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 with SOLID-STATE Battery hits the road as Toyota promise £10bn battery investment
Toyota is to invest £10 billion in the development of batteries for EV, and a solid-state battery-powered Toyota hits the road. We’ve followed Toyota’s long journey towards solid-state batteries for a decade, and it looked like they were going to showcase a Toyota car powered by solid-state batteries at the Toyota Olympics. But as Covid […]
Last Toyota GT86 SOLD in the UK – Toyota delivers video eulogy
The last Toyota GT86 has been sold in the UK ahead of a replacement later this year, and Toyota celebrates its life with a new video. It’s just about nine years since the Toyota GT86 went on sale as Toyota’s answer to the lack of a proper ‘affordable’ sports car, although, at a £25k starting […]
Toyota delivers EXPERT advice to keep your car clean and GERM-FREE during Covid-19
As we all strive to keep away from viruses during the Covid-19 outbreak, Toyota delivers expert advice on how to keep you car as clean, germ-free and safe as possible. As we all strive to keep as safe as we can during the Covid-19 outbreak, we’ve rediscovered that one of the bests things we can […]
Toyota GR Yaris – up to 275bhp and four-wheel drive (video)
The Toyota GR Yaris – due to be officially revealed in January – will come with a 3-cylinder petrol engine good for up to 275bhp and 4WD. The Toyota GR Yaris is a Yaris like no other, a car designed to show what Toyota can do in-house and serving as a base/homologation special for Toyota’s […]
Toyota GR Yaris to DEBUT next month in Tokyo
The Toyota GR Yaris – Toyota’s road-going take on the Yaris WRC – will debut at the Tokyo Motor Show in January as Toyota’s second ‘GR’ model. Toyota have been busy testing the new Hot Hatch Toyota GR Yaris ahead of its debut (pictured above) complete with a ‘GR-4’ moniker plastered on the side and […]
WATCH the new Toyota Supra hit the Goodwood Hillclimb
Video of the new Toyota Supra – officially the Toyota A90 Concept – making its global dynamic debut on the Hillclimb at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. It’s taken a generation to return, but the Toyota Supra is back, and it’s made its global dynamic debut on the Hillclimb at the 2018 Goodwood Festival of […]
Toyota GT86 Specials celebrate the 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans [+ video]
Toyota has built a trio of GT86 Coupes to celebrate the 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans, and Toyota’s Le Mans exploits. But these GT86s are not for sale. We did think, when we saw the press release from Toyota, that we were in for another GT86 Special Edition, just a week after the arrival […]
Toyota Hilux Bruiser is a TOY Hilux brought to life (video)
The Toyota Hilux Bruiser is a one-off Hilux pick-up truck created by Toyota UK to celebrate the popular Tamiya remote-controlled toy Hilux. The Toyota Hilux has been around for almost 50 years and has garnered a reputation as an unbreakable workhorse, cemented in a wider consciousness by Top Gear’s escapades with the Toyota pick-up. Not […]
Toyota Safe & Sound App EMBARRASSES your teenage driver in to being safe (Video)
Toyota has revealed a new App for Smartphones – Safe & Sound – which embarrasses young drivers in to being safe by playing uncool music when they misbehave behind the wheel. It almost sounds like an April Fool, but Toyota are entirely serious about playing un-cool music to recalcitrant teenage drivers to get them to […]