7 April 2006
Toyota Hybrids Power Up greentomatocars
The first all-hybrid private-hire operation is underway in London, as a young company sets out to overturn perceptions of minicabs with its eco-friendly Toyota Prius fleet.
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31 March 2006
Hybrid or Diesel: Sushi or Snails?
Toyota acknowledges that there are many alternative routes to achieving the ultimate eco-car and it has led the field in pursuing most of them…
8 March 2006
Come In, Eco-One – GLH Pleases The Public With Prius
It was comments from passengers that encouraged London’s longest-established private hire and courier service to start using Toyota Prius cars – and by this summer Greater London Hire should have 32 of the petrol-electric hybrids on its fleet.
3 March 2006
New Yaris Makes Robert A Toyota “Millionaire”
Back in the Swinging Sixties, Toyota made a modest entry into the British car market with just a single model on offer.
28 February 2006
Toyota Lays Firm Foundations At Bullivants
Toyota Hilux Double Cabs are proving a popular user-chooser option with everyone from sales and engineering staff to management at Roger Bullivant Ltd, the UK’s largest foundation engineering company.
9 February 2006
The New RAV4: Excellence All Round
The Toyota RAV4 was the inspiration for a new market segment for compact SUVs when it was launched in 1994 and has since proved an enduring success, with in excess of 1.8 million sales worldwide.
19 January 2006
Verso’s Versatility Nets Top Award For Toyota
The diverse virtues of the Toyota Verso have been recognised with the Best Compact MPV title in the 2006 What Car? awards. The Verso T3 2.2 D-4D 140 model emerged the winner in a category representing one of the most hard-fought segments of the UK car market.
19 January 2006
Toyota Honoured For Environmental Vision
Toyota’s pioneering work in developing and implementing environmentally friendly hybrid and diesel technologies has been rewarded with the 2006 Green Award from What Car? magazine.
4 January 2006
Toyota New Year News In Brief
Aygo, the Top Gear car of the year, will now go even further for your money with the launch of a new 1.4-litre diesel engine.
23 December 2005
Toyota Prius Primed For 2006
Toyota is introducing a series of new design and equipment features to take its multi-award winning Prius into the New Year.
15 December 2005
The New Toyota Yaris
The first generation Yaris has been a top performer for Toyota, its sales rising every year from launch in 1999 to the point where it accounts for one in every four of the brand’s models sold in Europe.
14 December 2005
Wine Merchants Enjoy The Taste Of Prius
In 1999 the head of the UK’s leading independent wine importer switched from an 18mpg executive car to the 65mpg Prius, reckoning the potential savings in fuel, tax, insurance combined with the exemption from the London congestion charge would save him £5000 a year….he was not wrong, and it’s got even better!
12 December 2005
Toyota Corolla Full Of New Year Promise
All too often the move into a new year provokes a mood of self denial and a determination to shed pounds and shun booze.
5 December 2005
Aygo Is Top Gear’s Car Of The Year
The Aygo is not only one of the best value machines on the market, it’s every bit as brilliant as a supercar that’s almost 120 times more expensive to buy. That’s the opinion of BBC Top Gear magazine …
2 December 2005
Half A Million Turkey Exports In Time For Christmas
Toyota kicked off the festive season by celebrating production of the 500,000th vehicle manufactured at its plant in Adapazari, Turkey.
