Toyota Owners Club


Toyota News
What's going on in the Toyota industry
TRD TRANSFORMS AUSTRALIA'S MOST POPULAR UTE
Date: Tue, Apr 8th, 2008 21:21:01 pm

Toyota Australia's TRD division has transformed Australia's most popular ute into a tough yet sophisticated performance-enhanced vehicle.

The new TRD HiLux offers a unique "tough truck" experience with supercharged performance, Bilstein sports suspension, sophisticated ride, 17-inch alloy wheels, beefier brakes and strong, powerful styling.

more info...


A TOYOTA FIRST - AUSTRALIA'S BEST-SELLING CAR
Date: Thu, Apr 3rd, 2008 21:21:01 pm

Toyota Corolla is the best-selling car in Australia for the first three months of 2008, according to official figures released today.

It is the first time a Toyota vehicle has been the overall market leader for the first quarter of a calendar year.

Australians bought 12,002 Corollas between January 1 and March 31.

more info...


TOYOTA ADDS VALUE WITH AURION SPECIAL EDITION
Date: Tue, Apr 1st, 2008 21:21:23 pm

Toyota Australia plans to ramp up its large-car sales with the launch of a special-edition version of the award-winning V6 Aurion.

Available for a limited time, the Aurion Touring offers customers over $2,500 of added equipment at no extra cost compared with the entry-level Aurion AT-X sedan.

more info...


TOYOTA LAUNCHES GENUINE TRAY BODY RANGE FOR LANDCRUISER 70 SERIES
Date: Wed, Mar 19th, 2008 21:21:26 pm

Toyota has launched new and improved heavy duty genuine tray bodies for LandCruiser 70 Series.

The heavy duty Toyota Genuine Tray Bodies are available in alloy and steel and are specifically designed to suit LandCruiser 70 Series cab chassis models.

Toyota has professionally engineered its genuine body tray range for an optimum balance of strength and durability to weight.

"The new heavy duty trays are stronger, yet not heavier, and continue to deliver reliable quality and functionality," said Toyota Australia's divisional manager of customer services, Matthew Callachor.

more info...


TOYOTA KLUGER TOPS MEDIUM SUV SEGMENT
Date: Wed, Mar 5th, 2008 20:20:01 pm

Toyota's new-generation Kluger has topped the sales charts for the first time in its segment, according to official figures released today.

The sales results show Australians bought 1404 Klugers in February, giving it victory by more than 100 deliveries over the long-term segment leader.

more info...


TOYOTA EXPANDS TRD NETWORK
Date: Fri, Feb 29th, 2008 20:20:01 pm

All Toyota dealers will be able to sell and service performance-enhanced TRD vehicles from tomorrow (1 March).

Toyota Australia's senior executive director sales and marketing David Buttner said the move was prompted by customer convenience and dealer demand.

TRD sales and service were originally undertaken by a small group of Toyota dealers.

more info...


TOYOTA SHOWS PRIUS ON STEROIDS
Date: Mon, Feb 25th, 2008 20:20:01 pm

Sports cars will thrive in the 21st century world of rising fuel prices and environmental responsibility, judging by a concept car unveiled today by Toyota Australia.

The FT-HS - which stands for Future Toyota Hybrid Sports - is a futuristic sports-car concept with a sleek, aerodynamic profile and a potent petrol-electric hybrid engine.

Its front-engine, rear-drive layout provides revolutionary hybrid acceleration and optimal performance with a projected 0-100km/h dash in the four-second range.

more info...


KLUGER OWNERS CREST WINNING WAVE
Date: Thu, Feb 21st, 2008 20:20:17 pm

Toyota Australia recently presented a leisure boat to Gary and Deann Robinson of Mundubbera in Queensland, the winners of the Upgrade Your Life competition.

Mr Robinson, along with every new Kluger owner, had the chance to win the Quintrex 520 Freedom Sport Bowrider when he purchased selected Toyota Genuine accessories for his new SUV.

more info...


TOYOTA TO PRESENT TWO NEW CARS AT GENEVA
Date: Thu, Feb 14th, 2008 11:11:01 am

• World premiere of Toyota's revolutionary new iQ urban car
• European premiere of Toyota's new small SUV, the Urban Cruiser


Toyota is thinking big by creating a new generation of small vehicles designed to address the demands of modern motoring and the preferences of today's drivers.

