Toyota Cars
Toyota aims for Grand Prix glory with new TF109
Leaner, meaner and focused on winning, Toyota’s contender for the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship broke cover today. Panasonic Toyota Racing unveiled its new TF109 racer at its Cologne headquarters in a ceremony broadcast on-line around the globe.
Toyota Prius waits for the air to clear
Perhaps wisely, Toyota let the US Big Three have the limelight on Day One of the Detroit Show. Instead, it held back its most significant new launch until Day Two, when the wraps came off the third-generation Prius hybrid.
Toyota Aygo slowest depreciating car of 2008
In its annual depreciation report, Parker’s compared last January’s new prices with what an owner could expect to get if they sold privately now. A buyer who got their hands on an Toyota Aygo last year will now have lost just £1515 over 12 months – the equivalent of just £4 per day.
New generation Toyota Prius unveiled
A new chapter in the history of Prius opens at the Detroit motor show with the official unveiling of the all-new, third-generation of Toyota’s world-leading hybrid power car.
Toyota broadens scope of advanced environmental technologies
Toyota will display the Toyota FT-EV concept on opening Media Day at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), confirming its plan to launch an urban commuter battery-electric vehicle (BEV) by 2012.
Aygo for a winner
Project Aygo started in March last year when Toyota (GB) PLC supplied a vehicle to top-selling Japanese car magazine Banzai. The tuned Aygo, which featured throughout the year in Banzai in a series of build diaries by editor Joe Clifford, was up for grabs as star prize in a competition run in the magazine.
Avensis leads the way on residual values and cost of ownership
The new Toyota Avensis is primed for strong performance against its leading market rivals in terms of holding its value and costing less to run for company car drivers.
Toyota offers Gentex mirror-based backup Camera Display on SUV
Gentex has announced that it is shipping its Rear Camera Display (RCD) Mirror and base feature auto-dimming mirrors for the 2009 Toyota RAV4 compact sport utility vehicle (SUV).
Toyota presents new Avensis: Built in Britain
The all-new, third generation Toyota Avensis delivers more style, higher performance, improved fuel economy and lower emissions. Toyota’s flagship model in Europe, built exclusively at its Burnaston factory in the UK, benefits from athletic, contemporary styling, superb build quality and advanced engineering.
Corby Council turns greener with Toyota
When Corby Borough Council decided to set an environmental example on Northamptonshire roads it looked to Toyota – and the council is now running five cars that will save on fuel costs and carbon emissions by the tonne.
Toyota iQ: Smallest and safest
It is a common assumption that the smaller the car, the more vulnerable driver and passengers are in an accident.
Toyota customers to benefit from full VAT reduction
Toyota has acted swiftly to pass on the benefit of the 2.5 per cent reduction in the standard rate of VAT to its customers. From 1 December the new 15 per cent rate will apply to all new Toyota cars and options.
Toyota iQ: The ultra-slim seat design
Toyota’s guide to the interlinked engineering and design innovations in the remarkable new iQ city car concludes with details of its space-efficient slim seat design.
It’s a Toyota, it will get you out of there!
Anna Ryder Richardson, a star survivor of last year’s I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, knows just what it takes to tackle tough environments. That’s why the celebrity TV interior designer has chosen a pair of Toyota Hilux to ride the range of her very own safari park.
Stop (and start) press: Auris gains the environmental edge
The Toyota Auris gains a competitive advantage in the C-segment hatchback market with the introduction of a new engine that delivers lower emissions, better fuel economy and improved power and torque.