All things 152

Gazzmonkey

Was stuck behind a brand spanking 152 Audi Q5 yesterday where the owner must've been driving back from the showroom as he was doing half the speed limit.

What caught my attention was not the new car but the strong smell of burning plastic coming off it

ION08

Gazzmonkey wrote: »

Was stuck behind a brand spanking 152 Audi Q5 yesterday where the owner must've been driving back from the showroom as he was doing half the speed limit.

What caught my attention was not the new car but the strong smell of burning plastic coming off it

Mustn't have been coming from the Audi. They have a dedicated nose team to make sure their cars smell just right!

I s**t you not! :P

http://thesupercarkids.com/audi-have-a-team-dedicated-just-to-smell-cars/

ION08

152 Audi R8

goochy

Is that the latest model r8 or last of old model ? Not too keen on colour did it look better in flesh ?

Foxhole Norman

goochy wrote: »

Is that the latest model r8 or last of old model ? Not too keen on colour did it look better in flesh ?

Last of the current model, still looks very well though!

ION08

goochy wrote: »

Is that the latest model r8 or last of old model ? Not too keen on colour did it look better in flesh ?

Last of the old it would seem.

Agree re colour!

UhOh

pleased to say I'll be joining the 152 club later this year, CLA45 on the way.

vectra

UhOh wrote: »

pleased to say I'll be joining the 152 club later this year, CLA45 on the way.

WOW
"Billy Bigpockets" :P

ofcork

Nice motor will that have the newer higher bhp engine?

Vote 4 Pedro

Got my 152 yesterday morning, awful picture but the car is nice enough. It's the 1.6Tdi SE Sportback in Scuba blue with slightly upgraded wheels.
Bought a car on the same day two years ago, a 132 reg A3 and the plate was no. 266 so that's some increase, about 2.8 times more ?

UhOh

ofcork wrote: »

Nice motor will that have the newer higher bhp engine?

yes, I made sure of that....dct is tweaked aswell, which is good as the transmission seems to be the major gripe on most reviews

Noccy_Mondy

Vote 4 Pedro wrote: »

Got my 152 yesterday morning, awful picture but the car is nice enough. It's the 1.6Tdi SE Sportback in Scuba blue with slightly upgraded wheels.
Bought a car on the same day two years ago, a 132 reg A3 and the plate was no. 266 so that's some increase, about 2.8 times more ?

A Brownish colour if I'm not mistaken? If that's it then it's been a short 2 years! Seems like no length since you posted it!

Vote 4 Pedro

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

A Brownish colour if I'm not mistaken? If that's it then it's been a short 2 years! Seems like no length since you posted it!

You have a good memory, it was indeed a brownish colour, Audi called it Dekota Grey. I was going to get the same again but the wife wanted the Scuba blue....so we got Scuba blue

JoeA3

The reg numbers are significantly higher than the same period in 142, never mind 132. The Dublin 152's are tipping 10k already. The recession is over...

RedorDead

Up until end of 16th July this July was up 52.6% and the car market has now broken 100,000 sales mark for the first time since 2008. July figures buoyant considering all the stock shortages out there. 18,210 vs 11933 at the same stage last year.

So far in July:

Top ten makes are as follows:
1. Hyundai 2284 +553 2. Nissan 1911 +528 3. Toyota 1881 -54 4. VW 1879 -390 5. Ford 1737 -300 6. Renault 1065 -73 7. Opel 980 -408 8. Skoda 933 -208 9. Kia 820 +31 10. BMW 739 +46

Top ten models are as follows:
1. Qashqai 749 -20 2. Golf 653 -93 3. IX35 633 +122 4. Focus 622 -186 5. Fiesta 587 -69 6. Octavia 530 +47 7. Corolla 490 -76 8. Passat 455 +68 9. Sportage 423 +107 10. I30 423 + 176

micks_address

RedorDead wrote: »

Up until end of 16th July this July was up 52.6% and the car market has now broken 100,000 sales mark for the first time since 2008. July figures buoyant considering all the stock shortages out there. 18,210 vs 11933 at the same stage last year.

