A history of 50 years of Car Assembly in Ireland
Stephen Byrne, MD, Mercedes-Benz; Robert Poole, former Secretary of SIMI; author Bob Montgomery; Larry Mooney, former MDL employee and Chairman of C.A.R.; and Gavin Hydes, President of the Society of the Irish Motor Industry, pictured at today's book launch. Today marked a special day for the Irish Motor Industry with the launch of Bob Montgomery's 'Motor Assembly in Ireland' which charts 50 years of car assembly in this country, writes Trish Whelan . The event took place in the marvellous car museum in Motor Distributors Limited on the Naas Road in Dublin, home to Mercedes-Benz, and was attended by a huge audience from the motor industry, past and present. Bob's book is the story of the fifty plus makes of cars that were assembled during the fifty-year lifespan of the Industry. With 240 pages and 205 illustrations, this book is full of information about the makes of cars assembled, many of them surprising, and the personalities involved with them. Ros...