What better way to find out exactly how good your car is than by handing it over to some of the finest local tuning houses, and finding out what they can come up with. That’s exactly what Toyota’s racing division, Gazoo Racing, has done, giving a handful of renowned Japanese […]
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Video: How Forza Horizon 5 game creators develop in-game car sounds
Audiophiles and car enthusiasts rejoice, the developers of the smash-hit racing simulator Forza Horizon 5 have given us a sneak peek into how its team of audio engineers record audio samples for the game. And boy does it look like fun. The team behind Forza Horizon 5, Turn 10 and […]
New LandCruiser 300 Series 3.5TT makes 276kW ATW on dyno (video)
An example of the all-new 2022 Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series has been strapped to a dyno in Bahrain to see what sort of real-world power its new twin-turbo V6 unleashes. This is one of the first dyno tests around (if not the first, outside Toyota). The team at EKanoo Racing […]
2021 Toyota Prado update announced for Australia
Toyota Australia has announced some updates for the 2021 LandCrusier Prado, around 12 months after it launched a significant model refresh for the popular nameplate. Yes, the new model only just hit the local market in August last year yet the SUV is already going through a mild evolution. The […]
Australian vehicle sales for June 2021 (VFACTS)
It’s the start of a new financial year in Australia, which means the June 2021 VFACTS new vehicle registration figures should show some interesting numbers. And indeed the report does. During June 2021, an impressive 110,664 new vehicles were registered in Australia (we’ll call them sales for brevity). That’s up […]
Toyota Australia pauses new orders for GR Yaris
Despite big demand for the Toyota GR Yaris among Australian customers, Toyota’s local arm will be pausing all new orders for the hot hatch from July 1, today. Why? Toyota Australia says it is pausing new orders to support the incoming deliveries for existing customers. It says it has “endeavoured […]
Toyota announces official spare parts for A70, A80 Supra
Toyota has announced it will produce and sell official OEM spare parts for the A70 and A80 Supra, under a newly-launched GR Heritage Parts Project spearheaded by its performance division, Gazoo Racing. Gazoo Racing says it wants to support customers that are still driving and collecting A70 and A80 Supras, […]
2022 Toyota RAV4 update announced for Australia
Toyota Australia says that a refreshed RAV4 for 2022 will receive a raft of updates when it heads into production later this year, with styling, technology and comfort topping the list of tweaked areas. While we’re yet to see exactly what the styling updates will look like, Toyota says that […]