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Machinery
Smart moves to battery electric power
Michael Moroney
The Mercedes-Benz, Smart car sub-brand is now electric powered and no longer the micro car of the past, as the Smart #1 and Smart #3 have grown into a bigger segment of the market.
3 July 2024 Motors
For Mercedes-Benz economy is more than the brand
The latest Mercedes-Benz hybrid cars deliver where it counts, in terms of economy and that converts to low running costs.
26 June 2024 Farm machinery
Labour and skills shortages will force contractors to go autonomous
Shortages of skilled machinery operators and competition from other sectors will force agricultural contractors to look more seriously at autonomous tractors.
Can the Opel Grandland PHEV be as practical as it is comfortable?
Opel’s Grandland has solid credentials that reflect its German heritage in what is a spacious mid-range SUV but can it be a practical option as a family car?
19 June 2024 Motors
Minimum units with maximum Fendt power and function
Cork tillage farmer and share farming contractor, John Kelleher from outside Mallow, has bought the first Fendt 1050 tractor to be registered in the Republic of Ireland. Michael Moroney reports.
12 June 2024 Tractors
Ford revamps for an attractive Transit Custom
Ford’s best-selling van range the Transit Custom has been upgraded with a new design along with engine power performance changes and some improved performance features.
5 June 2024 Motors
BYD broadens electric car range
Ireland’s newest all-electric car brand, the Chinese-built BYD range, has two new models and is making impressive inroads into the market, based on range and value. Michael Moroney reports.
22 May 2024 Motors
Renault blends new hybrid system smoothly in Arkana refresh
Four years after Renault first launched the Arkana SUV, it has refreshed the mid-size model and given it a full hybrid drive treatment with ambitions to deliver diesel-like economy.
8 May 2024 Motors
Toyota enters the BEV market with competitive bZ4X
Toyota’s first full battery electric car (BEV), called the bZ4X, has a name that’s either easy to forget or hard to remember.
24 April 2024 Motors
Baling not to be considered the cheap contractor option
The baled silage sector of farm machinery has not been immune from the overall machinery cost inflation as contractors struggle with increased costs.
17 April 2024 Contracting
Opel’s Astra delivers diesel economy in Sports Tourer
To say that he liked the new Opel Astra Sports Tourer would be an understatement. For Michael Moroney, it was a welcome return to economical and open range diesel driving.
10 April 2024 Motors
Silage harvester output will be determined by drum hour efficiency
Silage harvester output is determined by drum hour efficiency and that's determined by the ratio of engine hours to drum hours recorded on the machine.
3 April 2024 Farm machinery