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.
New Tech
In New Tech we describe some of the innovations Toyota is bringing to its range of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles.
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.
Toyota history: from loom to vroom
A brief Toyota history from its weaving roots to the launch of our first domestically developed passenger car, the 1955 Toyopet Crown
Toyota introduces rewarding recycling for end-of-life vehicle disposal
Even Toyota’s cars reach the end of the road eventually, which is why we are introducing a system that rewards you for helping us ensure they are responsibly and efficiently disposed of.
Toyota drives hydrogen development
Toyota joins forces with some of the world’s largest car companies to promote hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles.
Toyota healthcare robots shown in Japan
Toyota is displaying two robots designed to provide support in medical treatment and nursing in Tokyo this month.
How many cars has Toyota built?
In July 2012, Toyota celebrated building its 200 millionth car, a major milestone which had been 76 years in the making.
THUMS up for Toyota as future safety systems revealed
Toyota has announced the development of four new technologies that focus on protecting pedestrians and the elderly in the event of an accident…
Here comes the sun: Toyota’s solar switch-on
Toyota broke new ground with the installation of one of the UK’s largest solar panel ‘arrays’ at its Burnaston plant in Derbyshire. Now, the array has been officially ‘switched on’…
Power plant: Toyota embraces an array of solar technology at its UK car manufacturing home
What would you do with 4,600,000 kWh of energy? To put it into perspective, that’s about enough power to make 150 million cups of tea every year. Now, we like a good cuppa at the Toyota UK blog, but even we think it could be put to better use…
Toyota FCHV-adv hydrogen fuel cell car in the UK
Hydrogen is often promoted as the ideal clean fuel of the future and recently we had a rare chance to see it in action when Toyota brought its FCHV-adv (Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle-advanced) to the UK for the RAC Brighton to London Future Car Challenge…
Toyota Hilux conquers the Eyjafjallajökull volcano
Discover how scientists tracking Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano used a modified Toyota Hilux to set up monitoring equipment.
Toyota FT-CH – a dedicated compact hybrid concept
The Toyota FT-CH, a concept car with a petrol-electric hybrid powertrain, was unveiled to the world in 2010.
