Toyota Media Site: Latest Press Releases

Latest Press Releases

27 March 2000

Cast Off At Deeside

The First Secretary of the Welsh Assembly, Mr Rhodri Morgan today officially started the aluminium castings’ production process at Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd’s engine manufacturing site in Deeside, North Wales.

22 March 2000

New MR2 Roadster

The new Toyota MR2 Roadster is an affordable mid-engined, rear wheel drive roadster designed to excite true sports car enthusiasts.

9 March 2000

Toyota Sets The Wheels In Motion For Aspire

A team of Toyota employees put their skills to the test in a wheelchair race fundraiser for the charity Aspire in their Wheelathon 2000 to help raise £5000.

7 March 2000

The New Corolla and Toyota Fleet

Value for money, reliability, build quality, leading-edge technology – it is Toyota’s outstanding reputation in these areas that has seen its vehicles chosen with ever greater frequency by business users.

3 March 2000

Toyota At Geneva Show 2000

Yaris Verso, the versatile new compact car from Toyota, will be available across Europe with a more powerful 1.5-litre petrol engine from later this month.

24 February 2000

New Previa Takes Toyota To The Top

Toyota is to launch an all-new version of the Previa, its flagship family MPV. The new Previa, debuted at Geneva Motor Show 2000, will build on the established reputation of its predecessor for space, comfort and advanced styling.

24 February 2000

New Toyota RAV4 Replaces Style Icon

Toyota is to replace one of the motoring icons of the 1990s with a brand new vehicle for the 21st century.

16 February 2000

Footballer Ryan Giggs Wins New Toyota Celica

Manchester United and Welsh International footballer Ryan Giggs has won a new Toyota Celica sports coupe.

15 February 2000

Toyota Quick Off Mark To Fill Guinness Order

Guinness’s latest advertising campaign is based on racing gastropods, but the only thing snail-like about the Toyota Land Cruisers the leading brewer has chosen for its promotional fleet are their hard shells.

14 February 2000

Toyota Prius Makes Its Mark On Britain

Toyota has made its mark on Britain with Prius, Toyota’s hybrid car. Starting from the Toyota plant at Burnaston, Derby, volunteers from the Toyota Enthusiasts Club drove around central England on a route that traced out the shape of the Toyota logo.

8 February 2000

New Home Needed For Toyota Celebrity TV Goldfish

Toyota’s animated talking goldfish, who are the stars of the company’s advertising ‘idents’ that lead-in all ITV movie premieres and New Year TV schedules are in need of a new home in the Surrey area.

7 February 2000

New RAV4 In Training With Reebok

Toyota has released a new special edition version of its popular RAV4 (Recreational Activity Vehicle with 4-wheel drive). Known as the ‘Reebok’, it marks a link with the well-known sportswear manufacturer.

Motoring Writers Car Of The Year Stars At The Ulster Motor Show

The Toyota Yaris supermini will take pride of place on the Toyota stand at the forthcoming Ulster Motor Show (7-13 February 2000).

2 February 2000

2000 Model Year Toyota Hilux Pickups Carry A Heavier Burden And A Lighter Tax Load

The Toyota Hilux pickup is delivering good news to the nation’s small businesses early in the New Millennium. The two Hilux Double Cab models in the range can now carry a higher payload meaning that VAT registered businesses are able to reclaim the VAT at purchase.

28 January 2000

Toyota Fleet’s Sub-100 Team Means Business

Toyota Fleet starts the New Year with a major initiative for managers of fleets of fewer than 100 vehicles. It has appointed a dedicated team of 18 fleet specialists especially for this vital sector and

28 January 2000

Toyota Fleet’s Sub-100 Team Means Business

Toyota Fleet starts the New Year with a major initiative for managers of fleets of fewer than 100 vehicles. It has appointed a dedicated team of 18 fleet specialists especially for this vital sector and to complement dealer sales efforts across the UK.

20 January 2000

New Millennium, New Corolla

Toyota’s new version of its small family car, the Corolla, currently the world’s best selling car with over 23 million sold worldwide since 1966, adopts a family look similar to that of the bigger Avensis.

20 January 2000

California Dreamin’ 2000

Toyota U.S.A. have pushed back the reality of dark wintry skies with thoughts of summer by unveiling a Celica convertible concept at the 2000 Los Angeles Auto Show.

20 January 2000

The Ultimate Toyota Celica

Toyota USA, along with Rod Millen Motorsports and Toyota Racing Development (TRD), has engineered the Ultimate Celica, a 500-horsepower, all-wheel drive powerhouse.

19 January 2000

New Corolla In The UK Market

Few names conjure up such a re-assuring feeling as that of Corolla. Through eight generations of Toyota’s small family car, the name has become synonymous with a robust and reliable reputation allied to the latest technologies – Jeremy Clarkson might not be the car’s greatest fan but even he has to admit that the Corolla is a global success story.

18 January 2000

Avensis Prescribed For Drugs Sales Team

A fast-expanding pharmaceuticals company has started the year with a new fleet of cars for its sales force – and the arrangement has gone down well with the drivers.

10 January 2000

Dancing In The Streets

What have dancing and cars got in common? Movement, so why not use dancing to make your vehicle move? A mad idea and only in Japan would they build it.

21 December 1999

Toyota Enhances the Auto Assured Used Car Scheme

The new Millennium brings improved peace of mind for Toyota drivers when purchasing a used vehicle through the Toyota Auto Assured scheme. From 1 January 2000 Toyota’s Auto Assured scheme offers manufacturer levels of cover

17 December 1999

Toyota Yaris Top Prize in £100,000 Muscular Dystrophy National Prize Draw

A brand new Toyota Yaris, recently acclaimed European Car of the Year for 2000, was presented as top prize in a national fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign on Tuesday 14 December. The award of

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