Dublin Lord Mayors Car

godtabh

I thought Renault used to sponsor this? Say 10-5-01 this morning and it was a Merc E200. A bit of a step up from a laguna!

I wonder is it a sponsored car?

ANy other decent lord mayors cars out there??

EPM

I know Ford do it at home. Whatever the biggest saloon going is usually. Was Granadas and Scorpio's then Mondeos. All **-C-1

Pot Noodle =

Volvo for a long time then Mercs

Tabnabs

Wasn't there a "green" Golf for a time too?

af_thefragile

I saw it a couple of days ago. He only got an E-Class Merc.
They could have alteast given him an S-Class but guess the Recession has hit him as well...

I remember a couple of years ago he had a Citroen C6 didn't he?

Pot Noodle =

They can be woman Mayors as well

Del2005

Dyflin wrote: »

Wasn't there a "green" Golf for a time too?

That was when we had a "Green" mayor and he told Volvo( who where the official suppliers at the time) to F off and bought some POS Golf.

Atlantic Dawn

I think they have to lease or buy the cars now, the days of sponsorship are gone due to the possibility of corruption or favouritism towards a particular brand.

colm_mcm

Neighbour had the lord mayor of Cork's old black Granada for years.

EPM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Neighbour had the lord mayor of Cork's old black Granada for years.

The old man bought one before too. They were a lovely tank...

Saab Ed

Waste of bloody money if you ask me, let them drive there own car. Lord Mayor me arse :mad:

Seth Brundle

{insert usual rant about John Gormley's wife Penny making use out of the Mayoral volvo to go to and from work while he was busy preaching the green agenda to Dubliners}

Lauder

godtabh wrote: »

I thought Renault used to sponsor this? Say 10-5-01 this morning and it was a Merc E200. A bit of a step up from a laguna!

I wonder is it a sponsored car?

ANy other decent lord mayors cars out there??

Lord Mayor of Dublin never had a Laguna. They had a Renault Vel Satis up to 2007, then an E-Class after.

Car is on a sponsored lease from MB Ireland, and the only cost to the City is for the Driver.

Its a great deal for both parties, as MB get free advertising and the Lord Mayor gets a free car.

Lauder

Saab Ed wrote: »

Waste of bloody money if you ask me, let them drive there own car. Lord Mayor me arse :mad:

Its not a waste if it does not cost any money!

Gophur

Saab Ed wrote: »

Waste of bloody money if you ask me, let them drive there .............

Where?

CONM

Pot wrote:

They can be woman Mayors as well

Especially since the mayor of Dublin is a women!

-Corkie-

EPM wrote: »

I know Ford do it at home. Whatever the biggest saloon going is usually. Was Granadas and Scorpio's then Mondeos. All **-C-1

Ive never seen any of the older ones around cork though. Come to think of it never seen a new one either:o.
Its a mondeo titanium i put the reg in cartell

Mr Benevolent

I see the 02-D-1 S40 regularly. Nicely specced, and auto too!

colm_mcm

CONM wrote: »

Especially since the mayor of Dublin is a women!

What's the Mayors hubands title in that case, doesn't the mayor's wife usually get mayoress title?

Mr Benevolent

colm_mcm wrote: »

What's the Mayors hubands title in that case, doesn't the mayor's wife usually get mayoress title?

The Mayor's Boss?

Guy:Incognito

godtabh wrote: »

I thought Renault used to sponsor this? Say 10-5-01 this morning and it was a Merc E200. A bit of a step up from a laguna!

I wonder is it a sponsored car?

ANy other decent lord mayors cars out there??

It was'nt a Laguna, it was Vel satis till they stopped being made then an Espace.

I aslways assumed it was the choice of he Lord Mayor and it was Renaults because that's what he wanted at the time.

94 (iirc) D1 Volvo used to pass me on the Greenhills road every mornign when I used to go that way to work a couple of years back.


EDIT. BAH! Lauder got here first.

af_thefragile wrote: »

I remember a couple of years ago he had a Citroen C6 didn't he?

The hero that is Barry Andrews has a C6 as his car, or at least had until recently but I assume still does.

CONM

colm_mcm wrote: »

What's the Mayors hubands title in that case, doesn't the mayor's wife usually get mayoress title?[/QUOTE
"Man who lets his wife wear the trousers"

VolvoMan

I know it's an old thread at this stage, but here's 02-D-1: http://www.carzone.ie/search/Volvo/S80/S80-2.0-/201109201496798/advert?channel=CARS

majalouise

Now is ours

ted1

why does someone who gets a house in the city centre need to also get a car? They work for the city, what part of the job requires a car? It not like a minister who lives in a different city.

Collibosher

majalouise wrote: »

Now is ours

Lovely!....I'm sure that passed me on the M1 last week or so.

majalouise

Probably,we bought it last Friday and we drived M1 to North