Toyota Media Site: Latest Press Releases
Latest Press Releases
Toyota At Geneva Motor Show
Toyota displays both its most innovative technologies for the 21st century and one of the widest production car ranges at the Geneva Motor Show. The star of the stand is the all-new Toyota Corolla Verso, as well as the Motor Triathlon Racing Car and FINE-N concept cars.
Toyota News In Brief
Toyota is introducing a factory-fit, fully integrated DVD entertainment system for its Land Cruiser range. Available in March, the package features two 5.8-inch screens set in the back of the front seat headrests
Toyota Improves Safety Specification For Five-Star Avensis
The Toyota Avensis already has the distinction of achieving the highest five-star rating for passenger crash protection in Euro-NCAP testing.
More Equipment And Lower Prices For Toyota’s Mighty Light Commercials – Dyna Now Built In Europe
The mighty Hilux famously survived ordeals by fire, flood and falling tower blocks on the BBC’s Top Gear programme last year, a feat worthy of a pick-up that has achieved more than nine million sales around the world.
Off-Road Sports Car From Toyota To Star At Geneva Motor Show
Like a full-size remote-control toy buggy, the outrageous Motor Triathlon Race Car (MTRC) is Toyota’s response to future customer demands.
Toyota Fleet: County Contractors Hard Workers Win Toyota Van Contract
A leading corporate refurbishment and maintenance contractor has switched its light commercial fleet to Toyota – principally because it believes the Hiace vans cannot be beaten for reliability.
Toyota Hands Over New Avensis For BENergy
Toyota (GB) PLC has donated a new Toyota Avensis T4 to BENergy the youth group of BEN – the motor and allied trades benevolent fund – for use by one of the charity’s regional managers, Val Moore.
Toyota At The 2004 Detroit Motor Show
Toyota has used the occasion of the North American International Auto Show – the Detroit Motor Show – to unveil a radical new concept vehicle, the FTX pick-up.
Atomic Kitten Take Delivery Of A Toyota “Greatest Hits” Collection
The world’s greatest all-girl pop band have joined up with Toyota to drive into the New Year in a fleet of hit vehicles.
Max Mosley Invests In Hybrid Technology
FIA President Max Mosley has just taken delivery of a new generation Toyota Prius, the world’s most successful hybrid car.
Toyota Prius Paves The Way Ahead
Six years after the launch of the original Prius and with more than 130,000 examples sold worldwide, Toyota is unveiling an even more advanced version of the world’s most successful hybrid power car.
Prices Announced For New Avensis 2.4 VVT-i And 2.0 D-CAT
Toyota has announced prices for new versions of the Avensis which will go on sale in the UK on 2 January 2004.
News In Brief
Toyota has been named the best-performing manufacturer in a new nationwide reliability survey.
Toyota Hiace Range Revised And Improved For 2004
Safety is at the heart of changes to the UK Hiace range for the 2004 model year. From launch on 5 November, all models will benefit from ABS and a driver’s airbag as part of the standard equipment package.
Futuristic Trick Stick Wins Toyota’s Idea Expo 2003
Transport solutions don’t come much cleaner or leaner than the Trick Stick, an ultra-simple machine that has taken top honours in the annual Idea Expo, hosted by Toyota Motor Corporation in Toyota City on Sunday (4 October).
Toyota To Present Future Concepts At Tokyo Motor Show
Toyota will be using the Tokyo Motor Show to demonstrate how advanced technology to protect the environment no longer needs to compromise driving performance.
GT Boost For Toyota
The purchase of five new Avensis cars has signalled a switch to a predominantly Toyota policy for Chesterfield-based newsagent chain GT Retail.
Toyota Yaris Takes The Lead In Passive Safety Once Again
The German autoclub ADAC recently tested the seats of several city cars in terms of the protection they offer in the event of a rear crash.
2004 Model Year Toyota RAV4 Gets The ‘X’ Factor
You have seen the ‘story’ many times before: a sluggish selling product is given a mid-life makeover that amounts to little more than a new front grille and a bigger badge on the tailgate. Where the RAV4 is concerned, there is no attempt to weave a silk purse from a sow’s ear.
Toyotas Top Seller With Carlsberg-Tetley
Toyota cars are proving the number one choice among employees of one of the UK’s biggest brewers, Carlsberg-Tetley, with the Toyota Avensis currently the top choice among managers in the field.
Two New Engines For Toyota Avensis
Toyota is launching a new era of clean diesel engine performance with the introduction of the Toyota 2.0-litre D-CAT (Diesel Clean Advanced Technology) engine, the world’s cleanest diesel in terms of nitrogen oxides and particulate emissions.
ICE Spells The End For I-Spy
“Are we nearly there yet?” The cry from the back seat is all too familiar a chorus from children bored senseless by three-hour “I-spy” marathons on long car journeys.
More Safety And Refinement From New-Look 2004 Avensis Verso
The Frankfurt Motor Show in September will witness the introduction of the restyled Avensis Verso, featuring…
Toyota Launches Its Sixth Hybrid Power Vehicle
Toyota’s continued development of clean and fuel-efficient power systems has yielded the market launch of its sixth hybrid-powered vehicle, the Alphard Hybrid.
