Thursday, January 26, 2012
* The 400,000th hybrid is an Auris Hybrid produced in the UK * Delivered to fleet customer CTG in Belgium Toyota delivered its 400,000th hybrid in Europe today. The first hybrid car that Toyota put on the European market was the first generation Prius back in 2000. Since then two new Prius generations have appeared [...]
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Full hybrid technology in the European B-segment for the first time Combines Yaris design with hybrid cues to offer distinct and refined look Segment leading CO2 emissions from downsized full hybrid powertrain Frequent zero emissions operation underscores silent, smooth and relaxing driving No compromise on performance (100 DIN hp) and comfort (air-conditioning & automatic transmission) [...]
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Toyota Motor Europe (TME) today announced a 1.7% sales increase in 2011 with sales totalling 822,386 vehicles, up 14,075 from 2010, including 778,749 Toyota and 43,637 Lexus vehicles, representing an estimated 4.2% market share. “Despite severe supply disruptions during the year and increasingly uncertain economic conditions, we have worked hard to restart our growth in [...]
Monday, November 28, 2011
Toyota City, Japan, November 28, 2011—Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Yamaha Motor) are collaborating in the development of communications-linked next-generation vehicles with the aim of building a new mobility society of the future. A part of this collaboration is their joint exhibition of a communications-linked electric commuter concept and an “electrically [...]
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Monday, November 28, 2011
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will show at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show 2011 the “Toyota Fun-Vii”1, a concept vehicle that heralds a not-too-distant future where people, cars and society are linked. The theme of the show—to take place2 from November 30 through December 11 at Tokyo Big Sight in Koto Ward, Tokyo—is “Mobility can change [...]
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Sunday, November 27, 2011
• Entirely driver-focused sports car designed to recapture the intrinsic joy of driving • World’s most compact four-seater sports car with ultra-low centre of gravity and optimum power-to-weight ratio • A return to Toyota’s sporting roots with the world’s only front-mounted horizontally opposed engine and rear-wheel drive package • Powertrain combines Subaru’s 2.0 litre, flat-four [...]
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Toyota City, Japan, November 15, 2011—Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will feature several concept cars to highlight its Toyota-brand exhibit at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show. The concepts aim to make fresh proposals concerning the dream and joy of motor vehicles under the concept “Fun to Drive, Again.”*1. The show, under the theme “Mobility can change [...]
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Toyota today announced the start of production of the new Toyota Avensis at the Burnaston facility of Toyota Motor Manufacturing United Kingdom (TMUK). The new Avensis, unveiled at the recent 2011 IAA Frankfurt Motor Show, will reach showrooms early next year. Tony Walker, TMUK Deputy Managing Director, said: “This is great news for TMUK, we [...]
COLOGNE (Germany) – Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) has set a new lap record for an electric vehicle (EV) at the legendary 20.8km Nu?rburgring Nordschleife circuit in Germany. The TMG EV P001, with 100% electric powertrain and Jochen Krumbach at the wheel, set a new lap record of 7mins 47.794secs to beat the previous lap record, [...]
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Toyota City, Japan, August 24, 2011—Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that the new U.S. model “Camry” was launched in the United States on August 23 (local time) with a series of simultaneously telecast media events held in Los Angeles, California; Georgetown, Kentucky; New York City, New York and Detroit, Michigan. The new model Camry is [...]
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