Toyota announces entry price of ‘exciting’ GT 86 coupe

Toyota returns to the sporty end of the market this year with the launch of its new GT 86 sports coupe. Unveiled at last year’s Tokyo Motor Show, the GT 86 heralds a return to the pure enjoyment of driving by Toyota and has been designed to be entirely driver-focused. Power comes from a 2.0-litre flat-four "boxer" unit that delivers a maximum 197bhp coupled to a six-speed manual or automatic transmission. Power is distributed to the rear wheels via a limited slip differential to...

Toyota builds 400,000th European hybrid in Derbyshire

Toyota has built its 400,000th European hybrid at its Burnaston factory in Derbyshire. The car, an Auris Hybrid, was handed over to Valentine Nkwocha, a company car driver for a Belgian IT company. The Auris Hybrid was the first full hybrid power Toyota to be built in Europe and has been manufactured at Burnaston since 2010. Globally, the Japanese carmaker has sold more than 3.5 million hybrid vehicles to date, representing a cumulative saving of more than 23 million tonnes of CO2...

Fancy your own iQ?

Toyota has launched a customization programme, allowing new owners of its iQ city car to choose from a range of decorative stickers, paint colours and upholsteries. The Japanese carmaker is offering hundreds of possible permutations for the iQ, with eight external paint colours, six roof and body stickers and six leather combinations. The stickers range from a classic monochrome check to a psychedelic multicolour swirl, or a scattering of colourful quadrilaterals to a flow of bubbles. The...

Toyota’s Prius updated for 2012

Toyota has updated its Prius for 2012, with a new style front and new upholstery giving the world’s best-selling electric vehicle a higher quality feel. As well as a new-look front end, the third generation Prius also has higher equipment specifications, including the Toyota Touch interface, multimedia connectivity and Bluetooth as standard on all models and the Touch & Go Plus media and navigation system available as standard on Prius T Spirit and an option onT3 & T4. Externally,...

Single specification for 2012 Toyota Land Cruiser V8

Toyota has announced that its 2012 V8 Land Cruiser will come in a single specification when it arrives in the UK on 1 March. Featuring a new frontal design, including new-look bumper, grille and foglights, the UK specification comes with black roof rails, LED daytime running lights and 20-inch alloy wheels. Other new features for motorists to get excited about includes the world’s first Turn Assist system which reduces the vehicle’s turning circle when being driven through a tight offroad, a...