24 March 2017
By Bryan T. Smyth
bryan@TheCork.ie
Ford continues to celebrate its 100 year milestone in Ireland. Recently vintage cars took part in the St Patricks Day parade. Central to Ford’s promotional plans for the year are it’s authorised dealerships in Cork – the location of the firms first factory. Last evening CAB motors – a Ford dealer since 1925! – hosted a Cork Chamber networking evening.

Pictured at the Cork Chamber ‘Drive Your Business Forward’ Networking After Hours Event on Thursday 23rd March, at the unique setting of the award-winning CAB Motors showroom, recent winners of the coveted title of the SIMI Irish Motor Industry Awards “Franchised Sales Operation of the Year”. Following the speed networking portion of the evening CAB Motors and MD of Ford Ireland, Ciaran McMahon had guests’ pulses racing as a fleet of vintage Ford power cars, supplied by the Great American Steel Car Club, including the iconic Mustang and a 1923 Cork Manufactured Model T, rolled up to the dealership with engines roaring. Photography by Gerard McCarthy

Vesna Zoric KMC Homes and Sarah Jane Coleman Kingsley Hotel pictured at the Cork Chamber ‘Drive Your Business Forward’ Networking After Hours Event. Photography by Gerard McCarthy

Jerry Crowley CAB Motors and Fiona Ryan Hopkins Communications pictured at the Cork Chamber ‘Drive Your Business Forward’ Networking After Hours Event. Photography by Gerard McCarthy