Our articles and guides about plug-in hybrid, for people buying and owning cars in Ireland.
Two Kugas from the same year can cost EUR 140 or EUR 600 a year to tax. Here is every version's tax, the recalls with Irish numbers, and the second-generation automatic to avoid.
Every RAV4 engine we could confirm uses a timing chain. What matters on a used one is the drivetrain, the motor tax table it falls under, two Irish recalls, and an unbroken Toyota service record that carries up to ten years of warranty.
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.
One badge, three completely different cars. We put the Irish motor tax figures for the Kia Niro hybrid, plug-in hybrid and EV side by side, explain the clutch actuator fire-risk recall, and set out which drivetrain actually suits which driver.