Toyota Australia has announced it is the founding member of a new national body called Hydrogen Mobility Australia, which aims to assist in the development and infrastructure for a clean, renewable energy future. The body will undertake various initiatives to foresee a transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. […]
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Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi becomes top-selling carmaker in 2017
Toyota has lost its long-term spot as the most popular car manufacturer around the world for the second year running. It sold 10.2 million vehicles during 2017, which was actually the third best of any light vehicle manufacturer. Coming in first place was the recently-grouped Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, following the acquisition […]
2018 World Car of the Year finalists announced
Finalists for the 2018 World Car of the Year have been announced, with a number of interesting ones in the running for the top award. Finalists for all categories have also been listed, such as the World Luxury Car, World Performance Car and Green Car of the year. For 2018, […]
Toyota HiLux celebrates 50th anniversary with Chrome Edition
The trusty and very popular Toyota HiLux is celebrating its 50th birthday this year. So to celebrate a special ‘Invincible 50 Chrome Edition’ has been launched in Europe. Can you believe the workhorse has been around for that long? Well, you better believe it as Toyota has sold over 18 […]
2018 North American International Auto Show – highlights (mega gallery)
The North American International Auto Show in Detroit kicks off the motoring calendar for 2018 with some interesting new concept cars and some global debuts for new showroom models. This year Mercedes revealed its new G-Class, with special guest Arnold Schwarzenegger helping out with the unveiling, while Lexus debuted its […]
Toyota Australia boosts safety tech across Kluger range
Family car buyers will be interested to hear Toyota Australia has rolled out some updates for the Kluger, adding more safety to the popular 7-seat SUV. An extensive safety suite has been added to all variants in the range, including the base GX model. The package was previously reserved for […]
Toyota GR Super Sport Concept hints at future supercar
Toyota only makes boring cars? Wrong. Check out this machine. Toyota is giving us a preview of its sports car future with the unveiling the GR Super Sport Concept at the Tokyo Auto Salon. Firstly, this is not a production car right now. However, Toyota says it does give us […]
Toyota HiLux Rugged & Rogue variants confirmed for Australia
As exclusively scooped by PerformanceDrive back in March last year, Toyota Australia has been planning a range of new HiLux variants. It has now confirmed the HiLux Rugged, HiLux Rugged X, and the HiLux Rogue. These three new variants will sit at the top of the HiLux range, loosely based […]