Scrap Car News

Making a fresh start for the New Year and having a big clear out? It can be good for your health and your bank balance! We’ve taken a look at the best way to approach your ‘Spring Clean’, why it’s important, and the cultural background to this global custom…

Over 1.7 million NCTs were carried out in 2025 and well over half failed. We’ve looked at the NCT fail hotspots across Ireland, the top reasons cars are failing and the top car makes for fails and passes!

We all want to get the best deal we can and finding the highest price for your scrap car is no different. With a wealth of stats available to us we thought we’d find out which regions across Ireland are getting paid the highest average prices for their scrap cars…

We are used to bad weather in Ireland, but storms mean we need to take much more care when driving. Here are our essential tips for safe travel in stormy weather…

Many of us have to hit the road over Christmas – doing jobs and visiting friends and family. It can end up being pretty stressful, so here’s our lighthearted tips for festive car use…

Most scrapped car 2025 revealed! The top car makes, models, age and colours scrapped with CarTakeBack this year…

Nearly half of all road accidents happen once the sun has gone down… We’ve looked at the real dangers of driving in the dark and given you comprehensive advice to keep yourself, your passengers and other road users, safe in the dark!

Whether you’ve been driving for years or you’re a novice on the road, see if you could pass your driving theory test today!