Toyota awards Welsh, Lancashire, and Lincolnshire dealers with customer satisfaction gongs

Three UK dealerships are celebrating after winning top honours at Toyota’s ‘Ichiban’ European Customer Satisfaction Award event held on 8 May in the National Assembly Building in Budapest. Harlech Toyota, RRG Rochdale and Listers Boston were rewarded for their their exceptional performance in customer satisfaction in both Sales and After Sales areas. The three sites beat off competition from around 2,600 European retailers to win the awards. Based on a very demanding set of selection...

RRG Group announces Olympics long jump hopeful sponsorship

North West dealer group RRG has today revealed it will sponsor local Olympics hopeful Abigail Irozuru as she attempts to represent GB in the London 2012 games this summer. As part of the deal Irozuru has been handed the keys to a 2012 Toyota Auris at their head office in Salford. The 22-year old long jumper hails from Manchester and competes for Sale Harriers athletics club. No stranger to competition at home or abroad, she has won Gold at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games and 2012 National...

Toyota launches free app guide to company car tax

Toyota and Lexus have launched a new free Company Car Tax Guide to help company car users and fleet managers keep up-to-date with the latest company car tax matters. The guide is available as an app for Apple and Android smart phones, tablets and PCs from toyotalexusfleetservices.co.uk. The guide provides full details of how business cars and vans are treated for tax in the UK, and allows users to calculate BIK (Benefit-in-Kind) and NIC (National Insurance Contributions) over a...

Toyota’s hybrid MPV, Prius+, available to order

Toyota is continuing with its hybrid technology with the launch this summer of the Prius+,  Europe’s first full hybrid seven-seat MPV. The new model, which the car maker says combines traditional people carrier practicality with ultra-efficient performance, is also the first mainstream Toyota hybrid to use a lighter and more compact lithium-ion battery pack. The new model comes in two grades, the T4 and the T Spirit and thanks to the efficiency of its Hybrid Synergy Drive powertrain, its...

Toyota Yaris confirmed as most affordable hybrid

Toyota has confirmed that its new Yaris Hybrid will be the most affordable hybrid when it goes on sale in the UK this July. Available to order today, prices start at just £14,995 for the entry-level T3 trim level, the mid-spec T4 weighs in at £15,895, with top spec T Spirit available for £16,995. No confirmation on contract hire rates at the moment. With Toyota bringing its lauded Hybrid Synergy Drive technology to the supermini sector for the first time, the Yaris will be one of the...