Toyota Media Site: Latest Press Releases

Latest Press Releases

27 November 2010

Toyota Customers to Benefit from Full VAT Reduction

Toyota has acted swiftly to pass on the benefit of the 2.5 per cent reduction in the standard rate of VAT to its customers.

25 November 2010

Toyota Tests The Temperature With Trial Winter Weather Tyre Programme

Having the right tyres on your car when the weather turns treacherous provides more than just peace of mind, it makes a real contribution to road safety.

24 November 2010

Video: Toyota At The Future Car Challenge

Toyota has released a video featuring highlights of its participation in the inaugural Brighton to London Future Car Challenge earlier this month.

19 November 2010

Toyota Advances Eco-Car Development With Electric Vehicles, Hybrids and New Battery Technology

Toyota is to undertake European road trials of an electric-powered version of its iQ city car from next year.

18 November 2010

Tesla-Toyota ‘RAV4 EV’ Concept Debuts at LA Show

The Toyota ‘RAV4 EV’ concept, an electric vehicle jointly developed with Tesla, has made its debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

16 November 2010

The Westlands Toyota Group Appoints New Managing Director

Westlands Toyota has appointed Mark Roden as its new managing director from the start of November. Roden succeeds Nick Poraj-Wilczinski who, as the major shareholder, will become chairman of the group.

11 November 2010

Toyota to Unveil RAV4 EV Concept at Los Angeles Auto Show

Toyota will take the wraps off a new electric vehicle at the Los Angeles Auto Show next week, the RAV4 EV Concept.

10 November 2010

Toyota Delivers Its 20 Millionth Vehicle in Europe

Toyota is celebrating the delivery of its 20 millionth vehicle in Europe, a landmark reached just 10 years after recording its 10 millionth sale here.

8 November 2010

Auris King of the Hybrids on RAC Future Car Challenge

Home honours were claimed by the England A Auris hybrid in the Toyota Nations Challenge on Saturday, achieving an average 72.8mpg over the 60-mile route from Brighton to London.

4 November 2010

Toyota Announces Voluntary Recall of iQ in the UK

Toyota GB today announced it would recall a number of its iQ models in the UK to carry out a modification to the software used to manage the vehicle’s Electric Power Steering (EPS) system.

4 November 2010

Toyota Hosts Hybrid Nations Challenge

Rivalry has always been fierce between Britain’s home nations and Toyota is giving the English, Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish the chance for more partisan points scoring by hosting its own Nations Challenge.

4 November 2010

Come the Day, Come the Hybrid

Team Northern Ireland driving for national pride in Toyota’s Nations Challenge.

4 November 2010

Sing Calon Lân for a Pure-Hearted Welsh Auris

Team Wales driving for national pride in Toyota’s Nations Challenge.

4 November 2010

Auris the Brave!

Team Scotland driving for national pride in Toyota’s Nations Challenge.

4 November 2010

Swing Low, Sweet Hybrid

Team England driving for national pride in Toyota’s Nations Challenge.

Toyota Struts Its Stuff On The Vegas Strip

It may be Las Vegas, but all bets are off when America’s top custom car design teams are commissioned to create stand-out show machines for SEMA, the USA’s number one trade show for the specialist auto parts industry.

3 November 2010

Gordian Strapping Opts for Tempting Toyota Package

Five new Toyota Avensis Tourers have joined the 25-strong car fleet of Gordian Strapping, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of packaging solutions. The new arrivals follow a recent decision by the company to switch from purchase to contract hire.

1 November 2010

Toyota Fuel Cell Hybrid Ready to Clean Up

Zero emissions performance is one of the long-established goals of the motor industry and it’s an ambition that’s nearing reality for Toyota, as it demonstrates this weekend with the UK debut of its hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, the FCHV-adv.

27 October 2010

Toyota Celebrates Hybrids Past, Present And Future In Brighton To London Challenge

For the historic vehicles taking part in the annual London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, simply completing the 60-mile route might be considered achievement. A quite different test faces the fleet of hybrid Toyota models that will be to the fore in the first Brighton to London Future Car Challenge.

26 October 2010

Prius 10th Anniversary

Your eyes don’t deceive you: Prius has turned street-sharp with front, rear and side skirts, 17-inch smoked-finish alloys and dark-tinted privacy glass. The new look belongs to a special edition model that celebrates the world-beating hybrid’s first 10 years in the UK.

21 October 2010

Clever Move for Londoners

Toyota’s revolutionary city car, the iQ, will be exempt from the central London congestion charge from 4 January 2011, presenting a potential saving total of more than £2,500 per annum.

18 October 2010

Webb’s Books a Ride With Auris Hybrids

Thirteen Auris hybrid hatchbacks formed part of a recent delivery of 22 new Toyota cars for leading books wholesaler S Webb & Son (Distributors) Ltd.

18 October 2010

Webb’s Books a Ride With Auris Hybrids

Thirteen Auris hybrid hatchbacks formed part of a recent delivery of 22 new Toyota cars for leading books wholesaler S Webb & Son (Distributors) Ltd.

14 October 2010

Toyota Gives Youngsters a Dream Opportunity

Young people in the UK have the chance to show off their artistic skills and design their own vehicle of the future in the 2010 Toyota Dream Car Art Contest.

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