The all-new Toyota RAV4 will offer class-leading safety across the entire 11-model range when it goes on sale in the second quarter of 2019. As part of its leading Toyota Safety Sense* suite of features, every model in the lineup will incorporate active cruise control (ACC), pre-collision safety system (PCS) with pedestrian detection, daylight cyclist detection, road sign assist, lane departure alert and automatic high beam. All models fitted with continuously variable or automatic transmissions...
Toyota Australia is calling on budding, young artists to let their imaginations run wild and draw or paint their own imaginary car as part of the 2019 Dream Car Art Contest. Entries are now open for the Australian round of the global Toyota contest with submissions closing March 1, 2019. The annual contest, now in its 13th year, calls on artists in three age categories – under 8 years, 8-11 years, and 12-15 years – to...
Toyota Australia has announced the introduction of the Toyota Warranty Advantage – a standard five-year^ manufacturer warranty for all new Toyota vehicles sold from January 1, 2019. In a move designed to drive greater value, confidence and loyalty for Toyota owners, the Toyota Warranty Advantage includes unlimited kilometres for private buyers and 160,000km for vehicles used for commercial purposes. The new five-year protection and other benefits apply to all models across the range, from the...
Drought charity, Rural Aid, has been named the charity partner for the 2019 Toyota Country Music Festival, Australia’s largest music festival with funds being raised by the traditional festival hat donations and Travis Collins in Concert in Toyota Park One lucky Australian will also get the chance to win a custom-built LandCruiser 200 Sahara created by Toyota Australia as the major prize in the Raffle for Resilience# launched at the start of Australia’s largest music...
Toyota Australia will recall an additional 1,541 vehicles built between 2014 and 2016 ahead of schedule. This campaign involves Yaris sedan and Rukus models that have been installed with faulty Takata airbags. These vehicles were previously included in future Takata recalls scheduled for either 31 January or 1 April 2019. In involved vehicles, the airbag is faulty and it could kill or seriously injure you and other people in your vehicle when it reaches six...
Toyota HiLux has triumphed with a milestone first victory in the world’s most gruelling rally, Dakar. Champion driver Nasser Al Attiyah and co-driver Mathieu Baumel cruised to the finish line with a 46-minute cushion after the 3,000km marathon dominated by Peru’s tricky and often treacherous sand dunes. Competing under the Toyota GAZOO Racing SA banner, they avoided taking any risks on the short 10th and final stage of one of the toughest Dakar rallies in...
The all-new Toyota GR Supra, the fifth generation of Toyota’s legendary sports car and the first global GR model to be produced by Toyota GAZOO Racing, has made its world debut at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Conceived as a sports car in its purest form, the new Toyota GR Supra builds on the heritage of Toyota’s past Supra generations and the 2000GT sports car with its classic layout of a front-mounted,...
Toyota HiLux is leading the gruelling Dakar rally into its final days in the hands of former winners Nasser Al Attiyah and navigator Mathieu Baumel. The Qatari superstar and his French navigator, competing under the Toyota GAZOO Racing SA banner, have led the overall rally after every stage bar one. Confirming HiLux’s durability in the world’s toughest motorsport event, Al Attiyah/Baumel improved their advantage after five stages to almost 25 minutes, marking the mid-point of...
Toyota has been crowned the market leader for the 16th year in a row after selling an impressive 217,061 vehicles in 2018. An extraordinary five Toyota vehicles established new sales records last year with HiLux joined by four SUVs – RAV4, LandCruiser Prado, Kluger and C-HR. HiLux was the best-selling vehicle in Australia for the third year in a row with a record 51,705 deliveries, an increase of 9.8 per cent. Corolla topped the passenger-car...
Toyota Australia has today announced the introduction of the Toyota Warranty Advantage – a standard five year^ manufacturer warranty for all new Toyota vehicles sold from January 1, 2019. In a move designed to drive greater value, confidence and loyalty for Toyota owners, The Toyota Warranty Advantage includes unlimited kilometres for private buyers and 160,000km for vehicles used for commercial purposes. The new five-year protection and other benefits apply to all models across the range,...
