Calling all green thumbs! Planet Ark’s National Tree Day 2022 is approaching, and we’re rallying the Brisbane and Moreton Bay community together for this important event. Will you join us? Torque Toyota is committed to a sustainable future, and we’re excited to be supporting Planet Ark for yet another fabulous year (15 and counting!) on Australia’s largest annual tree-planting and nature care event. SCHOOLS TREE DAY On Friday 29th July, 2022, school students right across...
Toyota will provide customers with a new powertrain choice, in the popular Kluger, with the addition of a new 2.4-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine in the first quarter of 2023. The new four-cylinder engine will introduce a highly efficient and more responsive powertrain for families in Australia. The 2.4-litre engine employs a range of sophisticated technologies, including a newly developed turbocharger, optimised fuel injection system and long stroke to deliver excellent response and high output. Toyota Australia...
Toyota is set to upgrade its iconic workhorse 4WD LandCruiser 70 Series with improvements to safety technology and an increase in gross vehicle mass (GVM), offering greater payload. Due to arrive in November of 2022, the upgraded LandCruiser 70 Series pickup and wagon range benefits from the addition of a pre-collision safety system incorporating autonomous emergency braking with pedestrian and cyclist detection1. This builds upon the already extensive safety technology that includes anti-lock braking, traction...
Toyota will expand its much-anticipated GR Corolla sports car range in Australia, with a new and even more track -focused two-seater variant featuring increased body rigidity, lower weight and boosted torque. The performance-focused two-seater is due to arrive in Australia in 2023, with limited allocation for the first year of production. Details on the ordering process for both variants of this exciting new model will be announced in the fourth quarter of 2022. Toyota Australia...
Toyota has announced a raft of upgrades across its passenger car and small SUV range, with the Corolla hatch and sedan, Yaris, Yaris Cross, C-HR, GR Supra and Camry set to receive a range of enhancements, to be rolled out over the second half of 2022. Toyota Australia Vice President Sales, Marketing and Franchise Operations Sean Hanley said the raft of updates across a number of models, were evidence of Toyota’s ongoing commitment to continuously...
Queensland student, Louis Hagemann, has been judged the Australian winner of the annual Toyota Dream Car Art Contest, following more than 2,000 entries from aspiring artists. 12-year-old Louis let his imagination run wild to create a Dream Car of the future, focusing on important environmental issues. Louis, from Queensland Trinity Lutheran College, said his winning entry was inspired by the Toyota 79 Series LandCruiser and took him six hours to create. Titled Powered by Nature...
Toyota has again been awarded Australia’s Most Trusted Car Brand in the annual Reader’s Digest Trusted Brands Survey. This is the 17th year in a row that Toyota Australia has been recognised as the most trusted automotive brand by consumers and readers of the iconic publication. The national survey, conducted by independent consultancy Catalyst Research, asked more than 3,300 members of the Australian public for their opinions on what brands are important to them. Reader’s...
Toyota has taken the wraps off the updated GR Supra, that will see the iconic sports car available with a manual transmission when it arrives in Australia in the final quarter of 2022. The newly developed six-speed manual gearbox has been specifically developed to match the performance characteristics of the 285kW/500Nm 3.0-litre straight six, rear-drive engine to deliver superlative driving thrills for enthusiasts. Toyota Australia Vice President Sales, Marketing and Franchise Operations Sean Hanley said...
Toyota has unveiled the long-awaited GR Corolla sports car, promising a spirited driving experience by combining essential GR Yaris underpinnings with an athletic five-door version of the world’s best-selling nameplate. Scheduled to arrive locally in the final quarter of 2022, GR Corolla will be the fourth GR sports-car model to be launched in Australia, joining the GR Supra, GR Yaris and the upcoming GR86. GR Corolla’s performance credentials include a strengthened version of the homologation-special...
Toyota’s all-new LandCruiser 300 Series has been judged the best 4×4 wagon in the country, according to the experts at the leading off-road publication 4X4 Australia. Naming the LandCruiser VX as 4×4 Wagon of the Year, editor Matt Raudonikis said Toyota understood the recipe for success in Australia’s harsh local landscape, describing the new model as an industry leader for another generation of off-roaders. “Seventy years of experience and development have chiselled and shaped the...
