Toyota’s Good for Footy raffle is aiming to raise $1 million this year for hundreds of grassroots footy clubs around Australia. The raffle includes Toyota-donated prizes valued at up to $150,000, including three new vehicles, and allows hundreds of clubs to rally their local communities to buy tickets at just $5 each. All funds from the online ticket sales go back to the clubs, who are able to register to participate at https://www.toyota.com.au/partnerships/afl/raffle. Toyota has helped...
Torque Toyota have been proud supporters of Smiling for Smiddy and the Mater Foundation for over 5 years. We are pleased to say that by the end of 2019, have supported Team Torque in raising $50 000 towards cancer research. Our involvement started when our Fleet Manager, Jeff McKeon, lost a dear friend after a long battle with cancer. Determined to not sit on the side line anymore, a bedside promise that Jeff made to...
Toyota will significantly increase the safety technology offered on its HiLux with the addition of Toyota Safety Sense driver assistance features as part of a range-wide upgrade arriving over the coming months. All models gain pre-collision safety system with day and night pedestrian detection and day cyclist detection, high-speed active cruise control, lane departure alert with steering assistance and road sign assist. The substantial upgrade in features is expected to deliver a five-star 2019 ANCAP...
Toyota GAZOO Racing Australia’s Harry Bates and co-driver John McCarthy put in a faultless performance over the weekend in Rally Tasmania to take the win after finishing fastest in 16 of 17 special stages. The pair’s win in the Toyota Yaris AP4 is their third in a row in the Australian Rally Championship (ARC) and firmly cements them at the top of the driver’s and co-driver’s championship, a full 61 points clear of second placed...
Toyota will take on the notorious “green hell” this weekend when the Toyota GAZOO Racing GR Supra lines up on the grid for the Nürburgring 24-hour race in Germany. With over 150 cars battling it out on the 25km track over 24 hours, the annual endurance race is a supreme test for drivers, teams and vehicles alike. In preparation for the race, Toyota has already entered the GR Supra in two rounds of the VLN...
Toyota Australia has sold out of its first allocation of the all new A90 Supra in the first online sales of this type by the company. The reservation window opened yesterday at 12:00 AEST and within the first seven minutes the first 100 orders were reserved. Toyota Australia was also recently able to secure additional units, allowing this first window to be extended to 150 reservations in total. This full allocation was snapped up within...
Following its dramatic 1-2 win in the iconic Le Mans 24-hour in France over the weekend for the second consecutive year, Toyota has confirmed it will continue to compete in the World Endurance Championship (WEC) beyond 2020 with a race car based on the road-going GR Super Sport currently under development. The two-car Toyota GAZOO Racing team’s victory in the final race of the 2018/19 WEC Super Season at Le Mans came after it dominated...
The Toyota Good for Cricket Raffle has wrapped up after another successful year, with $560,110 raised by the 388 grassroots cricket clubs who registered to participate. Toyota Australia has also announced the winner of the raffle prizes – which includes the first prize Toyota Kluger AWD Grande 3.5-litre Petrol Auto Wagon valued at up to $65,109.73. Every State and Territory was represented in the raffle, with the biggest individual ticket selling effort by the Midland...
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will bring the curtain down on its record-breaking 2018-2019 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season when it sets out to defend its Le Mans 24 Hours crown next week in the most challenging event of the year. Following its historic first victory last year, in the second race of the 2018-2019 WEC season, the team has dominated, winning six of the seven races so far, and goes into the 87th Le Mans...
Do you ever find your car reluctant to start up on a cold morning? Winter is hard for cars because the whole idea of the modern vehicle is to use combustion by igniting and using the fumes to power the vehicle. In the colder months, the battery that starts and powers the electrics of the car has to do so much more work to get an engine firing initially to suck in air and fuel...