So far in July:

Top ten makes are as follows:
1. Hyundai 2284 +553 2. Nissan 1911 +528 3. Toyota 1881 -54 4. VW 1879 -390 5. Ford 1737 -300 6. Renault 1065 -73 7. Opel 980 -408 8. Skoda 933 -208 9. Kia 820 +31 10. BMW 739 +46

Top ten models are as follows:
1. Qashqai 749 -20 2. Golf 653 -93 3. IX35 633 +122 4. Focus 622 -186 5. Fiesta 587 -69 6. Octavia 530 +47 7. Corolla 490 -76 8. Passat 455 +68 9. Sportage 423 +107 10. I30 423 + 176

Do honda sell any cars in Ireland any more?

Oafley Jones

RedorDead wrote: »

Up until end of 16th July this July was up 52.6% and the car market has now broken 100,000 sales mark for the first time since 2008. July figures buoyant considering all the stock shortages out there. 18,210 vs 11933 at the same stage last year.

So far in July:

Top ten makes are as follows:
1. Hyundai 2284 +553 2. Nissan 1911 +528 3. Toyota 1881 -54 4. VW 1879 -390 5. Ford 1737 -300 6. Renault 1065 -73 7. Opel 980 -408 8. Skoda 933 -208 9. Kia 820 +31 10. BMW 739 +46

Top ten models are as follows:
1. Qashqai 749 -20 2. Golf 653 -93 3. IX35 633 +122 4. Focus 622 -186 5. Fiesta 587 -69 6. Octavia 530 +47 7. Corolla 490 -76 8. Passat 455 +68 9. Sportage 423 +107 10. I30 423 + 176

The IX35 I still find baffling. Are they offering massive discounts or what? There's no way I'd be buying a model (especialy as the name is going) that's about to be pensioned off in a few months.

vectra

Any reg numbers per county?

timaru89

Oafley Jones wrote: »

The IX35 I still find baffling. Are they offering massive discounts or what? There's no way I'd be buying a model (especialy as the name is going) that's about to be pensioned off in a few months.

€4,000 scrappage?

MuppetCheck

vectra wrote: »

Any reg numbers per county?

Saw 2200 on a C reg the other day, I was kinda wondering what it would be at myself. Not that it makes a blind bit of difference to anything!

Vote 4 Pedro

vectra wrote: »

Any reg numbers per county?

This would be very interesting to know.

JoeA3

I know 2 people who collected D reg's yesterday and both were just under the 10k. But here in Galway a guy I work with collected during the week and the G reg is still in the 700's.

Autosport

I saw a kk reg yesterday in the 600's

bs2014

timaru89 wrote: »

€4,000 scrappage?

Is the Ix35 being stopped/replaced soon? News to me if so. I agree it does sell very well for a car that isn't cheap

MuppetCheck

bs2014 wrote: »

Is the Ix35 being stopped/replaced soon? News to me if so. I agree it does sell very well for a car that isn't cheap

As those crossover yokes go that looks alright.

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/hyundai/tucson/first-drives/2015-hyundai-tucson-20-crdi-review

goochy

saw 152 reg polo involved in minor accident on r/ about last night . felt so sorry for owner

ubs69

Anyone seen a 152 transit ? Anywhere

mhackett102

ubs69 wrote: »

Anyone seen a 152 transit ? Anywhere

Ive seen a lot of the Transit Connect's around (really nice looking IMO), but only a handful of the normal Transits.

Neighbor has one and its interior is a huge step up from previous models.

ofcork

Few of the transit custom but no standard ones a 152 mazda 6 at work looks well.

Noccy_Mondy

I've seen a few 152 transits around. Think there's a delay in orders though.

Was with the uncle a while back as he was looking at getting a new transit bus. I much prefer the previous model, the double axle lwb new transit looks awful awkward and out of proportion. The old one looks a lot better imo.

mhackett102

A sales rep comes in to where I work a bit and he drives a 152 Transit lwb with the high roof and they look terrible from the front. Interior is nice and loads of room in it, but the styling is not anything to brag about.

