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 […]
Toyota to reveal SOLID STATE Batteries in 2020 as EV move gathers pace
Toyota has revealed it is ramping up plans for a range of electric cars, and plans to reveal an electric car with solid state batteries before the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. It’s no secret that Toyota has been unimpressed with the rush to deliver electric cars, and has instead concentrated on developing its hybrid […]
Toyota Hilux Invincible X range-topping pick-up gets a 2019 update
The Toyota Hilux Invincible X – Toyota’s range-topping pick-up – gets an update for 2019 and goes on sale in the UK in August. If you want an ‘Invincible’ Toyota pick-up in the UK because you’re a farmer, or a fencer, or a roofer or any of a number of trades that need a workhorse […]
Toyota extends its ‘Scrappage’ scheme (again) to push the Aygo and Yaris
Toyota has extended its scrappage scheme – offering discounts for trading old cars – again, this time with up to £2,500 off a new Yaris. As the backlash against diesels started to gain momentum in 2017, car makers ploughed in to ‘Scrappage’ schemes to entice owners of older, more polluting, cars to jump in to […]
Toyota to build Suzukis based on the Corolla and RAV4 in the UK
As part of a wide-ranging partnership, Toyota is to be build two cars in the UK for Suzuki, one based on the Corolla and one on the RAV4. Partnerships between car makers look to be the only sustainable way for growth as technology costs rise, and the partnership between Toyota and Suzuki is another example […]
New Toyota Camry UK Price and Spec announced
The new 2019 Toyota Camry, revealed last year, is going on sale in the UK as a hybrid, with prices starting at £29,995 for the Camry Design. Last year we revealed the Toyota Camry is heading for the UK as a replacement for the Avensis after a 14 year hiatus, complete with new TNGA Platform […]
New Toyota Corolla GR Sport and Corolla Trek ANNOUNCED
Toyota is adding to the new Corolla range with the sporty Corolla GT Sport and Corolla Trek ‘Crossover’, with both models debuting at the Geneva Motor Show. Now Toyota has revived the Corolla in the UK – replacing the relatively short-lived Auris – it seems to be on a mission to extend the Corolla range. […]