Toyota News and Features 28 June 2018
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The Toyota Camry is being welcomed back to the UK
The world’s best-selling saloon will come back to the UK market next year after a 14-year absence. The new TNGA-based eighth-generation model will maintain Toyota’s presence in the executive saloon market and will only be available as a hybrid model. This will increase Toyota’s European hybrid line-up to eight models spanning the motoring spectrum. Read more here.
Toyota donates funds to improve the behaviour of automated vehicle systems
The Toyota Research Institute has donated $100,000 in support of open source platforms to help accelerate the development of simulators for automated driving. Read more here.
The hand-crafted Century limousine is fully redesigned for the first time in 21 years
Originally launched in 1967 to celebrate the centenary of Sakichi Toyoda, founder of the Toyota Group, the arrival of a new third-generation Century should ensure the exclusive, hand-crafted model remains Japan’s most popular chauffeur-driven luxury car. Read more here.
Mirai marathon maps the UK’s hydrogen fuel future
The Toyota Mirai has become the first hydrogen fuel cell electric car to drive the length of Britain from John O’Groats to Land’s End – a marathon not only designed to measure the revolutionary model’s performance but examine how the UK is building a national hydrogen infrastructure. Read more here.
Media site updates
Full image gallery of the new Land Cruiser Utility Commercial model. See more here.
Best of the blog: Three Toyota women named in Autocar’s Great British Women awards
Toyota celebrates three inclusions in Autocar’s 100-strong power-list, which celebrates success and encourages more women into the car industry at all levels and in all sectors. Read more here.
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