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On 1 August 2013, Dublin City Council's new bye-laws in relation to car clubs came into effect. GoCar was presented with the city's first on-street Car Club licence on the same day. [ 11 ] [ better source needed ] To coincide with the announcement of this development, GoCar increased its number of cars in Dublin to 50, with 31 of these cars ...
The punitive tax on imported cars encouraged a wide range of companies to assemble their cars locally including Fiat, Ford and Renault. [1] From Ireland's entry to the European Union in 1973, the need for locally produced cars to avoid import taxes reduced and since the 1980s, production ended and all cars are now imported.
Automotive industry in Nigeria dates back to the 1950s and consists of the production of passenger cars and commercial trucks. [2] Early production was led by the assembly line of Bedford TJ trucks made by United Africa Company 's subsidiary, Federated Motors Industries and SCOA's production of Peugeot 404 pickup trucks .
A 2008 survey found that 86% of Nigerian respondents had been employed before migration to Ireland, while just 8% were full-time students. 27% had been self-employed, a much higher rate than other migrant groups surveyed. 25% had worked as managers and executives, 11% in business and commerce, 17% in local or central governments, 12% in health-related occupations, and 5% in personal services. [18]
Lancia built one very special variant of the Beta themselves. The twin-engined Trevi Bimotore was used for tests related to Lancia's new four-wheel drive rally cars; it was powered by one Volumex engine under the bonnet driving the front wheels, and another in the back driving the rear wheels, with air scoops in the rear doors. The two ...
The Hyundai Beta engines are 1.6 L to 2.0 L I4 built in Ulsan, South Korea.. All Beta engines are dual overhead camshaft valvetrain design.The Beta engine uses a direct-acting overhead cam valvetrain arrangement which places the camshaft in the cylinder head above the pistons and combustion chamber and operates the valve tappets/lifters directly.
The plug-in car segment achieved a record 37% market share in 2023, of which, the all-electrics had an uptake of 25%. [307] Plug-in passenger cars represented 6% of all cars on Chinese roads at the end of 2023. [12] Domestically produced cars dominate new energy car sales in Mainland China, accounting for about 96% of sales in 2017.
Muscle cars reached their peak in the late-1960s, but soon fell out of favor due to high insurance premiums along with the combination of emission controls and high gas prices in the early 1970s. While the personal luxury, pony, and muscle cars got most of the attention, the full sized cars formed the bulk of auto sales in the 1960s, helped by ...