Toyota Media Site: Latest Press Releases
Latest Press Releases
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
Toyota Adds A Splash Of Colour
Toyota adds a splash of colour to its exciting Yaris range this month with the introduction of the Yaris Colour Collection, priced from £8,495 on the road.
High Flying Corolla
The woman turns and glances out of the rear side window of the Corolla. She is flying at 520mph, several thousand feet up!
First Fleet Camry Impresses – Where It Counts
The first new-generation Toyota Camry to join a UK leasing fleet has been acquired by successful newcomer Fleet Hire Ltd of Birmingham…
Toyota Unveils Youth-Oriented CCX Concept At 2002 North American International Auto Show
Detroit, 7 January, 2002 – Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) presented the world premiere debut of the Concept Coupe Crossover (ccX) vehicle at a press conference at the 2002…
Toyota Sport Matrix Concept
Los Angeles, 3 January, 2002 – Toyota North America unveiled a Toyota Sport Compact Car concept based on the youth-orientated all-new Matrix crossover utility vehicle, which goes on sale in the US from 2003.
Electronic Traffic Avoidance Available Now
Hours wasted in congested traffic could be a thing of the past for 2002 Avensis customers with Toyota’s latest genuinely useful innovation, Electronic Traffic Avoidance, (ETA).
The New Season’s Must-Have Lifestyle Accessory
1.8-litre VVT-i engine, 138bhp, 0-62mph in 7.9 seconds and a top speed of 130mph – Toyota’s two-seater sports car does so much more than get you from A to B.
Panasonic Toyota Racing Unveils 2002 Contender
Toyota has taken a significant step on its path to Formula 1 with the unveiling in Cologne of its definitive 2002 challenger, the TF102. Official drivers, Mika Salo and Allan McNish, will give the car its race debut at the Australian GP in Melbourne on 3 March.
Midwives Vote for Toyota’s ‘Big Baby’
Much-anticipated deliveries for Warwickshire community midwives are seven Toyota Yaris Verso models – chosen because the compact and versatile cars manage to fit so many benefits into a small package.
Teed Up For Success – The New Toyota Corolla
The new Corolla is so much better than the model it replaces you would be forgiven for thinking it has benefitted from a make over by the automotive equivalent of Ground Force and Home Front. Park your prejudice and accept that Golf is no longer the only game in town.
New Corolla Best in Class For Insurance And Crash Repairs
The new Toyota Corolla, launched in the UK on 2 January 2002, has been awarded best in class insurance classification throughout the range.
Miss The Traffic Every Time With Toyota Electronic Traffic Avoidance
The recent confirmation that Britain’s roads are the most congested in Europe is a depressing reflection of the everyday experience of most UK drivers.
London Drivers Can Miss the Traffic Every Time With Toyota Electronic Traffic Avoidance
The news that Tower Bridge is to be closed for six weeks for maintenance is sure to cause a traffic nightmare for motorists who use the surrounding roads – except for those driving a 2002 Toyota Avensis*.
Toyota Announces Prices For 2002 Hilux Pickup Range With New D-4D Engines
Prices for the new Toyota Hilux pickup range start at £10,795. The 2002 Hilux offers significant technical and specification improvements to the range including new D-4D diesel engines.
