Toyota Australia has announced some updates for the RAV4 range, with eight of the 10 variants receiving autonomous emergency braking at least as an option. Australia’s ANCAP safety experts have been pushing for more cars to come equipped with automatic emergency braking, and carmakers are responding. Toyota is offering the […]
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Top 10 best small cars coming in 2017-2018
If you’re in the market for a small car, there are some very talented contenders on the market today. The Mazda2 and Ford Fiesta are both fun to drive, the Honda Jazz is a masterpiece of space efficiency, and the Skoda Fabia has some clever tricks and innovative technologies. However, […]
2016 Toyota HiLux SR5 V6 review (video)
It’s not the most popular engine option but the 2016 Toyota HiLux V6 is the most powerful petrol 4×4 ute in the class (excluding American imports). Does this make it more appealing than the 2.8 turbo-diesel? We’re testing the top SR5 dual-cab 4×4 to find out. Toyota Australia offers 31 […]
2016 Toyota LandCruiser 70 ute review (video)
No other new vehicle on the market blends in with Australia’s arid and unforgiving land like the Toyota LandCruiser 70 Series. If you’ve ever seen an Australian postcard with a car on it, chances are the car is a silhouetted shot of the 70 Series. Toyota still makes these, so […]
Toyota 86 recalled in Australia, 15,000 affected
Toyota Australia today announced a safety recall affecting around 15,000 units of its ever-popular Toyota 86 sports cars, citing a possible failure of the power steering. The recall is, according to Toyota, related to “a potential loss of power steering assist”. It affects right-hand drive 86 models produced between April […]
2016 Toyota Tarago on sale in Australia from $45,490
Toyota’s Tarago has come in for a 2016 update in Australia, which is primarily interior-centric but also includes specification and pricing adjustments. The interior revisions include a new piano black finish on the centre stack, with new ‘electrostatic’ touch switches for climate control to bring it in line with newer […]
Toyota Prado passes 250,000 sales milestone in Australia
Toyota Australia is celebrating a landmark for its Prado model, having sold a quarter of a million units in its 20th year on sale this year. Introduced in Australia in 1996, the Prado has gone out to 250,857 buyers in Australia, making this country the Prado’s fifth biggest market in […]
Toyota Supra to feature new turbocharged hybrid – report
Toyota has confirmed it is currently developing a new turbocharged hybrid powertrain that may find itself in the next generation Supra. News of the new engine development comes from Toyota’s racing arm, Toyota Motorsport GmbH, with the racing-derived powertrain almost certain to trickle down into other Toyota road cars in […]