Toyota News

The Club Series versions of the Toyota GT86 focus on the coupe’s style and performance appeal as a car that’s all about the pure joys of driving. The latest addition to this select group is the new GT86 Blue Edition, offering an exclusive exterior paint finish and the option of a Performance Pack for even sharper handling. The Blue Edition makes a strong street statement with its Electric Blue bodywork and contrasting black styling details, including front grille, rear spoiler and diffuser, door mirror housings and front fog light surrounds. Inside, the cabin is finished in sporting black ...

30Posted: 30th May 2018

Toyota and Dayinsure Wales Rally GB Encourage Young Design Talent

Winning artwork to be applied to a full-size Toyota GT86 rally car on public display in the rally’s Big Bang Exhibition Competition open to UK primary school children and secondary school and college students Entries open now, details at stemcymru.org.uk and www.walesrallygb.com Toyota is once again teaming up with Dayinsure Wales Rally GB to host a car livery design compe...

25Posted: 25th May 2018

Alan Turing Institute and The Toyota Mobility Foundation Collaborate on Improving City Planning and Traffic Management with Artificial Intelligence

With more and more of the world’s population migrating to cities, there is increasing pressure on traffic congestion, environmental quality and health issues in urban areas. The Alan Turing Institute and the Toyota Mobility Foundation are collaborating on a project to transform the way cities are pl...

25Posted: 25th May 2018

Toyota Ramps Up Component Production to Meet Expected 10 Fold Growth in Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Sales Post 2020

Major new facilities for fuel cell stack and high-pressure hydrogen tank production under construction at two Toyota facilities Expectation of global annual fuel cell electric vehicle sales increasing to at least 30,000 units a year after 2020, from current 3,000 total Expansion of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles sales in ...

25Posted: 25th May 2018

Toyota and Suzuki Agree to Discuss Joint Projects

Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and Suzuki Motor Corporation (Suzuki) have agreed today to start discussing new joint projects in the fields of technological development, vehicle production and market development. Having concluded a memorandum of understanding towards business partnership on 6 February 2017, Toyota and Suzuki have been pursuing concrete forms of cooperation and have announced...

25Posted: 25th May 2018

Toyota (GB) PLC PR and Social Media Team General Data Protection Regulations

With General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) coming in to force today (25 May 2018), the PR and Social Media team at Toyota (GB) PLC can reassure our media contacts that their data is safe with us. We retain the data of members of the media solely so that we can provide an efficient service to them. The data we hold is used only for the provision of the following s...

21Posted: 21st May 2018

Toyota's Esapekka Lappi Shows Portuguese Pace

Esapekka Lappi survived a car-wrecking Rally Portugal to complete the sixth round of the FIA World Rally Championship in a strong fifth position on Sunday. In spite of Ott Tänak, winner of the previous round in Argentina, being sidelined from the action on Friday, and Jari-Matti Latvala being forced out of top-10 contention, Toyota Gazoo Racing were able to claim points and reaffirm the winning pote...

18Posted: 18th May 2018

Toyota GB Welcomes Spear Programme Trainees

Volunteers at Toyota GB welcomed a group of trainees from the Spear programme to the company’s Surrey headquarters this week, giving them an insight into the world of work and the skills they can develop to build a successful career. The Spear programme supports young people from disadvantaged backgrounds across London, helping them gain the confidence and abilities they need to secure employment. It...

17Posted: 17th May 2018

UK's Round of FIA World Cup Rally Championship

Toyota returns as the Official Car Partner to the Dayinsure Wales Rally GB Fleet of C-HR, Hilux, Land Cruiser and Proace Verso models, including hybrid electric vehicles, will be used to help the smooth running of the event in October A “home” event for Toyota which builds hybrid engines at its Deeside plant in North Wales Toyota Yaris WRC targeting further victories in 2018 following its win ...

16Posted: 16th May 2018

Toyota Out to Maintain Winning Momentum on Rally Portugal

After an emphatic first win in the Yaris WRC for Ott Tänak on Rally Argentina, Toyota Gazoo Racing return to Europe this week looking to sustain the momentum of success in Portugal. Tänak, Jari-Matti Latvala and Esapekka Lappi are all confident of carrying forward the progress made with the car in South America. Team Principal Tommi Mäkinen said: “I am feeling really confident that we c...

15Posted: 15th May 2018

Toyota President Akio Toyoda Honoured with Presitgious Issigonis Trohpy by Autocar Magazine

Akio Toyoda, the President of Toyota Motor Corporation, has been presented with the Issigonis Trophy, the highest personal honour awarded by Autocar, the world’s oldest automotive magazine. The award, named after the internationally celebrated car designer Sir Alec Issigonis, creator of the Mini, was announced at the annual Autocar Awards, hosted at the...

10Posted: 10th May 2018

50-50 Celebrations for SHB Hire and Toyota Hilux

A combination of two half-centuries provided the perfect excuse for a day of celebrations shared by SHB Hire and the Toyota Hilux. Both the Hampshire-based national vehicle hire and management specialist – a Toyota fleet customer of long standing – and the Hilux pick-up have their 50th anniversaries this year, occasions marked with a special customer driving day at the Heart of England Conference...

8Posted: 8th May 2018

Spa Clean-Sweep for Toyota Gazoo Racing

A one-two finish gave Toyota Gazoo Racing a perfect start to their 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship campaign at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps on Saturday. It was a debut victory with the team for new recruit Fernando Alonso, and a second successive WEC win at the Belgian circuit for Sébastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima in the No8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid. This was Toyota’s 17th win from 49 WEC race...

4Posted: 4th May 2018

Toyota GT86

There’s nothing new about the Toyota GT86 picking up an award, it’s amassed an impressive haul in its lifetime for its out-and-out quality as a pure driver’s car that won’t break the bank. Few could expect its latest honour, however: the “Real MPG” winner in this year’s Honest John Awards. This sports coupe may be famous for its race and rally credentials, drifting prowess and laying down rubber in donuts that can be seen from spac...

4Posted: 4th May 2018

Toyota Builds its Own Mean Streets to Test New Automated Driving Technology

The Toyota Research Institute (TRI) is building its own private test track for autonomous vehicle research to recreate high-risk driving situations that it considers too dangerous to perform on public roads. These “edge case scenarios” will be part of the work done at the new 60-acre facility in Michigan, USA. TRI will have exclusive use of the site at the Michigan Tec...