July. across
23 stages. The action be- gins on Thursday evening with a short spectator stage before a marathon Friday which will see com- petitors tackle 10 stages. Saturday, while only pro- viding 8 stages is the long- est leg of the event with just shy of 143 compet- itive kilometres on offer. Sunday sees a pair of stag- es repeated including the legendary Ruuhimäki test
to close out the event. The 2018 JWRC is run in asso- ciation with M-Sport and each competing crew uses identical Ford Fiesta R2T cars with 1 litre, turbo- charged engines and Pirel- li tyres. Points are awarded for overall places as well as for each individual stage win. Following Finland, Turkey will host the last round of the 2018 JWRC and it may provide a sting in the championship tail as double points will be on offer on that round.
fore, more more technology, safety, for example.
The buyer has also shown an appetite for other fea- tures which manufacturers are increasingly rolling out as standard such as alloy
wheels and electric win- dows. Combined, these fea- tures increase manufactur- ing costs and push average values upwards. The buyer may also be opting for more expensive
cars owing to
more readily available lines of credit or simply because buyers are keen to buy a larger car when fuel econ- omy and motor taxation figures have dropped so sig- nificantly across the board.”
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