Toyota Media Site: Latest Press Releases

Latest Press Releases

19 November 2002

New Toyota Avensis: Quality And Innovation

The all-new Toyota Avensis is a car designed and built in Europe, for Europe. On sale in the UK from 1 March 2003, it will set new standards in the highly competitive upper…

8 November 2002

Leasing Companies Vote Toyota Top For Reliability For Second Consecutive Year In FN50 Survey

Leasing company fleets covering nearly half a million vehicles voted Toyota top for reliability for the second consecutive year in the Fleet News FN50 survey, revealed today.

4 November 2002

You’ll Never Be Lost Again With Toyota’s Improved Satellite Navigation And Electronic Traffic Avoidance System

Almost 10,000 hotels, 4,000 restaurants and 11,000 petrol stations covering the length and breadth of Britain mean that Toyota customers…

30 October 2002

Drivers Vote For RAV4 To Sell Airtime

Five Toyota RAV4s will be sending out a strong signal to radio listeners and advertisers in the North Midlands, after being voted onto the media sales fleet of Staffordshire and Cheshire’s premier radio station.

30 October 2002

Local Heroes

Toyota has not one, but two F1 cars on its motor show stand at the NEC – and you can “drive” one of them as it is a full size simulator – but the focus for motor sport day on Friday, 1 November will be on rallying and Local Heroes.

29 October 2002

News In Brief

Toyota has improved the MR2 Roadster for 2003 with additional features that, among others, enhance both driving pleasure and safety, along with a reduced on-the-road price.

17 October 2002

Birmingham Motor Show Press Pack

Birmingham Motor Show Information.

11 October 2002

Got There With Getmethere.co.uk

At this year’s Birmingham International Motor Show later this month, Toyota is launching getmethere.co.uk – the new pre-journey internet based travel tool.

9 October 2002

New Range And More Value For 2003 Toyota Celica

The highly successful Celica has been upgraded for 2003 and is now available as four different models: The new range consists of: Celica; Celica Premium, Celica Style and Celica T Sport.

7 October 2002

Spirited Toyota Corolla D-4D Wins MPG Marathon Class

The Toyota Corolla T Spirit 2.0-litre diesel five-door has won its class in the RAC/Fleet World MPG Marathon 2002 – by achieving over 66mpg over a 465-mile…

7 October 2002

Visit Toyota At British International Motor Show For All-New Land Cruiser UK Debut And Innovative Concept Cars

Land Cruiser, the world’s most popular 4×4, makes its UK debut at the British International Motor Show from 23 October – 3 November.

3 October 2002

Toyota Recalls Yaris And Yaris Verso

Toyota is recalling 43,600 Yaris and Yaris Verso vehicles in the UK for a possible brake line fault in temperatures below minus 20 degrees Centigrade. This is part of a worldwide campaign affecting 400,000 vehicles.

3 October 2002

Strong New Arguments For Toyota Land Cruiser Amazon

At the same time that its smaller sibling gets a full model change, the majestic Toyota Land Cruiser Amazon also receives several improvements, aiming to conserve its place as one of the world’s best SUVs.

30 September 2002

Cork Sets Up Model Operation With Toyota Fleet

“They said we were getting compact cars, but this is ridiculous!” Drivers for Cork International were at a recent company conference when they were each handed…

26 September 2002

Paris Motor Show Press Pack

Paris Motor Show Information.

20 September 2002

Toyota At 2002 Paris Motor Show

You can view the Paris Show as either stealing the thunder of the British International Motor Show, or look at it as we do, as a long lead press opportunity to cover the stars of the NEC!

6 September 2002

MR2 Roadster – 2003 Model

Since its launch nearly three years ago the Toyota MR2 Roadster has received praise for its uncompromised driving pleasure and great value-for-money.

6 September 2002

Toyota Celica – 2003 Model

Visitors to this year’s British International Motor Show will see the upgraded Toyota Celica with enhanced safety features, subtle handling and styling tweaks.

2 September 2002

Toyota And Nissan Agree To Tie Up On Hybrid Technologies

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (Toyota) and NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD. (Nissan) have concluded a basic agreement on the long-term, continuous transaction of hybrid systems including technical cooperation.

1 September 2002

Strong New Arguments For Toyota Land Cruiser Amazon

At the same time that its smaller sibling gets a full model change, the majestic Toyota Land Cruiser Amazon also receives several improvements, aiming to conserve its place as one of the world’s best SUVs.

30 August 2002

Toyota – King of the Diesels

Toyota not only offers the widest product range in the UK with 16 different model types – 19 if LCV models are included – but it also offers the widest line up of diesel engine derivatives of any manufacturer.

30 August 2002

Yaris D-4D Achieves 116mpg In Land’s End To John O’ Groat’s Economy Run

Highly experienced driving instructor John Gough of Gloucester has achieved an incredible 116.1mpg in a fuel economy run from Land’s End to John o’Groat’s in a Yaris 1.4-litre D-4D.

15 August 2002

New Saloon Completes The Successful Corolla Range

The new Corolla saloon will be available from 1 September completing the line up of five models in the Corolla range. The range now offers three and five door hatchbacks, Verso MPV, estate and saloon bodystyles.

12 August 2002

Toyota Yaris D-4D Continued Sales Success And Low Cost Of Ownership

The new Yaris D-4D continues the low cost of ownership trend from Toyota at a time of unprecedented growth in the UK diesel market. Sales of the Yaris D-4D since its launch in March have exceeded expectations with year to date sales at over 1,100 units to the end of July.

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