Toyota Media Site: Latest Press Releases
Latest Press Releases
Buoyant Toyota And Lexus Fleet Sales Buck The Market Trend
Toyota and Lexus sales to fleet and business customers enjoyed a healthy 15 per cent increase this year, with the low tax and running cost benefits of hybrid power in particular proving highly attractive. Hybrid’s share of Toyota and Lexus’s fleet business increased to 30 per cent.
Toyota Plant Visit For BTCC Racer Wrathall
BTCC racer Frank Wrathall dropped in at the factory yesterday to meet the people who helped create his Toyota Avensis touring car, and to help celebrate 20 years of production at Toyota’s Burnaston facility.
Yaris leads Toyota’s 62-plate September sales success
Toyota sales soared by 18.6 per cent in September, the rush for new 62-plate cars helping the company increase its share of the UK market to 4.25 per cent. Top performer among the Toyota models was the new Yaris, the supermini posting an exceptional 73 per cent increase in sales – including the new Yaris Hybrid – compared to the same month last year.
Toyota makes it nine in a row as most valuable auto brand
Toyota was named the world’s most valuable automotive brand for the ninth year running in the recently published Best Global Brands report 2012, compiled by Interbrand. This year’s report sees Toyota’s brand valuation improve by 9% to over $30 million. The brand secured 10th position across all industries, an improvement of one place over 2010.
Toyota Introduces Rewarding Recycling For End-Of-Life Vehicle Disposal
Toyotas are renowned for their longevity, but when they finally reach the end of the road there is a new system for ensuring they are responsibly and efficiently disposed of, with a fair price paid to owners. Launched today, Rewarding Recycling, gives customers peace of mind and ensures that end-of-life vehicle recycling is carried out to the highest environmental standards and in line with legal requirements.
Toyota Motorsport GmbH Breaks NÜrburgring Record Again
TOYOTA Motorsport GmbH (TMG) continued its record-breaking success with the TMG EV P002 by setting a new electric record on the legendary 20.8km Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit in Germany. Using TMG’s motorsport-tuned electric powertrain, driver Jochen
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THE NEW TOYOTA AURIS TOURING SPORTS
Touring body style revealed for new Auris First estate version in the family car market with a full hybrid powertrain 285mm longer than five-door hatchback, with increased luggage space The new Toyota Auris Touring Sports
2012 Paris Motor Show Toyota Press Kit
1. New Auris (link to images) 2. New Auris Touring Sports (link to images) 3. New Verso (link to images) 4. 2013 Yaris Trend (link to images) 1. THE NEW TOYOTA AURIS• Confident design adopts
New Toyota Auris Prices And Specifications Announced
KEY POINTS New Auris to be introduced in four grades – Active, Icon, Sport and Excel On-the-road prices from £14,495 All powertrains, including Hybrid Synergy Drive, available from launch Introduction of new park assist system,
GT86 CLAIMS TOP-EIGHT FINISH IN BRITCAR 24 HOURS
Team Toyota GB is celebrating a remarkable UK racing debut for its GT86 sports car, which claimed eighth place overall and third in its class in Britain’s toughest race, the Britcar 24 Hours on its
MORE BTCC TOP TENS FOR TOYOTA DRIVERS
Toyota’s touring car independents scored well at Rockingham today despite difficult conditions and a variety of technical issues. The highlight for Dynojet Racing’s Frank Wrathall was a fifth-place finish, with Speedworks Motorsport Avensis driver Adam
TEAM TOYOTA GB BRITCAR 2012: LIVE RACE STREAMING
Team Toyota GB mark their return to competitive action this weekend at the Britcar 2012 24 hour race at Silverstone. You can follow the race live via our blog, including live streaming of the race
TEAM TOYOTA GB BRITCAR 2012 DRIVER BIOGRAPHY: CHRIS HODGETTS
Racing the Team Toyota GB GT86 will represent a homecoming for Chris, who won back-to-back touring car championships with the team in the car’s spiritual forebear, the Toyota Corolla GT AE86. The elder statesman of
TEAM TOYOTA GB BRITCAR 2012 DRIVER BIOGRAPHY: STEFAN HODGETTS
Stefan, 30, is one of the gradautes from Chris’s racing academy and began his career in karting before switching to single-seater racing in 1998. He finished fifth in the Formula Vauxhall Championship and fourth in
TEAM TOYOTA GB BRITCAR 2012 DRIVER PROFILE: RICHARD MEADEN
Motoring journalist Richard Meaden may be best known for his reviews and road tests of high-end sports cars in evo Magazine, of which is a contributing editor, but he has a long and varied racing CV
TEAM TOYOTA GB BRITCAR 2012 DRIVER PROFILE: NEIL PRIMROSE
Banging the drum for Team Toyota GB at the Britcar 24 Hours, Neil Primrose is an accomplished driver having raced in the historic Le Mans Classic and at the Nürburgring 24 Hours. He also runs a historic
TEAM TOYOTA GB: TEAM HISTORY
Team profile – Team Toyota GB founded 1983 Team highlights 1983 Per Eklund claims Group A title, British Open Rally Championship driving a Toyota Corolla TE71 1984 Per Eklund claims Group A
TEAM TOYOTA GB: TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
TEAM TOYOTA GB GT86 The GT86 has been built in the Buckingham workshops of GPRM, the race preparation outfit which developed the Toyota Avensis ‘Next Generation Touring Car’ BTCC concept. Powered by a 16-valve
Prius+ In The Pink With What Car? Green Award
It’s only been on sale since July, but Toyota’s Prius+ has already shown winning form in picking up the best MPV title in What Car? magazine’s 2012 Green Awards. The honour for Prius+, Europe’s first
The New Toyota Verso
The new Verso, unveiled at the 2012 Paris motor show, showcases Toyota’s European design and engineering capabilities. It joins the new Auris and Auris Touring Sports as the third element in the company’s renewed product offensive in the compact/family car market – the C-segment.
The New Toyota Auris
New Auris is Toyota’s first step in its new product offensive in the European compact/family car market (C-segment), a model that has stronger styling, better dynamic performance, higher equipment levels and lower running costs than its predecessor.
Team Toyota GB And GT86 In At The Deep End
No motor-sporting debut is easy but this weekend’s first outing for the reformed Team Toyota GB and its all-new Toyota GT86 production racer will be one of the hardest – straight in at the deep end in the UK’s toughest race, the Britcar 24 Hours at Silverstone, which gets under way on Saturday afternoon.
Toyota Racing Scores Flag-To-Flag Victory In Brazil
Toyota Racing led from start to finish to claim the team’s first victory in just its third race, the fifth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
