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The new seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf was declared the 2013 World Car of the Year at the New York Auto Show, adding this global title to the European Car of the Year which it won earlier this month, writes Padraic Deane.

The new seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf was declared the 2013 World Car of the Year at the New York Auto Show, adding this global title to the European Car of the Year which it won earlier this month, writes Padraic Deane.

Toyota is the top selling new car brand/marque of 2011, according to figures released by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry.

Toyota is the top selling new car brand/marque of 2011, according to figures released by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry.

According to figures released by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI), Toyota are the top selling new car brand/marque of 2011. In fact, Toyota has finish top of the Irish new car sales league table in eight of the past 11 years. With sales of 11,646 passenger vehicles, Toyota accounted for a 13 per cent total market share, which was an increase of 9.2 per cent over 2010.

The countdown has begun in preparation for the 2011 World Car Awards winners' press conference on Thursday April 21. The 2011 World Car of the Year and the World Performance Car will be declared at this time.

The Nissan Juke has been voted the Continental Irish Car of the Year 2011 by the Irish Motoring Writers’ Association.

The Volkswagen Polo has been named the 2010 World Car of the Year.

Opel's new Insignia family car has been voted 2009 European Car of the Year by a one-point margin from Ford's Fiesta.

Opel's new family car, the Insignia, which was voted 2009 European Car of the Year, is now on sale.