Australia’s first and only indigenous youth motorsport team, Racing Together, will make its debut in the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Australia (TGRA) Scholarship Series this weekend when 16-year-old Karlai Warner gets behind the wheel of a Toyota 86 as part of the Motorsport Australia Trophy Series at Queensland Raceway. Toyota Australia is a proud supporter of Racing Together – a Queensland-based not-for-profit organisation that helps indigenous youth gain motorsport experience and employment pathways – and offered...
Toyota Australia and BHP are proud to announce the strengthening of their relationship, aimed at enhancing safety and decarbonisation measures within BHP’s Australian operations. This collaboration, solidified today through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), represents a significant milestone in the ongoing relationship between the two industry-leading brands. A primary objective of the collaboration is to work together across safety, engineering and product development teams focussed on safety in light vehicles design and...
The all-new Toyota LandCruiser Prado family SUV has made its world premiere, bringing with it significant mechanical upgrades, enhanced performance, and rugged styling changes ahead of its arrival in Australian showrooms mid next year. Since its arrival in 1996, the Prado has been one of Australia’s most popular large SUVs thanks to its blend of capability, amenity and passenger-oriented comfort, and the all-new model continues that brief with go-anywhere performance and a design that symbolises...
Toyota has taken the wraps off a significantly upgraded LandCruiser 70 Series that will be offered with a four-cylinder turbodiesel engine mated to a six-speed automatic transmission for the first time when it arrives in Australia in Q4 2023. In addition to the new powertrain, the upgraded 70 Series brings refreshed styling, a significant increase in safety technology and comfort and convenience features, and an upgraded multimedia system. The new powertrain will be available across...
Car rental innovator KINTO Australia has today announced that 100% of its passenger cars and SUVs now consists of fuel-efficient hybrid-electric vehicles, with Australians across the country able to travel flexibly and affordably with KINTO. KINTO reimagines travel to allow everyone the freedom to move, with a wide range of modern Toyota vehicles for hire from as little as an hour or up to 364 days at a time. Users pay for the time they...
The legendary Toyota HiLux is set to reach new heights in September with the arrival of the new GR Sport flagship variant, bringing a raft of mechanical and visual upgrades over the rest of the 4×4 dual-cab pick-up range. Enhancements include the most powerful diesel engine yet seen in a HiLux, an upgraded suspension system and new styling elements, with the HiLux GR Sport arriving in showrooms priced from $73,990 plus on-road costs1. Toyota Australia...
Toyota Australia enters its 24th year of supporting Planet Ark’s annual planting events, Schools Tree Day and National Tree Day. Organised by Planet Ark in partnership with Toyota, Australia’s largest community tree planting events will be held on Friday 28th July and Sunday 30th July. This annual event encourages Australians to engage with native wildlife and learn more about their surrounding environment by planting native trees and shrubs within their community. This year, through its...
Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Limited (TMCA) today revealed an after-tax profit of $137 million for the financial year ended 31 March 2023. Financial-year sales by Toyota and Lexus continued to represent more than one out of every five new vehicles delivered in Australia (20.5%), despite an overall decline of 5.5 per cent to 221,273 passenger cars, SUVs and commercial vehicles. Availability of in-demand hybrid-electric vehicles was particularly affected by the global shortage of semiconductors, yet...
The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Australia (TGRA) 86 Series is set to kick off this weekend (7-9 July) as 34 Toyota 86s line up on the grid as a support category for the NTI Townsville 500 Supercars Championship event. The final grid for the main 2023 TGRA 86 Series will see previous competitors and new young hopefuls battling it out through 15 races over five rounds, culminating in a thrilling final round at the iconic Mount...
Toyota is set to offer approximately 10 percent fuel economy improvement for certain HiLux models, compared to the current 2.8-litre turbo diesel variants, when upgraded versions fitted with 48-Volt Technology arrive in the first half of 2024. 48-Volt Technology will be combined with the 2.8-litre turbo diesel engine and six-speed automatic transmission and comprises an additional 48-Volt battery, small electric motor-generator and other components. In addition to delivering improved fuel economy, 48-Volt Technology will also...
