• Posts Tagged ‘Toyota’

    Toyota Auris angles for prime position

    by  • June 26, 2013 • Car Reviews, Test Drives

    2013 Toyota Auris exterior left front dynamic

    If you’re on the look out for a decent small family car then you should check out the Toyota Auris. With an elegant nose and a distinctive looking rear end, the five-door Auris is an attractive hatchback. Inside, the cabin is spacious, but you’re unlikely to be wowed by the interior design. While it...

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    Toyota’s versatile Verso

    by  • May 8, 2013 • Car Reviews, Test Drives

    2013 Toyota Verso exterior front left dynamic

    The Toyota Verso is the epitome of versatility. Ostensibly a seven-seat people carrier, the Luna SkyView model I was driving has 32 seating configurations, which practically suits every transport situation. On the outside, it’s large, and high and looks wide, but it doesn’t feel like a wide car to drive. Inside, the cabin is...

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    First Drive: Toyota Rav4

    by  • March 22, 2013 • Car Reviews, First Drives

    2013 Toyota Rav4 exterior side left

    Toyota believes the all-new Toyota Rav4 is the ‘best value car’ it has launched in some time. The new compact SUV is now available at a starting price of €27,995 – €5,000 less than the outgoing model. Rav4 stands for Recreational Active Vehicle with 4 Wheel-Drive and Toyota says the original compact SUV has...

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    Toyota’s super hybrid

    by  • March 13, 2013 • Car Reviews, Test Drives

    2013 Toyota Yaris Hybrid exterior front right static

    A hybrid engine in a supermini would seem like a no brainer and finally Toyota has got around to it in the Yaris Hybrid. A nice sturdy looking five-door hatch, the Toyota Yaris Hybrid is a small car that thinks it’s a big car and is far more confident and commanding on the road...

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    First Drive: Toyota Verso

    by  • February 15, 2013 • Car Reviews, First Drives

    2013 Toyota Verso exterior left side dynamic

    The new Toyota Verso was one of two new family cars the Japanese car maker launched to the Irish market yesterday, along with the seven-seater full hybrid Toyota Prius+. Toyota says the new Verso offers customers ‘greater levels of style, dynamism, comfort and desirability to make it a compelling, no-compromise compact C-segment MPV choice’....

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    First Drive: Toyota Prius+

    by  • February 15, 2013 • Car Reviews, First Drives

    2013 Toyota Prius+ exterior front left static

    Toyota has launched two new family cars with the arrival in Ireland of the all new Toyota Prius+ and the new Toyota Verso, both of which we got to take for a quick spin at their Irish launch in Dublin yesterday. The Japanese company also introduced a new Toyota Verso-S Luna Grade. Toyota believes...

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    Hopes for sales boost as 131 plates arrive

    by  • January 2, 2013 • Motoring News

    2013 New 131 Irish registration plate

    The Society of the Irish Motor Industry is hoping the new dual registration period, which came into effect yesterday, will boost new car sales in Ireland. The new system will see new cars registered between now and June issued with a 131 plate, while new cars issued in the second half of the year...

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    First Drive: Toyota Auris

    by  • November 28, 2012 • Car Reviews, First Drives

    2013 Toyota Auris exterior front left

    The all new Toyota Auris range has arrived in Ireland. Sharing the spotlight with the new Toyota Yaris Hybrid, it was launched in Dublin yesterday. The current Auris model is a big seller here and Toyota has revealed what it believes is a ‘bolder, more dynamic, better equipped and cheaper to run’ new model....

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