17 November 2008
Toyota iQ: Six Degrees of Innovation
The fifth cut-paste-and-print guide to the design and engineering innovations in the new Toyota iQ explains how an asymmetrical dashboard design made it possible to maximise interior space.
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13 November 2008
Toyota iQ Wins Car of the Year… in Japan
The revolutionary Toyota iQ, the world’s smallest four-seater passenger car, has won the 2008 Japan Car of the Year award by a landslide over rivals such as the Citroën C5, Audi A4 and Jaguar XF.
10 November 2008
Toyota iQ: Six Degrees of Innovation
A new, compact air conditioning unit is the subject of the fourth in a series of cut-paste-and-print guides to Toyota’s design and engineering innovations for its new iQ, the world’s smallest four-seat car.
3 November 2008
Toyota iQ: Six Degrees of Innovation
The third instalment in Toyota’s series of cut-paste-and-print guides to the ground-breaking design and engineering features behind the new iQ reveals details of the car’s flat under-floor fuel tank.
28 October 2008
Toyota iQ: Six Degrees of Innovation
The second in Toyota’s series of cut-paste-and-print guides to the ground-breaking design and engineering features of the new iQ looks at the benefits gained from using a centre take-off steering gear.
21 October 2008
Toyota iQ: Six Degrees of Innovation
Your guide to the big ideas behind the world’s smallest four-seater car.
21 October 2008
Toyota iQ: Six Degrees of Innovation
Your guide to the big ideas behind the world’s smallest four-seater car.
7 October 2008
Toyota Prius Named Greenest Technology At British Technology Awards
The Toyota Prius has been named alongside the Apple iPhone, BBC iPlayer and the Nintendo Wii as one of the winners at the inaugural British Technology Awards, collecting the Greenest Technology of the Year Award.
1 October 2008
iMotor Court Basketball Team Into Toyota iQ
Toyota’s iQ arrived in London earlier this month for an exhibition at the Royal College of Art and iMotor came along to investigate the interior space of this radical new city car.
30 September 2008
Toyota Develops World’s First Rear Window Curtain Shield Airbag
Toyota announced today that it has developed the world’s first* SRS (Supplemental Restraint System) rear window curtain shield airbag to protect rear passengers’ heads in the event of a rear-end collision.
19 September 2008
iQ to Inspire Design Excellence
Toyota and Royal College of Art announce new partnership agreement.
4 September 2008
Hero Hilux Primed For ’09
Hilux, Toyota’s heroic pick-up, is to benefit from a raft of styling, technical and equipment upgrades for 2009, making it an even stronger proposition in the work/leisure/adventure crossover market.
4 September 2008
Toyota Announces £65 Million Investment In European R&D
Toyota will invest an additional €80 million (£65 million) in its European Technical Centre located in Zaventem, Belgium – the first step in a two-phase expansion plan that will initially create 250 new jobs. Starting
5 August 2008
Drive It To Win It
There are many good reasons to test drive a Toyota, but this summer the best of all is the fact it could win you a new car.
17 July 2008
Diesel At The Double
Toyota has doubled the diesel choice in its Auris TR range with the introduction of its lightweight, economic 1.4 D-4D 90 engine to the line-up. Lightweight, smooth and highly efficient, the unit delivers strong fuel economy and low emissions.
17 July 2008
SR180: RAV4’S New Badge of Pride
KEY POINTS New sports-themed version of Europe’s best-selling SUV Exclusively powered by 175bhp (177 DIN hp) 2.2 D-4D engine Nought to 62mph in 9.3 seconds 18-inch alloys, extended wheelarches and run-flat tyres Dark-tinted headlamps Integrated
11 July 2008
Toyota To Build Prius In USA
Toyota, with a long-term aim toward enhancing its ability to flexibly respond to rapid fluctuations in North American market demand and toward facilitating a stable supply of North American-made vehicles, announces the following changes to its North American production structure.
3 July 2008
Toyota At The British International Motor Show
New Toyota models making their UK debuts at the British International Motor Show will be out on the nation’s roads within a year.
1 July 2008
Aygo To Goodwood
Toyota’s “shopping supercar”, Aygo Crazy, will make an unexpected early public debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on 11-13 July.
20 June 2008
Prius Unites Europe
It is hard to find much the British, the French and the Germans have agreed on over the years, but it seems Toyota has found the answer: They all love the Toyota Prius.
18 June 2008
More Style, More Muscle: Toyota’s New Hilux Invincible 200
A YEAR ago Hilux was on top of the world, the first car to be driven through the Arctic wastes to the Magnetic North Pole. Now it is top of the pile again with a new range-topping model that is Britain’s most powerful production pick-up.
18 June 2008
Land Cruiser V8 Wins Security Award
The new Toyota Land Cruiser V8 has been voted number one in the large 4×4 category at the British Insurance Car Awards.
13 June 2008
Toyota Yaris Named Green Car Of The Year 2008
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).
8 May 2008
Prius Ranked Highest Car In J.D. Power and Associates/What Car? 2008 UK Customer Satisfaction Index Study
The Toyota Prius has gained a second J.D. Power and Associates award after emerging as the highest scoring individual model in the 2008 UK Customer Satisfaction Index StudySM, retaining the position it held in 2007.
