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Toyota has closed out the hugely competitive January passenger car sales period as the clear market leader with a share of 17.34%. This marks the fourth January in a row as Ireland’s best-selling car brand. 5,457 passenger cars were sold by Toyota, 1,665 more than the next best seller during January, and showing a 22.99% increase year on year. A continuing consumer demand for hybrid electric and electric vehicles is clear, making up 96.2% of all Toyota passenger cars sold in January.

Sustainability is at the forefront of consumers’ minds with 93 per cent of those recently surveyed saying they have made changes to be more sustainable - including recycling (92 per cent), and shopping locally (72 per cent ).

Toyota has closed out the year as Ireland’s most popular car brand.

The Department of Transport is to cut the value of the purchase grant for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) from €5,000 to €2,500, effective July 1, 2021.

A recent survey of drivers of the UK’s most popular plug-in hybrid, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, reveals that around two-thirds (68 per cent) plug their car in every single day and 90 per cent charge their vehicles at least two to three times per week. This certainly runs counter to the myth that plug-in hybrids are only driven by people looking to lower their tax bills and are never actually plugged in.

Statistics released by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) show that new car registrations for September were down 17 per cent (3,916) when compared to the same month last year (4,707), while new cars registrations year-to-date remain down 10 per cent (128,597) on the same period last year (143,211).

Official statistics released today by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) show that new car registrations for the year 2015 (124,945) finished up 30 per cent ahead of 2014 (96,284). That was itself a 30 per cent increase on circa 74,000 units registered in 2013.

Official statistics released by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) show that new car registrations were up 23 per cent (950) last month when compared to November 2014 (771). New car registrations for the year are currently up 30 per cent (124,605) on the same period last year.

BMW has launched a new sub-brand which focuses on developing the electric vehicle sustainable individual mobility solutions.

Nissan tells us that the future of driving is coming to a dealer near you this month. The Nissan Leaf is a new electric car which the Japanese maker says is the world’s first affordable, mass produced zero-emission car.