Toyota announces voluntary recall of iQ in the UK
Toyota GB today announced it would recall a number of its iQ models in the UK to carry out a modification to the software used to manage the vehicle’s Electric Power Steering (EPS) system.
Toyota GB today announced it would recall a number of its iQ models in the UK to carry out a modification to the software used to manage the vehicle’s Electric Power Steering (EPS) system.
Toyota is right at the heart of the action this weekend, as the inaugural RAC Brighton to London Future Car Challenge takes place this Saturday, 6 November…
The Toyota Avensis race car made its public debut at Brands Hatch in late 2010. The NGTC test car was driven by double BTCC champ James Thompson.
Achieving over 70mpg in a full-size family car with a 2.0-litre diesel engine might seem like quite a feat – even if that car is made by Toyota. Read on to find out what happened when we took to the 399-mile MPG Marathon route in an Avensis…
What do you think of these pictures of the Avensis? Released by GPR Motorsport, they are artist’s impressions of the British Touring Car Championship’s new ‘Next Generation Touring Car’ prototype…
We take a closer look at Toyota Deeside plant, the first Toyota factory outside of Japan to have the honour of building a hybrid vehicle engine.
The International Engine of the Year awards 2010 jury named Toyota’s Hybrid Synergy Drive powertrain as the ‘Green Engine of the Year’
With CO2 emissions starting at 89g/km, we know the new Toyota Auris Hybrid is a low emissions car. But how ‘green’ are the manufacturing plants, and what efforts have been made to improve their efficiency? We go behind the scenes at Toyota Manufacturing UK (TMUK) to find out.
We think we know quite a lot about Hybrid Synergy Drive here on the blog. After all, Toyota has been developing hybrid technology for over 10 years, having already produced three generations of the award-winning Prius. But we’re not sure we can quite live up to the standards set by Toyota Manufacturing UK – its members now have their own national qualification in hybrid technology!
How is Auris Hybrid quality assured? We go behind the scenes at TMUK to appreciate the attention to detail that goes into the British-built car.
In the first of a range of posts leading up to the July 1 launch of the new Auris Hybrid, we take you behind the scenes at Toyota’s manufacturing plant in Burnaston, UK. Following on from our time in Barcelona, we find out how the Auris Hybrid is built and discover the many ways in which Toyota Manufacturing UK (TMUK) has risen to the challenge of building Europe’s first mass-produced hybrid car.
This 2010 Auris Hybrid reviews article rounds up what the UK’s motoring media thought of the hatchback on its launch in Barcelona.
Welcome to part two of our Auris Hybrid Q&A. If you have any more questions, it’s not too late to ask – feel free to submit more questions below…
Discover how scientists tracking Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano used a modified Toyota Hilux to set up monitoring equipment.