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Latest Press Releases

28 May 2002

Toyota Prius To Make Motor Sport History

Two rallying amateurs will enter the motor sport record books in June as the crew of the world’s first petrol/electric hybrid rally car.

28 May 2002

Beat The Bank Holiday Traffic Blues With Toyota

Feeling angry, lost and ignored? That’ll be the Bank Holiday traffic then.

27 May 2002

Toyota Fleet’s Bluelight Provides Emergency Assistance

The tricky balancing act that managers of emergency service vehicle fleets are required to perform has provided the impetus for a major development programme from Toyota Fleet.

27 May 2002

Prius Helps City Patrols Keep The Noise Down

Below 10mph the Toyota Prius is soundless – which makes this environmentally friendly car the ideal choice for Westminster City Council’s Charter Mark award-winning 24 Hour Noise Team.

22 May 2002

Corolla Verso Voted Best Small MPV In Fleet World Honours

A newcomer to the class, the Toyota Corolla Verso has been voted Best Small MPV in the Fleet World Honours annual prize giving at the RAC Club in Pall Mall this afternoon.

21 May 2002

Channel Tunnel Rail Link Contractor Orders 49 Toyota Hilux Pickups

All-terrain ability has helped make the new generation of Toyota Hilux light commercial vehicles the natural choice for an Anglo-French consortium constructing a key section of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL)

15 May 2002

RNLI Launches Toyota On The Beaches

The RNLI has chosen Toyota Hilux pick-ups, through leasing company Tuskerdirect, as its patrol vehicles for its Beach Rescue Initiative.

14 May 2002

Avoid Congestion Charging In London With Toyota Prius

London commuters driving in and out of the centre should be able to save a staggering £1,250 in congestion charges from February 2003 by driving the revolutionary petrol-electric hybrid the Toyota Prius.

Come And Visit Toyota Mobility At The Mobility Roadshow, Donington Park 20-22 June 2002

Visitors to The Mobility Roadshow at Donington Park from 20-22 June will have the opportunity to come and see the extensive Toyota range available through the Motability scheme.

1 May 2002

Toyota Yaris Number One for Customer Satisfaction

The J.D. Power and Associates 2002 UK Car Customer Satisfaction Study brings another resounding vote of confidence from Toyota owners across the board

30 April 2002

New Dyna Chassis Cab, 2002MY Pick-Ups And Vans

November 2001 saw the launch of an all-new Toyota commercial vehicle range with the introduction of a light truck known as Dyna 300/350. In addition, the Hilux Pick-up and Hiace van get a fresh new look and improved specification.

29 April 2002

Toyota Launches Satellite Navigation On CV Range

For the first time Toyota is offering its acclaimed Turn by Turn Satellite Navigation System on the 2002 model year Hiace van.

18 April 2002

Toyota At The CLA Game Fair

Motor manufacturer Toyota is sponsoring the UK’s premier clay line at the world’s largest countryside event the CLA Game Fair from 26-28 July at Broadlands, Romsey, Hampshire.

27 March 2002

Yaris Verso Is Car Of Choice For Ex-Para

Toyota’s Yaris Verso is ideally suited for people with disabilities because of the easy access it affords, according to former paratrooper Ken McIlwee, who has just taken delivery of the car he ordered under the Motability scheme.

26 March 2002

Yaris Supermini Gets More Street Cred

Toyota Yaris gets more street cred after Auto Express readers and a panel of industry experts voted the popular supermini Winner of the Small Car Category in the Auto Express Used Car Honours 2002.

21 March 2002

Toyota Fleet Launches Risk Management Workshop Programme

The coming year will bring a number of issues to the forefront for Fleet Managers not least CO2 and the link to benefit in kind taxation but also the increasing importance of a risk management approach.

1 March 2002

Geneva Motor Show 2002 Press Pack

Geneva Motor Show 2002 Information.

1 March 2002

Toyota Star City Remains Open

Toyota’s Star City dealer in Birmingham remains open to the public, operated by Toyota GB staff, to minimise any disruption to its customers.

27 February 2002

Toyota Yaris And Yaris Verso D-4D

Toyota add the new Toyota Yaris 1.4 D-4D, a modern, fuel-efficient and fun to drive common rail diesel engine to its top selling Yaris model range.

27 February 2002

Toyota Goes Back To School

Burgh Heath based company Toyota (GB) PLC is supporting The Children’s Trust Schools Concert 2002 on Saturday 9 March, 7.30pm at the Epsom Playhouse.

26 February 2002

Toyota Rises To ‘Spirit Of Challenge’

Toyota has, once again, achieved record sales in Europe – the fifth successive year of growth. Total sales for 2001 were 666,035, up 1.6 per cent on the year and with a market share of 3.7 per cent.

26 February 2002

Geneva Show Without The Pain!

Going to Geneva Motor Show, but already dreading the limb stretching bags of press packs? Need to know the news, but can’t face sitting through yet more corporate presentations?

6 February 2002

Toyota Corolla Named What Car? Car Of The Year

There was British success last night at the motor industry ‘Oscars’, although the name of the winner has a distinctly foreign ring to it.

29 January 2002

Toyota Harness Hamster Power

Nowhere else could you find a car that looks like a ladybird that is powered by hamsters and a wheelchair that can go up and down stairs but Japan and the annual Toyota Idea Olympics.

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