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Forty new car models will fight it out for the coveted title of Irish Car of the Year 2025, in association with Continental Tyres. The winners from the 2025 Irish Car of the Year awards programme will be revealed at a gala event in The Conrad Hotel, Dublin, on Friday...

The Land Rover Defender Commercial has won the Irish Commercial SUV of the Year Award 2023 in association with Continental Tyres. A category award under the umbrella of the Irish Van of the Year awards, the Commercial SUV of the Year is voted upon by a jury of the...

The Mercedes-Benz Citan has been voted the Irish Van of the Year 2024 in association with Continental Tyres.  The Irish Van of the Year accolade is awarded by the van jury of the Motoring Media Association of Ireland (MMAI), the grouping that brings together...

At an awards ceremony this afternoon in the Conrad Hotel in Dublin, the Hyundai IONIQ 6 was named as the 2024 Irish Car of the Year in association with Continental Tyres. Members of the Motoring Media Association of Ireland (MMAI), the grouping that brings together...

Soar Foundation chosen as charity partner for this year’s event The Motoring Media Association of Ireland (MMAI) has announced the Soar Foundation as the charity partner for the Irish Car of the Year and Irish Van of the Year 2024 Awards, in association with...

A field of 32 candidates for the Irish Car of the Year 2024 awards, in association with Continental Tyres, was announced today. The winners from the 2024 Irish Car of the Year awards programme will be revealed at a gala event in The Conrad Hotel, Dublin, on Friday November 3rd.

Double take for Volkswagen as ID. Buzz Cargo also wins Irish Van of the Year 2023 award at same event

A shortlist of 37 new vehicles will contest the Irish Car of the Year 2023 awards, in association with Continental Tyres. The winners of the hotly-anticipated 2023 Irish Car of the Year awards will be revealed at a gala event in Dublin’s Westin Hotel on 11...

At an awards ceremony this afternoon at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, the Kia EV6 was named as the Continental Tyres Irish Car of the Year for 2022.  Motoring journalists from print, online and broadcasting hosted the Covid-19 guideline compliant event, which was...

Excitement is now building in earnest as the much-anticipated return of the Continental Tyres Irish Car of the Year awards return for 2022. The category winners and overall Car of the Year will be revealed on 11 February, with 35 models shortlisted for honours. Today,...

We’re on the home straight now in our category-by-category preview of this year’s Continental Tyres Irish Car of the Year awards. For our penultimate overview of the contenders, we turn our attention to the Continental Tyres Irish Luxury Car of the Year category,...

And so to our final, curtain-raising category preview ahead of this year’s Continental Tyres Irish Car of the Year awards which take place on 11 February. Our final category is one to get the pulses racing, as we cast an eye over the Continental Tyres Irish...

The categories are coming thick and fast now, as we get ever closer to the announcement of the Continental Tyres Irish Car of the Year awards for 2022. We’re at the midpoint of our look at the 35 contenders, which brings us to the Continental Tyres Irish Medium...

And just like that… we’re onto the Small Crossover / SUV category! Always one of the tightest and toughest categories in the Continental Tyres Irish Car of the Year awards, this year promises to be no different with six outstanding contenders from Hyundai, Mazda,...

The exciting reveal of this year’s Continental Tyres Irish Car of the Year awards is just around the corner now (11 February) so we continue our category-by-category review at the contenders for the 2022 prizes with a look at the ‘inbetweeners’. This year’s...