Toyota News

The new Toyota Land Cruiser V8 has been voted number one in the large 4x4 category at the British Insurance Car Awards.

June is Green Month at Toyota. In a tradition going back 35 years, Toyota has scheduled June as an opportunity to engage its staff in activities that promote awareness of environmental issues and practical measures to help the planet.

The Toyota Yaris has been named Green Car of the Year 2008 by the Environmental Transport Association (ETA). The announcement comes ahead of the start of Green Transport Week (14 – 22 June).

Toyota announced that it is to start production of a Camry Hybrid model in Australia and Thailand as part of its on-going efforts to develop the popularity of hybrid vehicles worldwide.

Toyota’s commitment to environmental leadership and natural resource efficiency has been recognised with two prestigious ‘Big Tick’ awards from Business in the Community.

Toyota has developed a new fuel cell hybrid vehicle that travels more than double the distance of its predecessor model, increasing the maximum cruising range from 205 miles to 515 miles.

As one of the UK’s leading engine manufacturers and importers, E. P. Barrus Ltd knows all about power plants. Now its awareness of the reliability of Toyota engineering has encouraged the company to switch its car and van fleet to that badge.

Toyota is out in force at the 2008 Mobility Roadshow displaying a dozen models for both static display and accompanied track test drives. This continues Toyota’s on-going commitment to helping disabled motorists and supporting the Mobility Roadshow.

Toyota’s success in the recent JD Power satisfaction survey has caused a peak in demand for the top scoring model the Toyota Prius.

Telecommunications services provider THUS plc has extended its relationship with Toyota, following an extensive review of its fleet requirements.