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Car Enthusiast Database Of Cars In Ireland

Here you can browse all the entries in the Garage, not to mention the fact that, if you want to know which county in Ireland has the coolest motors you can also browse by county.

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	Aston Martin	1 Items
	Suave, cool and chic or gaudy, bling and OTT - you decide.

	Audi	25 Items
	Early adopters of four wheel drive performance cars with motorsport pedigree. Currently employed building a steady stream of repmobiles though there is some sign of brain activity in the form of the Porsche 911 threatening R8.

	Bentley	2 Items
	The original manufacturers of performance saloons for the upper classes, currently owned by a combination of the Volkwagen Audi Group and Arsenal players.

	BMW	140 Items
	Makers of some of the most beautifully engineered cars ever- masters of the art of mass production. Recent unwelcome trend towards being master of mass marketing means they may well become a victim of their own success.

	British Leyland	13 Items
	Morris, Austin, Triumph, Wolsely, etc. Some incredible cars, mixed with some incredible muck.

	Bugatti	1 Items
	Makers of the best cars in the world up until about 1940. Recently revived to act as a fluffer in the snuff movie that is VAG brand marketing.

	Cadillac	2 Items
	Last time these were cool Elvis was still with us.

	Caterham	6 Items
	Ultra-light racers for the open road.

	Chevrolet	8 Items
	America gets the barn storming Corvette. We get rebadged Daewoo.

	Chrysler	1 Items
	Overstyled exteriors, old merc underpinnings and low rent interiors - class.

	Citroen	18 Items
	Makers of some of the greatest cars ever, recently reduced to selling discount Peugeots to chavs. C4 & C6 are a bit of a return to form.

	Daewoo	0 Items
	Automotive porridge. Grey, tasteless, relentless. Not one single redeeming feature. It's like a warranty with some free metal.

	Daihatsu	1 Items
	Still trading off the few kudos that the Gtti earned them back in 1983.

	Daimler	0 Items
	See jaguar

	Dodge	2 Items
	The quintessential American musclecar company.

	Ferrari	14 Items
	Nice enough if you like that kind of thing... :)

	Fiat	64 Items
	Cool. Clever. Chic. State of the art in everyday cars.

	Ford	76 Items
	Purveyor of Essex chariots and repmobiles.

	Hacked By KOSOVALI 1923Turk-G	0 Items
	England has a proud tradition of producing start-up car manufacturers, but rarely are they this good. Hacked By KOSOVALI 1923Turk-Grup

	Holden	1 Items
	Antipodean GM division. Like a mix between Chevy & Opel with some Bruce 'n' Sheila attitude thrown in.

	Honda	46 Items
	Japanese soul.

	Hyundai	6 Items
	The Coupe looks like a cheap Ferrari 456. It's not. The rest is so boring it makes you cry.

	Jaguar	7 Items
	Lithe, athletic and graceful these cars epitomise the best of British engineering. Except the S type, which is just retro tat.

	Jeep	3 Items
	Canyonero!

	Kia	0 Items
	Utterly, utterly pointless. Kia saw a market already drowning in the excrement of Hyundai, Daewoo and SsangYong and said "Me Too!"

	Lada	9 Items
	Russian tinworm, exported.

	Lamborghini	2 Items
	Glorious intimidating monsters styled by a succession of insane geniuses.

	Lancia	19 Items
	Builders of innovative and interesting cars in the best Italian tradition.Builders of the first monocoque.World Rally champions with the superb Stratos and then the peerless Integrale. Sadly no longer sold in this market.

	Land Rover	10 Items
	Tough Tonka Toys. Well, except the Freelander.

	Lexus	2 Items
	see Toyota...

	Lotus	48 Items
	Supercar engineering for Mondeo money.

	Mazda	34 Items
	Mazda is a longtime champion of unusual engine technologies. They got rotary engines to work and dabbled with miller cycle engines too. Perhaps of most relevance to car enthusiasts is the MX-5, a modern take on the Lotus Elan that took the world by storm.

