Editor’s welcome
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elcome to the 181 edition of the Auto Ireland Guide to New Cars. No other Irish magazine so
comprehensively covers every single new car on sale in Ireland and what’s more, Auto Ireland has been doing so for well over twenty years. The support of First Citizen Finance has
been invaluable, and never in the history of motoring in Ireland has the subject of car fi nance been more relevant to the times we live in. Irish car buyers have cottoned on to the benefi ts, in particular, of PCP (Personal Contract Plan) motor fi nance, and I think it’s going to play a large part in stabilising new car sales in the coming years. Especially as there are so many unknowns in terms of the political environment, most notably the eff ects of Brexit. That’s not the quandary facing car
buyers in Ireland, of course, as the world is really talking up the electrifi cation of the
automobile. There’s no doubt that there has been renewed focus on electric and part- electric power for cars in the past year, but trust us: internal combustion is far from dead in the water. It will be several generations before electric power is good enough to make up the majority of vehicles on the road. Whatever they’re powered by, my team
and I strive to test hundreds of new cars every year to help form our professional opinions. Hopefully our knowledge and experience will assist the 130,000 or so new car buyers that’ll drive away in a new motor this coming year. As at the start of 2017, we’ve laid out this
year’s magazine in a logical fashion, grouped by car manufacturer and highlighting the best cars in their classes and any others worth a special mention. Those with an eye on the near future would do well to check out our spread on the makes and models arriving later in 2018, too.
We hope you enjoy reading Auto Ireland
as much as we enjoyed putting it together. If you have suggestions for the next edition, we’d be delighted to hear from you. Happy motoring!
SHANE O’ DONOGHUE EDITOR
@Shane_O_D
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