Two new Toyota models will take centre stage at next month's Geneva Motor Show, iQ and Urban Cruiser.

more info...


TOYOTA GENUINE BACKS HEAVY REPAIR INDUSTRY
Date: Wed, Feb 13th, 2008 11:11:01 am

Toyota Australia has reduced the price on a selection of heavy mechanical parts to encourage the repair industry to use only Toyota Genuine parts on Toyota vehicles.

For a limited time of 12 months Toyota has reduced the list price on 12 key heavy mechanical parts lines, covering over 300 individual parts.

more info...


COROLLA THE CHEAPEST TO REPAIR
Date: Wed, Feb 6th, 2008 11:11:07 am

Australia's top-selling small car Toyota Corolla costs less to repair after a low-speed crash than its main rivals, according to an NRMA Insurance testing program.

The cost of repairing a Corolla after a "bumper test" was less than half the cost of fixing any of the other eight cars tested.

NRMA Insurance, in a statement, said it was "really pleased" with the result for Corolla.

more info...


COROLLA TAKES EARLY SALES LEAD
Date: Tue, Feb 5th, 2008 11:11:01 am

Toyota Corolla has taken an early lead as Australia's best-selling vehicle in 2008, according to official sales figures released today.

Corolla sales last month were a January record of 3,843 - or 10.3 per cent better than the previous January record set a year ago.

It was the second month in a row Corolla has led the sales charts following another market-leading performance in December.

more info...


TOYOTA PREVIEWS TRD HILUX
Date: Fri, Feb 1st, 2008 23:23:20 pm

The Brisbane International Motor Show today featured the motor-show preview of Toyota Australia's TRD HiLux performance ute.

Going on sale during the second quarter this year, TRD HiLux pumps out at least 225kW and more than 400Nm from its supercharged 4.0-litre V6 engine.

more info...


LANDCRUISER 'QUINELLA' IN 4WD AWARD
Date: Fri, Jan 25th, 2008 23:23:16 pm

Toyota Australia's LandCruiser 200 Series has claimed first and second places in Overlander magazine's 4WD of the Year award. The magazine said LandCruiser had won the quinella with the GXL turbo-diesel narrowly out-pointing its VX petrol stablemate.  "The new turbo-diesel 200 is not just 4WD of the Year for 2007. It is good enough to be 4WD of the decade," Overlander said.

more info...


All Press releases on the Toyota Kluger
Date: Sun, Jan 20th, 2008 16:16:20 pm
more info...


TOYOTA TO UNVEIL TRD HILUX IN BRISBANE
Date: Thu, Jan 17th, 2008 17:17:21 pm

Toyota Australia will unveil the supercharged TRD HiLux at the Brisbane International Motor Show ahead of its launch in the second quarter of 2008.

Queensland manager Sean Hanley said the TRD HiLux had completed all testing and would begin production in the second half of February.

more info...


TOYOTA NUMBER ONE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA FOR FIRST TIME
Date: Tue, Jan 8th, 2008 17:17:01 pm

Toyota has broken a 50-year drought to grab overall market leadership in South Australia for the first time.

SA regional manager Michael Beros said the SA result means Toyota is now number one in every state and territory in Australia.

more info...


RECORD-BREAKING RALLY COROLLA WINS CAR OF THE YEAR
Date: Fri, Dec 21st, 2007 17:17:01 pm

Toyota Racing Development's dual Australian Rally Championship-winning Group N (P) Corolla has been awarded Auto Action magazine's Race Car of the Year award, marking yet another prize for Toyota's all-conquering team.

The car that Simon Evans drove to an ARC clean-sweep in 2007 tied for the prize with Ferrari's championship-winning F2007 Formula One car.

more info...


TOYOTA AURION AT-X NAMED BEST LARGE CAR IN AUSTRALIA
Date: Thu, Dec 6th, 2007 17:17:24 pm

Toyota's Aurion AT-X is the best large car available on the Australian market - for the second year running, according to Australia's influential motoring clubs.

Announcing the 2007 Australia's Best Cars awards, the clubs' judges said Toyota's 'big six' has continued to outstrip its traditional rivals including Holden Commodore Omega, Ford Falcon XT and Mitsubishi 380 ES.

more info...


TOYOTA EXPANDS MOTORSPORT PROGRAM FOR 2008
Date: Thu, Dec 6th, 2007 17:17:05 pm

Toyota Australia is set for a bumper year in domestic motorsport in 2008 with a significant expansion of its racing activities that will break new and exciting ground for the brand.