The new Transit Connect vans are decent looking. I'd definitely buy one just for the looks alone.

bazz26

bs2014 wrote: »

Is the Ix35 being stopped/replaced soon? News to me if so. I agree it does sell very well for a car that isn't cheap

Yes it's being replaced by the new Tucson in the next month or two.

RedorDead

So month end figures just in and do we detect a changing of the guard? Hyundai finish on top probably for the first time ever in Ireland in a major sales month. With over 27,000 registrations in July vs 29,000 in January - its now clear there is a very clear 2 registration plate system finally established. Overall July finished at 27,663 up 48% or 8,922 on July 2014.

Month End July:

Top ten makes are as follows:
1. Hyundai 3,154 +1423 2. VW 3,065 +798 3. Toyota 2,860 +925 4. Ford 2,751 +925 5. Nissan 2,654 +1,271 6. Opel 1,755 +367 7. Skoda 1,689 +548 8. Renault 1,558 +420 9. Kia 1,193 +404 10. Audi 1,012 +260

Top ten models are as follows:
1. Golf 1,053 +307 2. Qashqai 1,042 +273 3. Focus 955 +145 4. Fiesta 923 +267 5. Octavia 877 +394 6. IX35 860 +349 7. Corolla 740 +174 8. Passat 637 +251 9. Yaris 592 + 251 10. Sportage 583 +267

Crazy numbers of car hire. 5,264 vs 3886 in July 2014. 15% (800) of all Fords were car hire. 13% (675) of all Nissans were car hire. They were the two above 10% of month volume.

If you want any other numbers shout. Figures courtesy of SIMI and BeepBeep.ie

Lutecia

bazz26 wrote: »

Yes it's being replaced by the new Tucson in the next month or two.

And I see the Kadjar is out this month too. Considering the success of the Captur, and the fact that it is based on the Qashqai and better priced, it could be another great seller

https://www.renault.ie/vehicles/new-vehicles/kadjar.html

ubs69

Still waiting on transit van 😡, should I leave it til 2016 ?

AMKC

bazz26 wrote: »

Yes it's being replaced by the new Tucson in the next month or two.

It looks good there in red. Must say the interior could have done with more style do and still can,t believe they are not using soft touch plastics on the dash even Kia has a soft touch dash on the currant Sportage and the new one which is out early next year will be better again but the looks might devoid opinion more than the current one.

Oafley Jones

AMKC wrote: »

It looks good there in red. Must say the interior could have done with more style do and still can,t believe they are not using soft touch plastics on the dash even Kia has a soft touch dash on the currant Sportage and the new one which is out early next year will be better again but the looks might devoid opinion more than the current one.

It's rotten. The current Sportage is a handsome looking car, but that new one. Such a huge step backwards. I'm sure the interior will be much better however.

OldMrBrennan83

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Crumbs868

Patww79 wrote: »

Jaysus that's woeful. And replacing such a good looking car too.

Always thought the back of the current one was not nice

GavMan

Mooney's seem to have one in the metal...

dar83

Those alloys are too close to comfort to the current Austin GTI alloys....

RedorDead

dar83 wrote: »

Those alloys are too close to comfort to the current Austin GTI alloys....

Almost a total rip off actually. New grille looks very Audi Q3 or Q7 ish?

AMKC

Oafley Jones wrote: »

It's rotten. The current Sportage is a handsome looking car, but that new one. Such a huge step backwards. I'm sure the interior will be much better however.

I think Hyundai/Kia have decided that if you want a car that looks good on the outside and it that fussed about soft touch materials inside then you buy the Hyundai but if you do not care what the outside looks like and prefer to have a high quality interior you can buy the Kia. Either that or Hyundai was not too happy that most people thought the last Sportage looked better than there IX35 and have decided that there car should be ugly this time.

Oafley Jones

GavMan wrote: »

Mooney's seem to have one in the metal...

Was half considering one. Prices are up now. 37k for the 4wd. That's with the mid tier executive trim, no premium or premium plus spec offered with the larger engine. Doesn't even have auto wipers FFS. Hope Kias prices and options are better.