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Let’s face it South African consumers have taken a pummelling of late. Economic stress is at an all-time high and the general cost of living is really beginning to take its toll (pun intended).
Atlas Copco Timbertrack 400 presents new challenge for Toyota Motorsport
Buoyed by its emphatic 1-2 success in the previous round in Mpumalanga in April, Toyota Motorsport’s team of Duncan Vos/Rob Howie and Anthony Taylor/Chris Birkin and their Castrol Toyota Hilux double cabs will start round three of the Absa Off Road Car Championship in KwaZulu-Natal this weekend (May 18 and 19) as the favourites.
“We’re in it to win it,” admitted Castrol Toyota team principal Glyn Hall. “But we know we’re up against increasingly strong competition with a number of potential race winners, so we won’t be taking anything for granted.
Toyota yesterday revealed the all-new Toyota RAV4 electric vehicle at the 26th annual Electric Vehicle Symposium in Los Angeles.
The RAV4 EV has an expected driving range rating of approximately 160km and charging time of approximately six hours on a 240V/40A charger. The RAV4 EV's driving performance, dynamics and cargo capacity are equal to or exceed the petrol-powered RAV4 V6.
Bob Carter, group vice president and general manager of Toyota in the United States, said the RAV4 EV does not compromise on performance, comfort or versatility.
Aygo plays the wild card with a red-hot new contender and a fresh face
Aygo plays the Wild card with a Red-hot new contender and a Fresh face.
Hot off the press: Regroomed, the popular Aygo supermini boasts improved looks and kit as well as a new line-up for 2012. Having broken cover at the Brussels motor show at the beginning of the year, the new range is now available in South Africa.
As well as adopting the new smiling face of Toyota’s latest generation of small cars, Aygo has a new flagship model - the special edition Inferno now leads the revitalised line-up.
Wild on design
• More than 750 species, represented by around 1 450 individuals, collected
• Very rare snail specimen, last recorded in 1800, and rare fish species found
• Toyota Enviro Outreach project commended by Government
The alien invasion of the Western Cape came under the close scrutiny of scientists from universities and institutions around South Africa when the fourth annual Toyota Enviro Outreach project moved into the Klipbokkop Mountain Reserve area close to Worcester where the fynbos kingdom merges with the little Karoo.
• Jack Paulsen/Francois Crous (Hilux) win gymkhana
• Christo/Karien van Wyk (Land Cruiser) win mountain challenge
• Rudi/Yolaine van der Merwe (SVM) win overall
Hundreds of 4x4 enthusiasts and their families descended on the picturesque Rust de Winter campsite and picnic resort on the banks of the Elands River in Limpopo over the Freedom Day holiday long weekend to celebrate the 21st running of the 4x4 Jamboree under the Toyota banner.
Toyota 86 and its creators honoured with three "Vehicle Dynamics International Awards"
Tetsuya Tada, Chief engineer
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86 named VDI Car of the Year
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Chief Engineer Tetsuya Tada and his Subaru counterpart Toshio Masuda jointly named VDI Dynamicist of the Year
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VDI Dynamics Team of the Year award for Toyota
Toyota has succeeded in its aim of recapturing the classic sports car experience in its new 86, according to the expert judges of the 2012 Vehicle Dynamics International Awards.
The new Toyota Prius
Bristling with kit, the new Toyota Prius also adds value for money to the package
As Toyota plans to introduce full hybrid technology across its core model ranges, it continues to refine the quality, performance and owner-appeal of Prius, still the world’s best-known and best-selling hybrid vehicle.
In 2012 guise, the third-generation Prius is now an even stronger proposition thanks to a rationalisation of the range which means that in its latest incarnation, the 1.8 CVT Exclusive is also a bargain.
4x4 enthusiasts to celebrate 21 years of Toyota support for the Rust de Winter jamboree this year
This year’s Toyota Rust de Winter jamboree, the 33nd consecutive year that this event will be held, is indeed special as this popular 4x4 gathering will be celebrating 21 years of on-going support by Toyota South Africa Motors.
To celebrate this milestone Toyota has invited all owners of Toyota 4x4’s which are 21 years or older to be part the celebrations on the weekend of 27 April to 30 April 2012 on the banks of the Elands River – and they will stand a chance to win some handsome prizes as well!
The 2012 Toyota Enviro Outreach project, which started earlier this week at the Klipbokkop Mountain Reserve in the Western Cape and runs until April 27, will this year address one of the biggest ecological challenges in Africa and globally: the invasion and spread of alien species.
The 2012 Toyota Enviro Outreach project, which started earlier this week at the Klipbokkop Mountain Reserve in the Western Cape and runs until April 27, will this year address one of the biggest ecological challenges in Africa and globally: the invasion and spread of alien species.
During the 13 days of the project, scientists will visit several reserves in the Western Cape to collect specimens from a broad range of invasive and native species and to produce DNA barcode records for all of them.
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