Toyota is creating a revolutionary “mobility theme park” to enable people to experience a vision of the future at this month’s Tokyo Motor Show. The entertainment-filled theme park will advance the concept of motor-show presentations by displaying multiple forms of future mobility, including Toyota’s e-Palette. Toyota’s theme is “Play the Future”, based on the company’s vision of a future society of mobility centred on people. Toyota invites visitors to see, touch and enjoy what the...
Toyota announced today it will supply up to 20 specially designed “Tokyo 2020 Version” e-Palette vehicles to support athlete mobility at the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. The vehicles will operate in the automated, loop-line transportation Toyota will provide in the Olympic and Paralympic villages for athletes and related staff. Takahiro Muta, development leader for the unique version of the e-Palette for Tokyo 2020, said the battery-electric, automated vehicles have been adapted specifically for...
Toyota has introduced four new advanced safety features to its Fortuner range, including high-tech crash avoidance capability and technology to help drivers stay in the desired lane. The move means that Toyota vehicles representing 89.5 per cent1 of its sales are now available with these key features from the Toyota Safety Sense suite of advanced technologies. This includes 97 per cent of Toyota’s passenger cars and more than 85 per cent of its SUVs and its...
Toyota has extended the availability of its hybrid powertrain with the upgraded C-HR being the latest model to benefit from the refined, fuel-efficient drivetrain. The facelifted Toyota C-HR was unveiled in Europe today and will arrive in Australia in December with the new hybrid option to be offered in the biggest selling two-wheel drive (2WD) Koba variant, that makes up nearly half of all C-HR sales. In addition to the new powertrain option, the upgraded...
Toyota is celebrating 60 years of operations in Australia with 2019 marking the 60th anniversary of the first official imports of Toyota vehicles into the country by Thiess Toyota. In 1959, Thiess, a subsidiary of construction company Thiess Holdings, became the official Queensland distributor for Toyota commercial vehicles – making Australia the first official export market for the Japanese brand. To commemorate this proud heritage, Toyota Australia has embarked on a year-long social history project...
Toyota Australia has today announced that it will initiate a Safety Recall on 816 Hiace and 1,899 Landcruiser Prado models due to an issue relating to the fuel injection system of the diesel engines in these vehicles. This recall is due to a production issue which has the potential to affect the tightening torque of the fuel pipe that supplies the common rail. If this were to occur, fuel may leak from the pipe resulting...
Toyota Community Trust has marked two years since its inception with a meeting of all beneficiaries, sharing learnings and celebrating the milestone at the Toyota Centre of Excellence in Altona. Initiated through a $32 million endowment, the Toyota Community Trust was created by Toyota Australia in October of 2017 to honour the legacy of its proud history of local manufacturing in Australia. Since its creation, the Trust has provided over $1.5 million dollars’ worth of...
The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Australia (TGRA) rally team’s Harry Bates and co-driver John McCarthy have won the driver’s and co-driver’s titles in the 2019 Australian Rally Championship (ARC) after a sensational run in the penultimate rally of the season in the Adelaide Hills over the weekend. This is the TGRA driver’s fifth straight win this year, giving him his first ARC driver’s title. Speaking after the win in South Australia, Harry Bates said he was...
Toyota Motor Corporation today announced Australians have bought more LandCruisers than any other country as the iconic vehicle brand passes 10 million global sales. Local sales exceed 1.065 million vehicles, an impressive 10.6 per cent of the global tally that includes today’s LandCruiser Prado, 70 Series and 200 Series and their predecessors. LandCruiser is Toyota’s longest-selling nameplate. It was originally launched in 1951 as the Toyota BJ and renamed LandCruiser in 1954 – 12 years...
The all-new Toyota Granvia will be priced from $62,9901 when it goes on sale on 14 October, offering Australians a stylish, premium people mover packed with luxury features at a value-for-money-price. Available in two grades – Granvia and Granvia VX – with a choice of six or eight seats in both, the new addition to the Toyota lineup delivers supreme comfort, premium appointments and a high level of safety features. Toyota Australia Vice President Sales and...