The Toyota Racing Development (TRD) Rally Team - fresh from back-to-back Australian Rally Championship (ARC) titles in 2006 and 07 - will be chasing a three-peat in 2008 with a pair of Super 2000 Corollas.

more info...


TOYOTA ENGINEERS BUILD WORLD'S BIGGEST 'PLAYSTATION'
Date: Wed, Nov 28th, 2007 17:17:01 pm

World-class driving simulator created to improve safety technology Toyota has unveiled a massive driving simulator designed to analyse the behaviour of average drivers as part of a project to develop improved active safety technology.

The driving simulator, located at Toyota's Higashifuji Technical Centre in Japan, provides one of the world's most-realistic simulated driving environments, allowing driving habits and reactions to be accurately gauged.

more info...


TOYOTA LAUNCHES NEW LANDCRUISER 200 SERIES WAGON
Date: Mon, Nov 5th, 2007 17:17:22 pm

Toyota Australia today launched the latest generation of the LandCruiser wagon - the vehicle that helped Toyota establish its foothold in the world and Australian automotive markets.

New LandCruiser 200 Series has a stronger body, improved suspension, more powerful V8 engines that use less fuel and new technology that makes it even more capable in all conditions.

more info...


TOYOTA LAUNCHES 201KW RAV4 V6
Date: Mon, Oct 15th, 2007 17:17:27 pm

Toyota has launched the 201kW RAV4 V6 that it expects to attract first-time buyers to the RAV4 brand and reinforce the company's leadership of the Compact SUV market.

New RAV4 V6 is powered by a 3.5-litre all-alloy quad-cam engine with dual variable valve timing with intelligence (VVT-i) - the most powerful naturally aspirated engine offered by Toyota in Australia.

more info...


TOYOTA TO DISPLAY SUSTAINABILITY CONCEPTS AT TOKYO SHOW
Date: Fri, Oct 12th, 2007 17:17:01 pm

Tokyo - TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today that it plans to exhibit eight concept and 13 other vehicles at the 40th Tokyo Motor Show under the theme: "Harmonious Drive - A New Tomorrow for People and the Planet".

In keeping with its tradition of highlighting new, automotive possibilities at the Tokyo Motor Show in the form of a wide variety of concept vehicles and groundbreaking technologies, TMC's exhibit, this time as well, is meant to provide new proposals for the automobile.

more info...


TOYOTA LAUNCHES AURION TOURING SE
Date: Mon, Oct 8th, 2007 17:17:11 pm

Toyota has announced the launch of the Aurion Touring Special Edition that will attract more buyers to the acclaimed V6-powered car.

Aurion Touring SE takes entry-level Aurion AT-X and adds 16-inch alloy wheels, a rear spoiler, leather steering wheel and gear lever.

more info...


TOYOTA FCHV MAKES OSAKA-TOKYO TRIP WITHOUT REFUELLING
Date: Tue, Oct 2nd, 2007 17:17:16 pm

Tokyo - TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced that an improved version of its TOYOTA FCHV fuel cell hybrid vehicle successfully completed a long-distance road test by travelling from Osaka to Tokyo on a single fuelling of hydrogen.

The road test - part of the TOYOTA FCHV's public-road test program - started in front of the Osaka Prefectural Government Office in central Osaka City.

more info...


NEW LANDCRUISER: WORLD MOTORSHOW PREMIERE IN SYDNEY
Date: Tue, Sep 18th, 2007 17:17:01 pm

Toyota's completely redesigned LandCruiser wagon will have its global motorshow debut in Sydney next month before going on sale in November.

The new LandCruiser, to be known as the 200 series, will offer more powerful petrol and diesel V8 engines as well as other new technologies that enhance its performance.

more info...


TOYOTA ANNOUNCES NEW ENTRY-LEVEL PRADO TURBO-DIESEL
Date: Tue, Sep 18th, 2007 17:17:12 pm

The Toyota LandCruiser Prado line-up will now include a new standard-grade model, and other variants will feature additional standard equipment to further boost Prado's strong sales performance in 2007.

The new standard-grade Prado will be available as a turbo-diesel with the choice of manual or automatic transmission.

more info...


