Our articles and guides about DSG, for people buying and owning cars in Ireland.
Is a used SEAT Leon a good buy in Ireland? Motor tax for every common version (€140 to €270), the DQ200 DSG, timing belts, recalls, e-Hybrid range and the checks to make before you buy.
A Polo 1.2 TSI 90 built before the 2014 facelift has a timing chain with a known fault. The same badge after the facelift has a belt. Which engine, which gearbox, and why the 2019-2020 brochure makes the motor tax look up to 320 euro a year dearer than it is.
Irish motor tax for every B8 Passat engine from EUR 140 to EUR 400, why you must not calculate the band from a brochure CO2 figure, the timing belt and water pump reality, which DSG needs servicing at 60,000km, and how to tell in thirty seconds whether a diesel uses AdBlue.
The 116hp Golf diesel and mild-hybrid petrol both pay €190 motor tax. Which Golf to buy in Ireland, DSG checks, Mk8 software, NCT fails and running costs.
Ireland's second best-selling car has two very different DSG gearboxes, and the one Skoda says never needs a fluid change is the one with the expensive failure record. Motor tax bands, diesel versus petrol, and the checks to do before you buy.
The Kodiaq is the only true seven-seater left in Ireland's top ten. Here is the Irish arithmetic - what the third row actually costs you in boot space, why the PHEV has double the battery of its rivals, 2,500kg of towing, five-year running costs, and the one service item that decides whether a used one is a bargain or a bill.