The Toyota Ultra-Compact BEV is revealed ahead of a debut at the Tokyo Motor Show as a tiny electric city car. And it’s going in to production. Toyota has eschewed electric cars in favour of hybrids so far, but the focus is changing, in part because Toyota has no choice, but also because they seem […]
The new Toyota Yaris REVEALED – but it’ll be a year before the new Yaris arrives in the UK
The all-new Toyota Yaris is revealed with a new platform, new interior, new looks and new powertrains, but it’ll be September 2020 before you can take delivery in the UK. The current Toyota Yaris is a decent car, very competent and able, if a little bland, and despite Toyota’s updates to the Yaris over the […]
New Toyota RAV4 Plug-in Hybrid joins the RAV4 range next year
The Toyota RAV4 is getting a new powertrain option in the UK next year, with a plug-in hybrid version arriving to joining the ‘self charging’ hybrid. The Toyota RAV4 has always been a bit of a conservative buy, loved by more mature car buyers and a staple of Toyota’s range for 25 years. But a […]
New Toyota Mirai Hydrogen Fuel Cell car REVEALED
Toyota reveals the next-generation Toyota Mirai Hydrogen Fuel Cell car, with a new look and improved fuel cell system. Debuts at the Toyota Motor Show. In normal terms, the hydrogen-powered Toyota Mira, which arrived five years ago, has been a real failure, selling in small numbers – around 2.000 a year – and carrying a […]
Toyota C-HR now with 182bhp 2.0 litre Toyota Hybrid
Toyota has updated the C-HR range with the addition of the new 2.0 litre hybrid powertrain as well as equipment ans suspension upgrades. If you want a funky little urban runaround, you tend to think first of the Nissan Juke, a car which defined the sector when it arrived. But the Toyota C-HR is arguably […]
New Toyota Corolla TREK – it’s a Toyota Corolla Touring Sports ‘Allroad’
The new Toyota Corolla TREK arrives as an addition to the Corolla Touring Sports range, offering raised ride height and rufty-tufty updates. It’s a year since the new Toyota Corolla was revealed as Toyota decided to go back to the future with the Corolla badge replacing the Auris, 12 years after it happened the other […]
Toyota Land Cruiser passes 10 MILLION sales in 68 years
The Toyota Land Cruiser has passed the 10 million production benchmark after 68 years in production and sales in 170 countries around the world. We’ve had endless new Land Rover Defender news in the last few weeks as Land Rover delivers a 21st century replacement for its do anything, go anywhere workhorse icon. In its […]
Toyota 5+ Club – Discount SERVICING for older Toyotas
The new Toyota 5+ Club offers 20 per cent discount on service costs and MOTs for Toyotas five years old or more, and a price match promise too. There are good reasons for using a main dealer to service your car, but independent car service specialists, certainly good ones, can usually do the work at […]
2019 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid gets a bit of a TITIVATE – and five seats
The Toyota Prius Plug-in, the ‘non self charging’ Prius, get a bit of an update for 2019, including seating for five thanks to a new back seat. Toyota are keen to keep their ‘self charging’ hybrid cars front and centre as the world gets switched on to electric assistance as a way of cutting running […]
Will Toyota’s Solid State Electric Car Battery be Tesla’s Nemesis?
Will the arrival of solid state batteries for electric cars from Toyota – expected in 2020 – sound the death knell for Tesla? We’ve been following Toyota’s mission to develop Solid State batteries for electric cars ever since we discovered, back in 2011, that Toyota were working on developing solid state batteries in collaboration with […]