Toyota Announces New External Relations Management Positions

December 8, 2022

Toyota’s PR team: new Public Affairs Manager Ellie Gibbs (centre) with Sam Dabestani and (l-r) Tayla Hartley, Nadia Mercuri, Ellie Anthony and Emma Waters.   Toyota Australia has revamped two of its senior external relations roles as the company positions itself to maximise opportunities from significant developments in automotive technology, regulation and legislation during the 2020s. After three years at the forefront of Toyota’s corporate, product, lifestyle and social communications, Emily Haseloff has been appointed...

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Turbocharged Performance and Connected Services Raise the Bar for Toyota Kluger

December 7, 2022

Toyota has upgraded its Kluger SUV with a new 2.4-litre turbo petrol engine replacing the previous 3.5-litre V6 (overseas pre-production model shown).   One of Australia’s best-loved family SUVs, the Toyota Kluger, has gained a multitude of improvements to safety, technology and performance for its arrival in local showrooms in January, 2023. Priced from $49,720 plus on-road costs1 for the GX 2WD petrol, the updated Kluger features a new 2.4-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine that replaces...

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Toyota Adds Exciting New GR Sport Variant to Yaris Cross SUV Range

December 5, 2022

The Toyota Yaris Cross GR Sport has arrived in Australia   Toyota’s popular Yaris Cross compact SUV range has received a thrilling upgrade with the addition of the new GR Sport variant, offering customers a raft of dynamic and visual upgrades priced from $35,840 plus on-road costs1. Based on the Yaris Cross GXL 2WD hybrid, the GR Sport introduces styling touches inspired by the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing stable of sports cars, which includes the GR86,...

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Toyota Teases Next Generation C-HR with Prologue Concept

December 5, 2022

Toyota has unveiled the C-HR prologue concept as a preview of the next generation C-HR small SUV (concept vehicle shown. not available for purchase)   When it was first launched in 2016, the C-HR provided a bold styling direction for Toyota and the new concept takes that further with a precision organic design language, bigger wheels and shorter overhangs, giving the concept a more sporty, stronger aesthetic. Toyota Australia Vice President Sales, Marketing and Franchise...

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Lewis Bates Takes Maiden Driver’s Title in Australian Rally Championship

November 29, 2022

Lewis Bates on his way to winning the 2022 ARC Driver’s Championship at the Coffs Coast Rally   TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Australia’s (TGRA) Lewis Bates has taken out the Driver’s Championship title in the 2022 Australian Rally Championship (ARC) for the first time following a tense battle and plenty of drama in the final round at Coffs Coast in NSW. After a win in the last round in South Australia in October, Lewis had a...

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Toyota Upgrades RAV4 Range with Improvements to Safety and Technology

November 23, 2022

Toyota has upgraded its RAV4 with new multimedia, Toyota Connected Services and safety technologies (RAV4 Edge hybrid shown)   Toyota Australia has upgraded its popular RAV4 medium SUV, introducing Toyota Connected Services1 functionality, Toyota’s latest multimedia system and new, intelligent active safety features. Arriving in local showrooms in December priced from $36,550 plus on-road costs2, headlining the updated RAV4 is Toyota’s latest-generation multimedia system that debuted on the all-new Corolla Cross compact SUV, along with an...

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Toyota Launches Upgraded Corolla Hatch and Sedan

November 8, 2022

Toyota’s upgraded Corolla hatch and sedan arrives in showrooms this month with improved technology and the latest generation hybrid powertrain (ZR hatch shown)   Toyota has updated its popular Corolla hatch and sedan ranges with a raft of upgrades, introducing Toyota Connected Services1 functionality, a new multimedia system and the latest-generation hybrid powertrain. Arriving in local showrooms this month, the refreshed Corolla range is priced from $28,1302 plus on-road costs for the petrol Ascent Sport as both...

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Toyota Takes Manufacturers Titles in Global and Australian Rally Championships

October 25, 2022

Toyota has clinched its sixth World Rally Championship (WRC) manufacturers’ crown and the 2022 Australian Rally Championship (ARC) manufacturers’ title after a dramatic weekend of racing in Spain, and here at home at The Bend in South Australia. A superb win in Rally de España by eight-time world drivers’ titleholder Sébastien Ogier sealed victory in style for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing in the 2022 WRC manufacturers’ championship. The success in Spain gives the team a clean...

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Fire-Breathing Toyota GR Corolla Set to Land in Australia in Q1 2023

September 15, 2022

Toyota GR Corolla (overseas model shown).   Toyota’s Australian GAZOO Racing stable will further expand in the first quarter of 2023 when the GR Corolla hot hatch arrives, with approximately 500 units secured for Australia in the first year of production. The GR Corolla will bring the number of GR models in Australia to four, sitting alongside the GR Supra, GR Yaris and GR86. Toyota Australia Vice President Sales, Marketing and Franchise Operations Sean Hanley...

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Toyota Launches New GR86

September 15, 2022

2022 Toyota GR range. Toyota GR Supra (left), Toyota GR86 (centre) and Toyota GR Yaris (right)   Toyota Australia has expanded its range of GR branded pure-bred sports cars with the launch of the new GR86 coupe. GR86 is the third model in the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing performance car brand, sitting alongside GR Supra and GR Yaris. Like its GR siblings, the GR86 benefits directly from Toyota’s multi-championship-winning involvement in international motorsport with TOYOTA GAZOO...

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