Toyopet Crown: America’s first Japanese car
Toyota’s first full-scale passenger car was also America’s first Japanese car. But how did the US market receive the Toyopet Crown in 1958?
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Driving Britain’s oldest Toyota to the world’s oldest Toyota
We take our 50-year-old Toyota Corona on a road trip to the Netherlands to meet its oldest known relative, the Toyoda Model AA at the Louwman Museum.
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Toyota Crown – history of a living legend
We look through the first six generations of the evergreen Toyota Crown, from its post-war beginnings to the end of its availability in the UK in 1984.
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Toyota Celica history – a groundbreaking sports car
We chart the seven-generation and 35-year history of Celica, Toyota’s remarkable go-anywhere, do-anything sports car.
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Toyota Corolla generations: 1970-74
We take a closer look at the second-generation Corolla, which offered greater competence and enhanced performance for the world’s new high speed era.
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Toyota Corolla: foundations of a world-beater
In the first of a new series focusing on the history of the Corolla, we look at the events that led to the introduction of Toyota’s world-beater.
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Toyota: celebrating 20 years of car building in the UK
In December 1992, history was made when the first Toyota Carina E rolled off the line at our brand-new factory at Burnaston, in Derbyshire.
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How old is Toyota? In 2012 it celebrated 75 years
The formation of the Toyota Motor Company in 1937 established a business that has grown to become one of the world’s most successful and respected global manufacturers.