Passenger Vehicles Press Releases on Toyota Media Site
Passenger Vehicles
9 January 2012
Yaris Hybrid – The Most Advanced Yaris Yet
The first pictures of Yaris Hybrid have been revealed ahead of the public debut of the car at the Geneva motor show in March.
The new model brings together the ingenious packaging and agile handling of Yaris with the high efficiency and refined driving experience of Toyota’s Hybrid Synergy Drive powertrain.
4 January 2012
Toyota Yaris: Let Gadget & Slick Write The Rhymes
Toyota Yaris is offering fans the unique opportunity to create their own pop video, featuring a ‘shout out’ rap written and performed especially for them.
21 December 2011
Toyota Hilux Wins Total 4X4 Pick-Up Of The Year
The Toyota Hilux has received another accolade, taking top honours in the pick-up category of the Total 4×4 awards.
16 December 2011
Toyota RAV4 Helps Care Home Going In Winter
Getting about in heavy snow can be a real problem, as the staff at BEN’s, Birch Hill Residential Care Centre near Berwick upon Tweed in the North East know only too well.
7 December 2011
Toyota Land Cruiser Still the Nation’s Best at 60
The Toyota Land Cruiser has rounded off its 60th anniversary in style by being declared the year’s top performer in terms of residual value.
7 December 2011
Yeomans Toyota Eastbourne Named Toyota Centre Of The Year
Yeomans Toyota Eastbourne has been named the nation’s best Toyota Centre in the first Toyota Retailer Excellence Awards.
6 December 2011
The time – and the temperatures – are right for a Toyota tyre change
The weather maps are changing to hues of blue as the onset of winter makes itself felt. With icy roads and snow storms now part of the UK weather pattern, drivers have a timely reminder of the value of switching their Toyota to tyres that are designed to cope better with tough conditions.
1 December 2011
New Toyota Avensis Engineered for Sweeter Performance and Lower Bills
The new British-built Avensis makes its entrance not only sporting some sharp new styling and extra equipment, it has also undergone detailed changes to improve its dynamic performance, ride comfort and, in respect of the best-selling 2.0-litre D-4D engine, lower emissions and better fuel economy.
24 November 2011
Toyota Strengthens Commitment To UK Manufacturing with £100 Million Investment In New Generation Hatchback Production
Toyota is to build all its new generation C-segment family sized hatchback models at its UK Burnaston car plant in Derbyshire. Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed the news of Toyota’s further investment in British manufacturing and jobs.
14 November 2011
Top Marks For Toyota Training
The performance of Toyota’s UK training academy has been declared “outstanding” in a new report from the independent regulator and inspection body Ofsted.
14 November 2011
New Avensis Takes On-board Connectivity to the Next Level
Across the board, equipment specifications have been raised for the new, British-built Toyota Avensis.
7 November 2011
Toyota Announces Start Of New Avensis Production At Burnaston
The start of production of the new Avensis at Toyota’s Burnaston factory brings some welcome good news for Britain’s manufacturing industry.
28 October 2011
Toyota And T4 Host Dream Drive Video Competition
Where would your trip of a lifetime take you? That is the inspiration for a new video-making competition from Toyota and T4, Channel 4’s youth programming, with a new five-door Aygo Go as the top prize.
26 October 2011
New Toyota Yaris Makes It Three Generations Of Five-Star Safety
By gaining the top five-star rating for all-round safety performance, new Yaris becomes the third generation of Toyota’s supermini to pass through Euro NCAP independent crash testing with flying colours.
10 October 2011
New Yaris Achieves Top Fuel Economy On MPG Marathon Debut
The new Toyota Yaris set the fuel-saving pace on the ALD Automotive/Shell FuelSave MPG Marathon, eking out the juice to finish a first-time winner.
5 October 2011
Toyota Still The World’s Number One Automotive Brand
Toyota has retained its position as the world’s top-rated automotive brand in the latest global brand value report from Interbrand. Improving its performance by six percentage points on 2010, it commands 11th place overall in the annual study.
5 October 2011
Children’s Fantasy Car Designs Can Win a Prize Trip to Japan
Cars that can fly, limousines with built-in hot tubs and vehicles powered by pure water: when it comes to letting the imagination run free you can rely on youngsters to come up with some wonderful concepts.
29 September 2011
Drivers “Get a Grip” With Toyota’s Winter Tyre Programme
Despite the Indian summer we are currently enjoying, Britain’s drivers should remember some hard lessons in the past two winters about the hazards of driving in snow and ice.
28 September 2011
Nik Pearson Joins The Toyota Press Office
Toyota’s press office is pleased to welcome Nik Pearson as its new press relations manager. In Toyota terms he is not-such-a-new-boy, having been with the company since 2007.
26 August 2011
New Toyota Yaris Delivers Affordable Quality and Best-In-Class Value
When it comes to buying a new car, balancing what you want with what you can afford is a familiar compromise, but the new Toyota Yaris succeeds not only in delivering the kind of features that are high on most customers’ wish list, but at prices that are eminently affordable.
23 August 2011
Ford and Toyota to Collaborate on New Hybrid System for Pick-Ups and SUVs and on Future Telematics Standards
Ford Motor Company and Toyota Motor Corporation, the world’s two leading manufacturers of hybrid vehicles, have announced they are to collaborate as equal partners on the development of an advanced new hybrid system for pick-ups (light trucks) and SUVs.
4 August 2011
Years Of Planning Deliver Top Quality For New Yaris
Work to guarantee the built-in quality of new Yaris began years before the car reached the production line. Toyota has gone to unprecedented lengths to ensure the car meets more exacting quality standards than any of its predecessors, a strategy that has called for commitment from its own teams and the close co-operation of all its suppliers.
