The Toyota Urban SUV Concept is revealed previewing a new electric compact production SUV from Toyota to launch in 2024. As all car makers head down the electric car road, much of the early focus was to build big and expensive EVs where the big battery costs could be more easily swallowed. But big, expensive […]
Toyota Yaris Cross gets new hybrid engine option and new Tech for 2024
The Toyota Yaris Cross – Toyota’s compact SUV take on the Yaris – gets a new engine option and extra tech for 2024. It’s just over three years since Toyota transformed the Yaris Hatch into a Yaris SUV – the Toyota Yaris Cross – and a bit over two years since it went on sale […]
Toyota Hilux advert BANNED – for driving through a river [Video]
The ASA has banned an advert for the Toyota Hilux because it’s shown driving across a river without regard for environmental impact. We wonder what the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) considers a proper complaint level for an advert, as it seems to be happy to waste time scrutinising adverts after just a single complaint. We’ve […]
Toyota bZ4X EV gets blue lights and goes to work with Plod
The electric Toyota bZ4X, Toyota’s electric SUV, has gained a set of blue lights and working as a patrol car for London Park Police. Full specs for the Toyota bZ4X EV were revealed at the end of 2021 – and went on sale in the UK early in 2022 – and although it seems an […]
New Toyota Prius IS coming to the UK as Toyota reverses its ‘No Prius for the UK’ decision
After previously announcing the new Toyota Prius will not be sold in the UK, Toyota has a change of heart and confirms it now will be available. There was a time, a decade ago, when the Toyota Prius was the car you needed to drive to show the world you had an ‘eco-conscience’, even if […]
New Toyota FT-Se Concept REVEALED – and it looks like an electric MR2 to come
The Toyota FT-Se Concept has been revealed at the Tokyo Motor Show previewing an electric sports car from Gazoo Racing. Earlier this month Toyota teased a new FT-Se Concept heading for the Tokyo Motor Show, and now it’s been revealed as a new electric sports car concept with Gazoo Racing DNA and looks pretty much […]
Toyota Land Cruiser Se is a first look at an ELECTRIC Land Cruiser
The Toyota Land Cruiser Se Concept is heading for the Tokyo Motor Show previewing a future electric Land Cruiser. Just about every proper rufty tufty SUV on the market now is as much a big, gadget-laden, high-riding Hatch as it is a workhorse built to go anywhere and shake off whatever terrain it meets with […]
New Toyota Hilux GR Sport II builds on last year’s Hilux GR Sport
The New Toyota Hilux GR Sport II arrives as a new range-topper with improved handling and suspension added to last year’s Hilux GR Sport. There was a time when pick-ups were just workhorses, used by trades to lug stuff to site with double-cab versions ferrying people too. But in recent years, pick-ups have become something […]
Electric Toyota FT-3e SUV and sporty electric Toyota FT-Se GR TEASED
Ahead of the Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota teases two new concepts with the electric FT-3e SUV and a sporty electric FT-Se. The Tokyo Motor Show (which is now, officially, the Mobility Show) is looming and home car makers are starting to preview what’s going to be on offer. And today it’s Toyota’s turn to tease […]
New Toyota C-HR Full model range and prices announced
The new Toyota C-HR goes on sale with a choice of Hybrid and PHEV powertrains, five model choices and prices from £31,290 Back in June, the new Toyota C-HR arrived, and it’s effectively a new Prius (which we don’t get in the UK), wrapped up in a still funky, but more grown-up body, improved materials […]