Toyota People: Gerard and Kieran, dedicated job-for-lifers
Dedicating your entire working life to one company is rare these days, so we’re introducing two men with a combined total of almost 75 years of experience for the same dealership!
Owners Stories
Owners Stories are all about the proud people who own Toyotas and have interesting tales to tell about the things they do with their cars.
Toyota People: Fergus McIver, resto-modder
We meet the Japanese car fan who cannot resist restoring and modifying classics, even when it’s as rare as a 1968 Toyota Corona Deluxe.
Toyota People: Guy Nicholls, world-class Hilux collector
Our regular Toyota People feature returns with a focus on Guy Nicholls, owner of possibly the world’s finest collection of Hilux single cab pick-ups – all of which are genuine UK models.
Toyota People: Warner Lewis, rally’s Mr Toyota
In this first Toyota People article we meet Warner Lewis, the rally mechanic who specialises in the maintenance and restoration of ex-works Celica GT-Four models.
Best high-mileage cars – the 435,000-mile Prius
There are plenty of Toyota hybrids that have covered high mileages without skipping a beat, but few have been as far as Bob Old’s Toyota Prius.
Toyota Stories – Bob Bacon’s 30-year old Toyota Hilux
Meet Bob Bacon and find out why he’s trusted the same Toyota Hilux for the past 30 years – and why he won’t part with it.
Toyota Stories – Graeme Calvin’s 1977 Toyota Corolla Deluxe
Graeme Calvin’s Toyota Corolla has provided nearly 40 years of faithful service. Enjoy a trip down memory lane in our latest Toyota Story.
Coffee Cruiser – a converted Toyota FJ Cruiser
Childhood sweethearts Claire Barrell and Clive Arnold reconnected following a tragedy and turned a Toyota FJ Cruiser into a unique business.
Toyota Stories – Liam Young’s 16-year, 410,000-mile Toyota Land Cruiser odyssey
This is the story of Liam Young, a Northern Irish vet who covered 410,000 miles over 16 years in his “bulletproof” 90-series Toyota Land Cruiser.
Toyota Stories – midwife Faith Meaney and her modified Toyota GT86
We meet modified Toyota GT86 owner and senior midwife, Faith Meaney, to talk car club culture, motor racing and epidurals.
Toyota Stories – the Hyatt family
What could possibly turn the head of an engineer away from his dream Ferrari? Watch this exclusive video about the Hyatt family’s preference for a Prius over Italian exotica.
Toyota stories – Ewan Johnston’s AE86
“I’ve been a Toyota fan for a while but it took me a while to find the perfect one for me,” writes Ewan Johnston, who picks up the pen to tell this story about his AE86 Trueno
