Toyota Australia posted record sales in the second half of 2023 as the country’s top-selling automotive brand marks its “coming of age” with a 21st consecutive year of market leadership. Toyota’s full-year tally of 215,240 deliveries was the 19th time in the past 20 years that the local company’s sales have exceeded 200,000 vehicles – and it is the only brand to have achieved that total in a single year. It was a year of contrasting halves...
**Competition debut of the GR86 racecar set to kick off in Townsville in July as part of the rebranded TGRA GR Cup** **TGRA Scholarship Series to hit the track in Sydney for five rounds from April, 2024** **Bates brothers back on the dirt with the two-car TGRA Rally Team campaign kicking off in Canberra** Toyota is set for a thrilling year of local motorsport ahead with the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Australia (TGRA) Rally Team...
**Extensive testing confirms advanced battery quality for bZ4X** **Lower power consumption designed to extend real-world driving range** **Toyota’s first BEV offers AWD with X-Mode for strong off-tarmac traction** Toyota says its global experience in battery research and production over more than a quarter of a century will benefit Australian customers of its fully electric bZ4X SUV when it goes on sale in February. The company said learnings and expertise from the manufacture of more...
**First customer Tundras on the road as part of Tundra Insider Program** **300 selected customers to help Australian evaluation of Tundra in real-world conditions** The first participants of Toyota Australia’s Tundra Insider Program have been given the keys to their new full-size pick-up, with heavy-duty towing and a lap of Australia just some of the challenges to be tackled as a part of the right-hand evaluation program. Following their right-hand-drive conversion by Walkinshaw Automotive...
Toyota Australia has kicked off its Tundra customer evaluation program with the first re-engineered right-hand drive vehicles now in customers’ hands. The Tundra Insider Program will see 300 potential customers lease the Tundra on a Full Service Lease basis as part of a real-world evaluation and validation program, reporting back regularly to Toyota on their experience. Toyota Australia Vice President Sales, Marketing and Franchise Operations Sean Hanley said this was an important step in what...
Toyota Australia has today announced that it will initiate a recall involving Yaris Cross GR Sport hybrid variants produced between October 2022 and April 2023 (inclusive). There are approximately 245 vehicles involved in the Australian market. Toyota Australia has identified the involved vehicles were equipped with tyres that did not correctly align with the Australian Design Rules (ADR) certification requirements for this model. As a result of this tyre fitment, some performance characteristics may vary...
Toyota Australia has today announced that it will initiate a safety recall of 1 Supra vehicle produced on 01 February 2023. Supra vehicles are equipped with an automatic transmission that includes a control computer. Due to an improper manufacturing process, the case joint welding may be defective. This possible defective welding may allow transmission fluid to penetrate the control computer resulting in a short circuit, which in the worst case the vehicle may lose drive...
The next chapter in the story of the venerable Toyota LandCruiser 70 Series is set to begin with the Australian arrival of the heavily upgraded 4×4 range, sporting new styling, upgraded technology, and a second powertrain option never before offered on the 70 Series. Since its launch in 2007, the current-generation 70 Series range has been available exclusively with the 1VD-FTV 4.5-litre turbo-diesel V8 engine and five-speed manual transmission. However the upgraded LandCruiser introduces the...
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Australia’s (TGRA) Harry Bates and co-driver Coral Taylor have stormed home to win the 2023 Driver’s and Co-Driver’s Championship titles in the Australian Rally Championship (ARC) in what came down to a fierce battle between the Bates brothers in the final round in ACT over the weekend. Going into the weekend of the pair’s home-town Rally of Canberra, Lewis Bates and co-driver Anthony McLoughlin had a narrow 23-point lead but Harry and...
Toyota has unveiled a next-generation Camry that magnifies the popular sedan’s appeal with a striking design, sharp handling and feature-packed convenience – all powered exclusively by the performance and fuel-efficiency of the latest hybrid-electric (HEV) powertrain. The new Camry will be the first Toyota in Australia equipped with the brand’s 2.5-litre, four-cylinder engine and the fifth-generation Toyota Hybrid System, delivering a more controllable and engaging drive experience. Toyota engineers have combined the engine’s output with...
