Steve Tormey
19 results

The age of SUVs: tectonic shifts in the cars we buy and how we buy them
- Motors
- January 6, 2021, 05:19
There are those who say the market for new cars is going to change more in the next decade than it has since the Ford Model T was first introduced. Th(...)

Toyota to launch first all-electric crossover car
- Motors
- December 7, 2020, 14:20
Toyota is to launch its first all-electric crossover, possible arriving towards the end of next year. While the car giant only revealed a silhouette o(...)

Budget 2021: fuel prices rise and high-emission cars hit
- Transport & Tourism
- October 13, 2020, 14:21
An extra €1.51 for a tank of diesel and €1,000 on the price of the average new car are the major changes for motorists from Budget 2021. From midnigh(...)

Toyota to stall production of petrol Corolla and C-HR
- Motors
- October 2, 2019, 04:15
Toyota will no longer offer petrol variants of its popular Corolla and C-HR models from 2020, further underlining the company’s commitment to its hybr(...)

Toyota Ireland says it has financed purchase of 20,000 new and used cars
- Transport & Tourism
- April 23, 2019, 01:30
Toyota Ireland says it has financed the purchase of over 20,000 new and used cars by Irish customers since it set up a banking operation in November 2(...)

Toyota’s focus remains on hybrids despite rise of battery electric cars
- Motors
- February 20, 2019, 06:24
Toyota’s hybrid system, as the chief executive of Toyota Ireland puts it, “is an overnight success that’s taken 20 years”. Certainly, there seems to (...)

Seat launches the Tarraco seven-seater, while Toyota updates the Prius
- Motors
- February 12, 2019, 13:48
The craze for seven-seat SUVs gets another entrant from this week as Seat has officially introduced the Tarraco, its seven-seat SUV, based on the same(...)

Market for used cars shifts as sterling rates drive UK imports
- Retail & Services
- January 18, 2019, 05:15
For the Irish motor trade, the market is as much about currency rates as cars. Dealers watch the latest forex market as closely as the IFSC currency t(...)

End of the road for Auris name as new Corolla leads Toyota’s hybrid charge
- Motors
- August 28, 2018, 09:00
Toyota is to replace the Auris name on its popular family hatchback in favour of the long-established Corolla moniker. It means the salooon, hatchback(...)

Toyota launches new finance arm for Irish car buyers
- Transport & Tourism
- February 13, 2018, 12:58
Toyota has become the latest car manufacturer to open a finance house in Ireland, following in the footsteps of Volkswagen, Renault and BMW. On Tuesda(...)