Toyota Media Site: Latest Press Releases
Latest Press Releases
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
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
Coastguard Spots Toyota’s 4X4 Double Act
A tough working life of eight years or more is in prospect for 17 Toyota Hilux 4WD Double Cabs, delivered to the Maritime & Coastguard Agency for use all over the UK.
Impatient Thief Steals New Yaris Verso Before It Goes on Sale
The new Yaris Verso mini-MPV does not go on sale until January. That was apparently too long to wait for someone so they stole a demonstrator from the forecourt of one of Toyota’s London dealers.
America’s Best Selling Car Gets Better for Britain
The Toyota Camry is the best selling car in the USA and is adopting a new look for the UK in 2000. A host of detail changes to its bodywork plus
Toyotas Prescribed for Drugs Sales Teams
The Toyota Avensis has become the car of choice for Ashfield Healthcare. One of the country’s biggest sales recruitment, training and salesforce resourcing agencies in the UK pharmaceuticals industry…
Cost-Cutting Celica Impresses Leasing Experts
Toyota’s revolutionary new Celica coupe looks set to score highly with contract hire and leasing companies thanks to the dramatic savings it offers in whole-life costs.
Toyota Avensis SR D4-D
Toyota is introducing a new state-of-the-art ‘common rail’ direct injection turbo diesel engine into its successful Avensis family car offering petrol-like refinement and performance with the potential for nearly 48mpg.
Toyota Fleet: Thinking Big for Smaller Players
Companies with fewer than 100 vehicles might outnumber the bigger fleet operators by five to one, but too many are getting a raw deal from manufacturers. That’s the view of Toyota Fleet, which is working
Swing Out Sweet Chariot
Toyota is improving the load versatility, safety and comfort of its successful Hiace Powervan commercial vehicle range to further its already strong appeal.
Top British Privateer to Pilot Toyota Corolla WRC on Network Q Rally of Great Britain
Toyota (GB) PLC and Castrol have secured the entry of an additional Toyota Corolla WRC rally car on the forthcoming Network Q Rally of Great Britain in November.
Top Bookie Supplier Bets on Toyotas
All-white is all right for Alphameric, which has just taken delivery of 16 new Toyota Hiace Powervans. The company is a leading supplier of satellite data-broadcast…
Celica and the Art of Rallying
‘Celica Champions’ is a new fine art print from an original by the renowned motor sport artist Craig Warwick.
Big Fun on the Little Rally
The weekend dawned damp and misty, but there was a glint of sun low on the horizon and a rainbow in the sky. Ideal rally conditions, but this rally had a difference. The cars were Scalextric type, but the rivalry full scale.
Toyota Beefs up for ‘The Finale!’
Toyota is proud to be the official vehicle sponsor for cricketer Ian Botham OBE’s last ever John O’Groats to Land’s End walk for charity.
Improvements to Toyota Land Cruiser Colorado Range Announced
Toyota has announced a number of enhancements to its latest 2000 Model Year Land Cruiser Colorado range.
New Toyota Picnic SE Model Launched
Toyota is unveiling a new high specification version of its Picnic MPV at the London Motor Show from 20 October 1999. The Picnic SE will be a limited edition run of just 300 vehicles and will go on sale immediately after the Show.
Prius Comes to Europe
Toyota has confirmed it is planning to launch its revolutionary Prius hybrid-powered car in Europe next summer.
Next Generation MR2 is a True Roadster
The latest generation Toyota MR2 is a no-compromise roadster designed to excite true sports car enthusiasts. It is fun to drive, good to look at and affordable to own.
Toyota Yaris Family Grows With New 1.3-Litre Models
Just six months after the successful launch of Yaris in the UK, Toyota is extending the model range with the addition of a new engine and automatic gearbox to the Yaris line up.
Yaris Verso: A New Dimension in Family Cars
Yaris Verso is a new compact car from Toyota that offers young families all the space and performance they are looking for without the cost of upgrading to a larger car and with the added bonus of being stylish, versatile and fun to drive.
Toyota at the 1999 London Motor Show
Toyota’s Ambitious Approach to Europe With a total production in 1998 of almost 5.2 million vehicles, including Daihatsu, Toyota is the third largest manufacturer of cars and light commercial vehicles in the world. In Japan,
Martin Brundle to Drive Toyota Corolla in Rally of Great Britain
TV presenter and former Formula One Grand Prix star Martin Brundle will drive a Toyota Corolla World Rally Car in the 1999 Rally of Great Britain (20-23 November).
Toyota’s ‘Invisible’ Fleet Sales Reappear
If Toyota GB’s company car sales appear to have plummeted this year, analysts should not leap to any premature conclusions. The apparently dramatic about-turn is simply the result of an incorrect computer setting which has