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Toyota GR86 10th Anniversary Edition celebrates a decade of affordable and exciting sports performance

March 23, 2023

GR86 10th Anniversary Edition (pre-production overseas model shown).   Toyota Australia is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the 86 sports car with the release of the limited-run GR86 10th Anniversary Edition, which arrives in Australian showrooms this month priced from $46,700 plus on-road costs1. Limited to just 86 examples locally, the GR86 10th Anniversary Edition is available with the choice of either a six-speed manual or automatic transmission to suit buyer preference. Toyota Australia Vice...

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NEW-GENERATION TOYOTA C-HR TO BE OFFERED EXCLUSIVELY WITH HYBRID POWERTRAIN

March 8, 2023

Toyota Australia has confirmed the second-generation C-HR small SUV will be offered exclusively with a hybrid powertrain, reflecting the brand’s commitment to lowering the carbon footprint of its vehicles. The decision also reflects the ever-increasing customer demand for hybrid vehicles, with Australian customers purchasing a record 72,815 electrified Toyotas in 2022, representing 31.5 per cent of the brand’s overall sales. Toyota Australia has said it expects electrified vehicles to account for more than 50 per...

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Toyota Australia Extends Partnership with Adelaide Football Club

March 7, 2023

Adelaide Football Club Coach Matthew Nicks; Toyota Australia Chief Marketing Officer Vin Naidoo; Adelaide Football Club CEO Tim Silvers; Toyota Australia Senior Manager, Marketing Integration Tim Stuckey and Adelaide Football Club Player Jordan Dawson.   Toyota Australia has extended its longstanding partnership with Adelaide Football Club as the major partner for a further four years, until the end of the 2027 season. Toyota has been a partner of the Adelaide Crows since the club’s inception...

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Toyota Australia Reveals Advanced Electrification Plans

January 31, 2023

2023 Toyota bZ4X (overseas model shown)   Toyota Australia today revealed plans to launch at least three EVs in three years, starting with the bZ4X SUV late this year. The company said electrified vehicles – including hybrid-electric and other technologies – would account for more than half its sales in 2025. Last year, customers bought a record 72,815 Toyota hybrid-electric vehicles, representing 31.5 per cent of the 231,050 new Toyota vehicles delivered to customers. Toyota...

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World Premiere of Dakar Inspired HiLux GR Sport

January 6, 2023

Toyota HiLux GR Sport1 Toyota has unveiled new heights in performance and design for Australia’s best-selling vehicle with the world premiere of the HiLux GR Sport revealing a sporty off-road-focused vehicle equipped with more power, wider tracks, tuned suspension and bigger disc brakes. Benefiting from GAZOO Racing’s experience in motorsport, the new halo variant of the HiLux range builds on the renowned durability and rough-road performance of the core model with its tough Dakar-inspired design,...

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Toyota Achieves Strongest Customers Deliveries in 14 Years

January 5, 2023

Toyota has been the market leader in Australia for each of the past 20 years. Toyota has navigated global supply challenges facing the auto industry to post its highest sales tally in 14 years, according to official figures released today. Industry VFacts data show Toyota accounted for more than one in five new vehicles delivered across the nation last year, lifting sales by 3.3 per cent to a total of 231,050 cars, SUVs and commercial...

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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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