TOYOTA'S REVOLUTIONARY ULTRA-COMPACT iQ CONCEPT
Date: Fri, Sep 14th, 2007 16:16:01 pm

The iQ concept represents a paradigm shift in small car design - a concept car that challenges conventional thinking of automotive hierarchies: small yet spacious, premium yet small.

Realised through the vision of an ultra-compact, highly space-efficient, environmentally friendly vehicle, the iQ concept maximises the urban lifestyle of Europe's fashionable metropolitan dwellers.

more info...


TOYOTA ECHO SAVED FROM WRECKING YARD
Date: Mon, Aug 20th, 2007 16:16:01 pm

Toyota Australia has taken action to reduce the cost of smash repairs on its popular Echo light car - a move it says will directly benefit the smash repair industry.

For a short time a 45 per cent reduction in price of selected Toyota Genuine airbags, airbag sensors and seatbelts means cheaper replacement part costs for damaged vehicles, leading to fewer Echos being written off by insurance companies and more work for repairers.

more info...


ALL TOYOTA CAMRYS TO HAVE VSC AND TRACTION CONTROL
Date: Mon, Aug 20th, 2007 16:16:01 pm

Australia's most popular mid-size car, the Toyota Camry, now has enhanced passive safety following Toyota's decision to make Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) and Traction Control (TRC) standard across the entire range.

more info...


TOYOTA INJECTS PERFORMANCE INTO ITS RANGE
Date: Mon, Aug 20th, 2007 16:16:01 pm

Toyota Australia has injected 241kW of style, passion and performance into its range with the launch of the TRD brand and its first model, the supercharged TRD Aurion.

more info...


ANOTHER WORLD-FIRST FOR TRD AURION
Date: Thu, Aug 2nd, 2007 16:16:31 pm

The soon-to-be-released TRD Aurion will become the first mass produced car in the world to be fitted with Eaton's new twin-vortices series (TVS) supercharger.

Eaton's local distributor, Melbourne-based Harrop Engineering, has played a vital role in the development of the TRD Aurion V6, the first production model ever manufactured by Toyota's specialist tuning arm.

more info...


ULTIMATE TEST FOR TOYOTA GENUINE ACCESSORIES
Date: Mon, Jul 30th, 2007 20:20:03 pm

The Toyota Genuine brand passed a real-life endurance test when a convoy of Toyota four-wheel drive vehicles, fitted with Toyota Genuine Accessories, emerged in top shape from 12 days in the remote outback of the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

more info...


TOYOTA CLAIMS FIRST HYBRID RACE WIN
Date: Fri, Jul 20th, 2007 20:20:09 pm

 

Toyota has become the first manufacturer in the world to win a motor race with a hybrid-powered car following the victory on the weekend of a modified Toyota Supra GT in Japan's only 24-hour endurance race.

more info...


JAPAN CERTIFIES TOYOTA PLUG-IN HYBRID FOR PUBLIC ROAD TEST
Date: Fri, Jul 20th, 2007 16:16:01 pm

Toyota Motor Corporation has announced today that it has developed a plug-in hybrid vehicle (HV) and become the first manufacturer to have such a vehicle certified for use on public roads in Japan.

The Toyota plug-in HV certified for public road use by Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport uses - like earlier TMC-developed hybrid vehicles - both a petrol-powered internal combustion engine and an electric motor.

more info...



<< prev - page 1 of 1 - next >>

Some news articles are copyright of their prospective authors.
Latest Toyota Forum Posts
toyota camry
by Black_Oni
Today, 07:41 PM UTC, with 2 replies.

Pippy's 2002 Levin
by $ANGELO$
Today, 07:39 PM UTC, with 11 replies.

need help trd supercharger
by $ANGELO$
Today, 07:33 PM UTC, with 17 replies.

The Jay. mobile
by Kenneth
Today, 05:47 PM UTC, with 5 replies.

Camry Top Speed II
by X-Power
Today, 05:23 PM UTC, with 2 replies.

Auto Salon 08
by Jay.
Today, 05:22 PM UTC, with 110 replies.


Toyota Model Sections
Aurion / Aurion Presara
Camry
Celica
Corolla
Echo / Yaris
Kluger
Landcruiser
MR2
Prado
Supra
Rav 4
Paseo / Sera / Starlet
Terago
Other Toyota 4X4
Classic Toyota
Other Toyota Models
Hybrid / Toyota Prius


Lexus Owners Club Australia
© 2002 - 2008 Toyota Owners' Club
ICOCN Ltd (International Car Owners Club Network)