12 June 2002
Toyota Offers Free Car Wash To Its Customers
During the summer months Toyota customers will be treated to a free car wash while they shop.
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31 May 2002
Toyota Surf The Diesel Tidal Wave
There has been a tidal wave in sales of new diesel cars in the past 18 months. Diesel powered car sales increased 39.4 per cent in 2001 and in the first four months of 2002 they are up a further 53.6 per cent, accounting for virtually all of the 9 per cent growth in new car sales overall.
28 May 2002
Beat The Bank Holiday Traffic Blues With Toyota
Feeling angry, lost and ignored? That’ll be the Bank Holiday traffic then.
22 May 2002
Corolla Verso Voted Best Small MPV In Fleet World Honours
A newcomer to the class, the Toyota Corolla Verso has been voted Best Small MPV in the Fleet World Honours annual prize giving at the RAC Club in Pall Mall this afternoon.
14 May 2002
Avoid Congestion Charging In London With Toyota Prius
London commuters driving in and out of the centre should be able to save a staggering £1,250 in congestion charges from February 2003 by driving the revolutionary petrol-electric hybrid the Toyota Prius.
1 May 2002
Toyota Yaris Number One for Customer Satisfaction
The J.D. Power and Associates 2002 UK Car Customer Satisfaction Study brings another resounding vote of confidence from Toyota owners across the board
30 April 2002
New Dyna Chassis Cab, 2002MY Pick-Ups And Vans
November 2001 saw the launch of an all-new Toyota commercial vehicle range with the introduction of a light truck known as Dyna 300/350. In addition, the Hilux Pick-up and Hiace van get a fresh new look and improved specification.
29 April 2002
Toyota Launches Satellite Navigation On CV Range
For the first time Toyota is offering its acclaimed Turn by Turn Satellite Navigation System on the 2002 model year Hiace van.
26 March 2002
Yaris Supermini Gets More Street Cred
Toyota Yaris gets more street cred after Auto Express readers and a panel of industry experts voted the popular supermini Winner of the Small Car Category in the Auto Express Used Car Honours 2002.
1 March 2002
Toyota Star City Remains Open
Toyota’s Star City dealer in Birmingham remains open to the public, operated by Toyota GB staff, to minimise any disruption to its customers.
27 February 2002
Toyota Yaris And Yaris Verso D-4D
Toyota add the new Toyota Yaris 1.4 D-4D, a modern, fuel-efficient and fun to drive common rail diesel engine to its top selling Yaris model range.
27 February 2002
Toyota Goes Back To School
Burgh Heath based company Toyota (GB) PLC is supporting The Children’s Trust Schools Concert 2002 on Saturday 9 March, 7.30pm at the Epsom Playhouse.
6 February 2002
Toyota Corolla Named What Car? Car Of The Year
There was British success last night at the motor industry ‘Oscars’, although the name of the winner has a distinctly foreign ring to it.
17 January 2002
Toyota Adds A Splash Of Colour
Toyota adds a splash of colour to its exciting Yaris range this month with the introduction of the Yaris Colour Collection, priced from £8,495 on the road.
16 January 2002
High Flying Corolla
The woman turns and glances out of the rear side window of the Corolla. She is flying at 520mph, several thousand feet up!
9 January 2002
Toyota Unveils Youth-Oriented CCX Concept At 2002 North American International Auto Show
Detroit, 7 January, 2002 – Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) presented the world premiere debut of the Concept Coupe Crossover (ccX) vehicle at a press conference at the 2002…
8 January 2002
Electronic Traffic Avoidance Available Now
Hours wasted in congested traffic could be a thing of the past for 2002 Avensis customers with Toyota’s latest genuinely useful innovation, Electronic Traffic Avoidance, (ETA).
8 January 2002
The New Season’s Must-Have Lifestyle Accessory
1.8-litre VVT-i engine, 138bhp, 0-62mph in 7.9 seconds and a top speed of 130mph – Toyota’s two-seater sports car does so much more than get you from A to B.
10 December 2001
Teed Up For Success – The New Toyota Corolla
The new Corolla is so much better than the model it replaces you would be forgiven for thinking it has benefitted from a make over by the automotive equivalent of Ground Force and Home Front. Park your prejudice and accept that Golf is no longer the only game in town.
10 December 2001
New Corolla Best in Class For Insurance And Crash Repairs
The new Toyota Corolla, launched in the UK on 2 January 2002, has been awarded best in class insurance classification throughout the range.
7 December 2001
Miss The Traffic Every Time With Toyota Electronic Traffic Avoidance
The recent confirmation that Britain’s roads are the most congested in Europe is a depressing reflection of the everyday experience of most UK drivers.
7 December 2001
London Drivers Can Miss the Traffic Every Time With Toyota Electronic Traffic Avoidance
The news that Tower Bridge is to be closed for six weeks for maintenance is sure to cause a traffic nightmare for motorists who use the surrounding roads – except for those driving a 2002 Toyota Avensis*.
5 December 2001
Toyota Announces Prices For 2002 Hilux Pickup Range With New D-4D Engines
Prices for the new Toyota Hilux pickup range start at £10,795. The 2002 Hilux offers significant technical and specification improvements to the range including new D-4D diesel engines.
21 November 2001
Toyota Technician From Hartwell Wolverhampton Achieves 2nd Place In European Champion Of The Champions Contest
Toyota technician Steve Smith from Hartwell Wolverhampton, has achieved second place representing the United Kingdom in the Toyota European Technician Skills Grand Prix 2001, held yesterday at Toyota’s European headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.
