Toyota Gazoo Racing UK British Touring Car Championship star Rory Butcher is aiming to make his mark both on and off-track in 2021, after committing to offset his carbon footprint by planting trees at race circuits all around the country.Butcher has been a leading contender in the UK’s premier motor racing series since making his…
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BTCC 2021: Turbulent weather delivers mixed results at Thruxton
The BTCC 2021 season kicked off in dramatic fashion at Thruxton, with Rory Butcher and Sam Smelt both scoring points for Toyota Gazoo Racing UK in an eventful curtain-raiser at Thruxton with a thrilling trio of races.Thruxton – Rounds 1,2,3Qualifying saw Butcher showcase the Corolla‘s pace in wet weather conditions by topping the timing screens,…
ENEOS and Toyota Come Together to Make Woven City the Most Hydrogen-Based Society | Corporate | Global Newsroom
Tokyo, Japan, May 10, 2021―ENEOS Corporation (ENEOS) and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announced that they have agreed on a new partnership to explore the utilization and application of hydrogen energy at Woven City, the prototype city of the future that Toyota has started to develop in Susono City, Shizuoka Prefecture. ENEOS and Toyota, together with…
Livestream of TMC’s Year-end Financial Results Press Briefing on May 12 | Corporate | Global Newsroom
Toyota Motor Corporation works to develop and manufacture innovative, safe and high-quality products and services that create happiness by providing mobility for all. We believe that true achievement comes from supporting our customers, partners, employees, and the communities in which we operate. Since our founding over 80 years ago in 1937, we have applied our…
Toyota People – Arman Ghani and his GR Garage
Many people would claim to be the biggest Toyota fan in the UK, but few could come close to Arman Ghani, 38, who has owned a staggering 15 Toyota models and isn’t planning on stopping anytime soon. Now he has collected what could arguably be the greatest three-car Toyota garage around, with a GR Yaris,…
#TBT: The ESVW I, designed with vehicle safety in mind
The ESVW 1 Few inventions have saved as many lives as the safety belt. It’s easy to take its benefits for granted, but safety belt technology has come a long way in five decades — thanks in part to efforts like the Volkswagen ESVW I. In the late 1960s, as some 60,000 Americans a year…
Toyota People: Lily Rice and her Toyota C-HR
WCMX champion Lily Rice is famous for doing backflips in her wheelchair, in a daredevil career that’s taken her all over the world. Her next challenge? Learning to drive – and she’s hoping her hand-controlled Toyota C-HR will help take her sport to new heights.Here, she tells Hazel Plush how her first car has been…
Meet the 2021 Toyota BTCC drivers
Two new names adorn the Toyota Gazoo Racing UK Corollas this season, with Rory Butcher and Sam Smelt joined the team for a two-car assault on the nation’s biggest motor racing series. So who exactly are the 2021 Toyota BTCC drivers?Butcher is no stranger to the BTCC. Indeed, he will make his 100th BTCC start…
2021 Toyota Mirai: the first UK reviews are in
Full road test reviews of the 2021 Toyota Mirai, the second generation of our ground-breaking, zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell electric saloon, have arrived. What did members of the motoring press think of the car’s more emotional appeal and completely redesigned fuel cell system?Below is a selection of excerpts from their assessments on UK roads. They…
How this striking Toyota C-HR artwork was created
If you happen to find yourself visiting Bristol’s Cabot Circus Shopping Centre, which is open now that lockdown restrictions are easing, keep an eye out for a large, colourful piece of Toyota C-HR artwork.The mural, which is part of an ongoing C-HR advertising campaign, was created by the Global Street Art Agency to a brief…