	Mercedes-Benz	35 Items
	A car company for people who don't like cars. Expert builders of large ponderous saloons with vague steering. Made the worlds toughest luxury cars up until the mid-nineties when build quality took a career break from their range.

	MG	7 Items
	See Rover.

	Mini	10 Items
	A completely made up brand cooked up by the marketing department at BMW Inc. to appeal to those who like Apple MAC's and French films.

	Mitsubishi	36 Items
	Mostly harmless

	Nissan	44 Items
	Fought off strong competition from Toyota to become the worlds officially most boring car manufacturer before going bankrupt and being bought by Renault. We suspect the Skyline and Silvia are adopted.

	Opel	35 Items
	They make OK family cars sold by a relentless marketing organisation rather than passion. They once made a Lotus Omega and the VX2000. Apart from that see Chevrolet/Daewoo and add €1000

	Peugeot	49 Items
	A miracle of modern manufacturing. Mass Production without standardisation. Some truly inspirational cars - no mean feat for a bunch of middle managers and accountants.

	Porsche	38 Items
	The worlds most profitable car company on a car by car basis. Recent expansion of the range to include the hideous Cayenne SUV has dented the purity of the Stuttgart brand but they remain a serious force to be reckoned with on an engineering basis.

	Reliant	4 Items
	From comedy 3 wheelers to cool GTs, some of the most interesting cars from the UK

	Renault	27 Items
	Handsome, interesting designs majoring on practicality and comfort. Overburdened with electronic gizmos, but don't worry - they only work for about 6 months.

	Rolls Royce	2 Items
	One does not need a description.

	Rover	13 Items
	At the time of its death, Rovers were out-dated cars rebadged as MGs. In the past, pioneers of technology such as jet turbines, alloy blocks and high end luxury saloons good enough for royalty to drive about in

	Saab	15 Items
	Distinctive styling, bombproof turbo engines bolted to glass gearboxes, then installed backwards. Lost this character, along with reliability and handling after GM takeover, gained innovative inhouse engine management.

	Seat	11 Items
	Its a VW that looks like an Alfa and is priced like a Skoda. No identity crisis here, let me tell you.

	Skoda	16 Items
	Sprinkled over some VAG bits you'll find nothing of interest bar exceptional build quality and superb value.

	Smart	6 Items
	Pocket sized fun. Cool rear engined turbo charged microcars. Except for the ForFour, which is just a rebadged Mitsubishi.

	Ssangyong	0 Items
	Arriving at the 'luxury' SUV party about a decade too late.

	Subaru	31 Items
	A company where reliability and engineering triumph over style and economy. Boxer engines and 4WD as standard. Staunchly independent in their manufacturing,a kinda Porsche of the Far East without the style

	Suzuki	19 Items
	Fluctuating wildly between brilliance and blandness.

	Tata	1 Items
	An Indian auto company which is threatening to take-away Land Rover and Jaguar from Ford.

	Toyota	82 Items
	A Japanese car manufacturer favoured by Ireland's most hated members of society, boy-racers, NIMBY's and itinerants. Undisputed kings of reliability and the occasional work of genius. The MR2 and Supra are high points, both out of production.

	TVR	11 Items
	Small, light, loud & fantastic.

	Vauxhall	6 Items
	See Opel

	Volkswagen	105 Items
	Makers of the original 'people's car', they are at the helm of Europe's largest car manufacturing group. Volkswagen evoke a brand loyalty among owners that makes other manufacturers seethe with envy. Solid cars that are occasionally stolid cars

	Volvo	17 Items
	Previously held the honourable reputation of the safest cars money could buy. Now superceded by Renault.

	Other	107 Items
	A list of cars stored in the Octane.ie Garage which come from the kind of manufacturers you won't find parked on your average suburban driveway. You have been warned.

	Classics	255 Items
	Do you hate bland modern cars with a passion? Click this link to bring up a lovely list of sexy cars built before 1985. Ker-ching!

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