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Latest Press Releases

28 May 2012

New Yaris Hybrid An All-Round Winner On Company Car Ownership Costs

The new Yaris Hybrid is set to shake up the supermini market, not just by introducingToyota’s high-efficiency full hybrid power technology to the segment, but also by delivering all-round, unmatched savings on cost of ownership.

22 May 2012

Toyota Fleet Customer Cycles 1000 Miles To Raise Money For Charity

Harry Baines, employee of Yorkshire’s largest car hire specialist Autohorn will be setting off on a 1,000 mile bike ride around the UK in aid of Macmillan Cancer Care and BEN.

22 May 2012

WORLDWIDE SALES OF TOYOTA AND LEXUS FULL HYBRID VEHICLES TOP 4 MILLION

Total global sales of Toyota and Lexus full hybrid vehicles have topped the 4 million mark as of April 30. Cumulative sales of full hybrid vehicles in Europe reached 423,000 units. In the UK the

21 May 2012

Toyota GT86 Celebrates Double Class Win At Nürburgring 24 Hours Race

The GAZOO Racing Toyota GT86 took the win in the SP3 class, completing 129 laps. In the overall standings, the car finished in 46th place.

16 May 2012

Better And Better: Toyota And Lexus Fleet Services Acclaimed As “Most Improved In 2012”

Toyota and Lexus Fleet Services has won the award for Most Improved Manufacturer in the 2012 Fleet World honours.

16 May 2012

Toyota GT86 And Lexus LFA Line Up For Nürburgring 24 Hours

The Nürburgring has played an important role in the development of Toyota’s latest generation of high-performance cars and this weekend the daunting German circuit will see the Lexus LFA and GT86 demonstrating their race pace in the 40th running of the ADAC 24 Hours race.

14 May 2012

Recap: a digest of recent Toyota news

Missed out on the news? Catch up here and click the links to access the full stories and pictures…

11 May 2012

Toyota applauds Welsh, Lancashire and Lincolnshire Dealers with European Customer Satisfaction Awards

Toyota dealers at Harlech North Wales, Rochdale Lancashire and Boston Lincolnshire were awarded with the top honours at Toyota’s ‘Ichiban’ European Customer Satisfaction Award event held on 8 May in the National Assembly Building in Budapest.

8 May 2012

Media Advisory: Vehicle Stability Control on Toyota Aygo

In line with Toyota’s philosophy of listening to the voice of the customer, Toyota has reintroduced VSC as an option for Aygo with immediate effect.

8 May 2012

Company Car Tax Made Simple With New Free Guide From Toyota And Lexus Fleet Services

Company car users and fleet managers wanting to keep up to date with the latest company car tax matters need look no further than a new Company Car Tax Guide, launched by Toyota and Lexus Fleet Services.

1 May 2012

Toyota At The Heart Of Hybrid’s Rising Fortunes

The days when hybrid could be dismissed as a passing technical novelty are well and truly past: figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders chart a steady rise in annual UK sales over the past five years, with Toyota and Lexus models accounting for more than 75 per cent of all hybrids taking to the road.

30 April 2012

Toyota GT86 And Its Creators Honoured With Three Vehicle Dynamics International Awards

GT86 named VDI Car of the Year Chief Engineer Tetsuya Tada and his Subaru counterpart Toshio Masuda jointly named VDI Dynamicist of the Year VDI Dynamics Team of the Year award for Toyota Toyota has

30 April 2012

Toyota Racer Wrathall Bags First Podium Of Season

Toyota’s independent Avensis racer Frank Wrathall scored his maiden podium finish of the BTCC season this afternoon at Thruxton, his third place – and Independents Trophy win – in the final race capping a superbly

24 April 2012

High-Speed Test For Toyota’s BTCC Racers

Toyota’s trio of Avensis-driving BTCC stars face their toughest test of the season so far when they tackle Thruxton, the fastest circuit on the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship calendar, on Sunday (29 April).

16 April 2012

Plenty Of Points For Toyota’s BTCC Trio

Toyota’s three independent BTCC racers secured no fewer than six points finishes between them in a dramatic second meeting of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship season yesterday (Sunday) at Donington Park.

16 April 2012

RECAP: a digest of recent Toyota news

Missed out on the news? Catch up here and click the links to access the full stories and pictures. Toyota’s summer of new product launches draws closer and in preparation for what promises to be

12 April 2012

Toyota Triple Triumph in 2012 Driver Power Satisfaction Survey

When it comes to lasting value for money, you can’t do better than a Toyota. That’s according to the views of UK motorists who rate Aygo, iQ and Prius the top performers in terms of running costs in Auto Express’s 2012 Driver Power survey.

10 April 2012

Prius Plug-In: Less Charge For Your Power

Prius Plug-in, which reaches showrooms in July, offers all the familiar virtues of Prius, and then some.

10 April 2012

Donington Homecoming For BTCC Toyotas

Toyota’s home circuit of Donington Park, 10 miles from the birthplace of Avensis, is the venue this Sunday (15 April) for the next stop on the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship trail, and all three Toyota independents are hoping for strong results in front of some partisan supporters.

GAZOO Racing Enter Two GT86 In Nürburgring 24 Hour Race

Toyota will enter the new GT86 sports car in the 24 Hours Nürburgring endurance race. The new coupes will join the Lexus LFA to form a three car team for the race held inGermanyfrom May 17 to 20. The cars will be run by the GAZOO Racing team which has been competing in the 24 Hours Nürburgring endurance race since 2007.

5 April 2012

Masanori Nohara Appointed Executive Director And Co-Ordinator, Toyota (GB)

Toyota is pleased to announce the appointment of Masanori Nohara as Executive Director and Co-ordinator of Toyota (GB)PLC.

4 April 2012

Bright Spring For Toyota With March Sales Increase

Sales of Toyota cars increased by 8.7 per cent in the year to March 2012, compared to the first quarter last year. The car market overall grew just 0.9 per cent, putting the strong increase by Toyota into perspective.

4 April 2012

Toyota Primes Prius+ For Summer Launch

Toyota continues the expansion its hybrid technology into new areas of the market with the launch this summer of Prius+, Europe’s first full hybrid seven-seat MPV. The ground-breaking new model, which combines traditional people carrier practicality with ultra-efficient performance, is also the first mainstream Toyota hybrid to use a lighter and more compact lithium-ion battery pack.

3 April 2012

Toyota Avensis Tourer – Winning is a Piece of Cake

The Toyota Avensis Tourer was named as winner in the Family Estate category in the Parkers Cost of Motoring New Car Awards, 2012.

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