Toyota says hybrid and petrol sales up

TOYOTA Ireland says that demand for both hybrid and petrol powertrains continues to grow in 172 as its buyers continue to embrace petrol electric hybrid and conventional petrol powertrains.

Following a trend set last year, petrol electric hybrid and conventional petrol sales now account for 70 per cent of all Toyota sales in 172.

In the first six months of 2017, hybrid accounted for 28 per cent of Toyota’s total sales volume. This has increased to 34 per cent for the first month of the new 172 registration period.

Demand for petrol electric hybrid in the core B, C and C- SUV segments continues to grow with hybrid accounting for 37 per cent of all Yaris, 51 per cent of all Auris and 76 per cent for C- HR sales in July.

Along with the increase in hybrid sales there has been move back to conventional petrol powertrains by customers, most noticeably for the Corolla of which 40 per cent of all sales in July were petrol, up from 17 per cent in the same period last year. Earlier this year, the Toyota Prius Plug- In Hybrid, which recently went on sale in Ireland, won the 2017 World Green Car Award.