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!
Passenger Vehicles Press Releases on Toyota Media Site
Passenger Vehicles
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.
15 November 2001
Toyota Further Strengthens Its European Organisation
Toyota Motor Europe Marketing & Engineering (TMME) has appointed two European executives to top positions to strengthen its operations in the region.
14 November 2001
New Truck – Revised Pick-Ups And Vans
November 2001 brings the launch of an all-new Toyota commercial vehicle range with the introduction of a light truck known as Dyna 300/350.
5 November 2001
Fresh Face, New Engines For Toyota Hiace
Toyota has a strong tradition in making durable and reliable vans the business community has come to rely on.
5 November 2001
New Look, New Engines For Toyota Hilux
Hilux has long been one of the strongest symbols of Toyota’s unparalleled reliability and durability image, successfully conquering the world’s toughest terrains – from Africa to Middle East deserts and from Australian Outback to American plains.
5 November 2001
Toyota Dyna
November 2001 saw the launch of an all-new commercial vehicle for the UK market -the Toyota Dyna 300/350 – also on sale in Europe.
2 November 2001
The All-New Toyota Camry
The all-new Toyota Camry made its European debut at this year’ s Frankfurt Motor Show and, as of 1 November, is on sale in the UK.
25 October 2001
Toyota Scoops International Design Effectiveness Award
Toyota (GB) PLC has won the International Design Effectiveness Award, in the Retail & Leisure Interiors category, for The Toyota Experience – a new retail concept for dealer showrooms, currently being rolled out across the UK and Europe.
15 October 2001
The 2001 Toyota Autobase Technician Skills Awards
Toyota Selects Its Top Spanner Man Want to know how to undertake a Visual Safety Report on a Toyota Avensis? Or align the wheels on an MR2 Roadster? Of course any technician at one of
5 October 2001
New Camry Wins Executive Insurance Battle
The new Toyota Camry has already impressed the insurance industry, which has awarded the new executive car best in class insurance group ratings.
19 September 2001
Toyota’s 100mpg Car Of The Near Future
The ES3 is a four-seat, lightweight vehicle that combines many of Toyota’s innovative environmental technologies, aimed at achieving low emissions, easy recycling and an ultra-high-fuel efficiency of 104.6mpg (2.7l/100km) in the EC test cycle.
14 September 2001
RAV4 D-4D Diesel
On 1 September 2001 Toyota launched a new contender in the fast-growing Sport Utility Vehicle diesel market with the diesel-engined versions of its top-selling RAV4, now available for the first time.
3 September 2001
Toyota Reveals All-New Corolla
Toyota today reveals first details of its all-new Corolla, a car that will play a leading role in the brand’s future plans for Europe.
21 August 2001
Toyota Reduces Cost Of Accident Repair Parts To Reduce Write-offs
Did you know that insurance companies class one fifth of cars involved in an accident as write-offs? That’s more than double the rate of just two years ago.
9 August 2001
Extra Body And Style For MR2 Roadster
Toyota’s two-seater sports car, the MR2 Roadster, has got a distinctive new look in time for the summer with an optional body kit now available on all versions.
