Toyota Media Site: Latest Press Releases

Toyota GT86 Is TopGear Magazine’s Car Of The Year

When Toyota set about creating the GT86, the guiding principle was that it should be a car devoted to the pure passion of driving. It’s an ethos that has helped earn the sports coupe worldwide acclaim, and now the honour of being named TopGear magazine’s Car of the Year 2012.

All-New Toyota RAV4 Delivers More Choice, More Style And Greater Value

Toyota’s new RAV4 range offers more models to choose from, higher equipment specifications and lower emissions across the board, yet the line-up starts at a much lower price than the model it replaces.

Toyota Announces Prices And Specifications For New Verso

The new Toyota Verso compact MPV will be introduced early in the New Year, joining the new, British-built Auris to strengthen Toyota’s presence in the family/compact car market.

New Toyota RAV4 Unveiled At Los Angeles Auto Show

Toyota is proud of the fact it created the compact SUV market with the launch of the original RAV4 back in 1994.

That pioneering three-door model – its name standing for Recreational Active Vehicle 4-wheel drive – was quite different from traditional 4x4s, being conceived as an “urban” all-wheel drive vehicle with a monocoque chassis rather than body-on-frame construction, and independent suspension. Power came from a relatively small 2.0-litre, transverse mounted petrol engine.

Corolla Claims Class Victory On R.A.C. Rally

Toyota classic rally team Midgley Motorsport is celebrating a remarkable debut class victory on the Roger Albert Clark Rally, the UK’s toughest historic motorsport event . The team’s 25-year-old Corolla AE86, crewed by Will Midgley and Jonathan Driver, beat its closest rival to the Kielder Forest finish line last night (Sunday) by 14 minutes.

Toyota Awarded “Fleet Hero” Status For Environmental Leadership

Toyota GB has been honoured with a 2012 Fleet Hero Award from the Energy Saving Trust in recognition of its environmental leadership. The honour reflects Toyota’s success in reducing fuel use and carbon emissions, taking

Toyota Readies New Technology For Safer Driving

Safer vehicles and the elimination of road accident injuries and deaths are central to Toyota’s future transport strategy and at its annual Safety Seminar in Japan this week the company has revealed details of new technology to help prevent collisions – both familiar low-speed parking accidents and high-speed rear-end shunts.

All New Toyota RAV4

Toyota will unveil the all new RAV4 at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show, prior to the launch of the car in the UK in early 2013.

New Auris: Convinces The Head, Appeals To The Heart

KEY POINTS New features and improvements make Auris a car for the head and the heart A new design inside and out and comprehensive engineering changes make new Auris more rewarding to own and more

Notification of recall activity for Toyota Avensis, Corolla and Prius – approx. 75,000 UK vehicles

Toyota’s commitment to ensuring its vehicles meet the highest safety and quality standards includes detailed monitoring of vehicle performance. This applies not only to new vehicles, but also to those that have been in use

Classic Rally Test Beckons For Corolla Drivers

It boasts the sort of gruelling schedule that most modern-day rally drivers will only have read about in the history books, but for Will Midgley, Jonathan Driver and their 25-year-old Toyota Corolla, next week’s Roger

New Toyota Auris: Low Running Costs, Low Tax And Lasting Value

The appeal of new Auris’s sharp looks and driving dynamics is matched by competitively low running and maintenance costs, low tax and lasting value that make it an all-round compelling choice.

RECAP: a digest of recent Toyota news

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Toyota Celebrates Start Of New Auris Production At Burnaston

Toyota’s proud record of manufacturing in the UK reached another landmark today with the official start of production of the all-new Auris at its Burnaston factory. Dr Vince Cable, the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, welcomed Toyota’s continued investment in its UK operations, which will also see the new Auris Touring Sports estate car built at the plant from next year.

The British-Built Toyotas

Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd has built eight different models at its Burnaston factory since the first car, a Carina E, rolled off the line in 1992.

Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK: 20 Years Of Quality And Progress

In 1989 Toyota announced that it would start building cars in Europe and that its first engine and car plants would be located in the UK. Three years later Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK (TMUK) began production at Deeside inNorth Wales and Burnaston, Derbyshire.

Toyota’s 75th Anniversary

Tomorrow, 3 November 2012, Toyota reaches the landmark of its 75th anniversary. To help mark the occasion and tell the story of the company’s development to become one of the world’s best-known and most successful businesses, it has created an interactive history timeline on its global website.

Toyota Hybrids A Wily Choice For Roadrunners Gatwick

Surrey’s RoadRunners Gatwick taxi business has signed a deal worth more than half a million pounds to add 20 Toyotas to its fleet over the coming year.

Toyota And Lexus Introduce A New Fleet Charter

In its commitment to delivering the highest standards of customer service, Toyota and Lexus Fleet Services has drawn up a new Fleet Service Charter, which sets out how it will meet and exceed business customer needs and expectations in every area of its operations.

Toyota Prius Glides In At Bristol Airport

Airport taxi service Checker Cars has added four Toyota Prius to its fleet of cars operating out of Bristol Airport. The move supports its strategy to lower vehicle emissions at all the sites where it operates.

Toyota Racing End Season On A High In China

TOYOTA Racing claimed its second consecutive win with a lights-to-flag victory in the Six Hours of Shanghai, the final round of the FIA World Endurance Championship.

West Midlands Fire Service Adds Toyota Hilux To Fleet

The West Midlands Fire Service is putting the Toyota Hilux Invincible to the test as part of a review of its fleet of Brigade Response Vehicles.

Search Is On For The Oldest British-Built Toyota

In December 1992, history was made when the first Toyota Carina E rolled off the line at Toyota’s newly opened factory at Burnaston, in Derbyshire. Twenty years on, it’s time to celebrate and Toyota is hoping to mark the occasion by tracing the oldest surviving example still in daily use.

Victory For Wrathall, Dynojet And Toyota At Brands Hatch

Frank Wrathall and the Dynojet Racing team returned Toyota to the BTCC victory podium for the first time in nearly 20 years this afternoon at Brands Hatch, the independent Avensis driver claiming an emotional and popular maiden win in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship in the final race of the season.