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Volkswagen ID. Buzz Takes Irish Car of the Year Title for 2023
Double take for Volkswagen as ID. Buzz Cargo also wins Irish Van of the Year 2023 award at same event
Start your engines! 37 shortlisted cars in the running for 2023 Irish Car of the Year crown
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...
Kia EV6 Takes Continental Tyres Irish Car of the Year Title for 2022
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...
Continental Tyres Irish Large Car of the Year 2022 – Nominees
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,...
Continental Tyres Irish Luxury Car of the Year 2022 – Nominees
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,...
Continental Tyres Irish Performance Car of the Year 2022 – Nominees
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...
Continental Tyres Irish Medium Crossover / SUV of the Year 2022 – Nominees
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...
Continental Tyres Irish Small Crossover / SUV of the Year 2022 – Nominees
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,...
Continental Tyres Irish Medium Car of the Year 2022 – Nominees
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...
Continental Tyres Irish Compact Car of the Year 2022 – Nominees
The return of the Continental Tyres Irish Car of the Year awards has been warmly welcomed, not just by motoring journalists but by new car customers who rely on our jury’s expert recommendations when it comes to the best new cars around. It’s great to be back. The...
Continental Tyres Irish Car of the Year Returns for 2022
2022 crop of entrants shows shift to electric motoring with half of eligible models available as electric vehicles.
2019 Van of the Year category awards go to Mitsubishi and Mercedes
The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Business and Mercedes-Benz X-Class have been announced as category winners of the Irish Van of the Year 2019, in association with Continental Tyres. Mitsubishi's hugely popular Outlander PHEV Business model was named Irish...
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is 2019 Irish Van of the Year
The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter has been named Irish Van of the Year 2019, in association with Continental Tyres. The Sprinter came out on top in a hugely competitive field of eight shortlisted vans for this year’s title. The contenders included alternative-fuelled...
Volvo XC40 crowned Irish Car of the Year 2019
The Irish Car of the Year Awards in association with Continental Tyres took place tonight, November 8, at the Gibson Hotel, Dublin. Motoring journalists from print, online and broadcasting hosted a gala black tie event attended by Ireland’s leading car brands,...
Nissan’s e-Pedal scoops Innovation Award at Irish Car of the Year awards
The Nissan Leaf e-Pedal has won the special Innovation Award at the 2019 Irish Car of the Year awards, in association with Continental Tyres. The e-Pedal is part of the Nissan Leaf’s array of intelligent power features, enabling the driver to accelerate, decelerate...