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 […]
Toyota Mirai FCV – more details, performance figures & video
The Toyota Mirai FCV – Toyota’s new hydrogen-powered car – arrives on video revealing more details of the car and details of its performance. Toyota properly revealed their hydrogen fuel cell car last month, and gave it a name – the Toyota Mirai, appropriately Japanese for The Future – promising a car with all the […]
Toyota GT86: UK TV Advert
As sales of the Toyota GT86 gain momentum, Toyota are upping the marketing with a new TV advert for the GT86. Yes, the Toyota GT86 may need a bit more power. But perhaps, just like the MX-5, the joy of the GT86 is that you can explore the limits of its abilities without having to […]
Toyota GT86 Drift Sprint with Keiichi Tsuchiya
The Toyota GT86 gets another dose of ‘Cheap Fun’ PR with the Drift Sprint competition featuring Keiichi Tsuchiya. Keiichi Tsuchiya is the ‘Drift King’ with his Toyota AE86 sliding and squirming in balletic slides as he makes it dance in a way cars just don’t. So it makes sense to get Keiichi Tsuchiya in to the driving […]
New Toyota GT 86 video with the Toyota Sports 800
Toyota has released new video of the GT 86, with a tribute to their first car, the Toyota Sports 800. Toyota may not have the history that European car makers enjoy, but they can now claim a genesis of almost 50 years. Which explains why Toyota has chosen to hark back to their first car – the […]
Toyota accelerator recall – explanation, advice +video
Following on from the recall announced by Toyota yesterday for sticking accelerator problems we have some advice and a video. Not surprisingly, we’ve had emails and comments left on Cars UK from owners of Toyotas worried about the ‘Sticky Throttle’ recall announced yesterday for Toyota cars in the UK and Europe, not to mention the […]