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The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) has just issued the official 171 car sales figures for January along with presenting their final SIMI/DoneDeal Quarterly Motor Industry Review of 2016. Alan Greene President of SIMI officially launched the report in Dublin this morning. Car sales figures for the month of January show that 171

Auto industry jobs website RecruitAuto.ie welcomes the new Action Plan for Jobs 2017, which is to target 45,000 new jobs this year, and that it puts a strong focus on Brexit measures in this year’s plan. However, RecreuitAuto.ie reminds the Government that creating a level playing field for small and medium businesses, including reduced red

Sealey’s new Vehicle Service Promotion is now underway, and is packed with with hundreds of products specifically for automotive servicing with discounts up to 54 per cent. This promotion features many new products, one of which is Sealey’s PFT15 On-Vehicle Hydraulic Brake Pipe Flaring Tool, which is ideal for splicing in replacement sections of brake

FAI has continued to develop and increase its industry leading Steering and Suspension range through regular research and development by the company’s product specialists and in the last 12 months, over 800 new part numbers for some of the most modern vehicles in the marketplace have been added to range. This range extension covers a

Meet Chris Kollar. He’s TRW Aftermarket’s product manager in North America and the star of the brand’s latest ‘True Originals’ short film. The film is about TRW’s ‘Corner Module’ – a term used to collectively describe its braking, steering and suspension parts and systems. Chris was born and grew up in metro Detroit. Nicknamed the

For years, model variety among big and heavy vehicles has been on the increase. Tie rod ends, in particular, suffer from heavy weight and poor road conditions, which is why Meyle has made further additions to its range of technically enhanced Meyle‑HD tie rod end assemblies. Available immediately, the latest product range additions enable workshops

Diesel Technic’s brand, DT Spare Parts, is launching its Champions League prediction competition, searching for its ‘2017 DT Aftermarket Champion’. For employees of its distribution partners and their customers, the excitement of predicting the results of matches and winning fantastic prizes is set to kick-off on February 14th, when the round of 16 of the

Cataclean, the patented fuel and exhaust system cleaner, will be sold in 2017 in a newly designed bottle with new labelling that more clearly differentiates the products for diesel and petrol engines. Bottles of Cataclean Liquid Science, for petrol engines, will now have a green cap and predominantly green label, consistent with the colour-coding convention

Of the myriad of commercial vehicle (CV) components, the humble battery is possibly one of the most difficult to evaluate in terms of its quality, as visually, whether premium or substandard, they all look virtually identical. However, with batteries, the phrase “you get what you pay for” is particularly pertinent, because it’s what’s in the