WHEN TOYOTA UNVEILED its FT-86 RWD coupe concept at Tokyo earlier this week, the Japanese automaker played up the car’s various links to the much-loved AE86 Corolla of the 1980s.

Even the concept’s FT-86 moniker is a tip of the hat to the last RWD Corolla, however it seems the production version of the car may [...]

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2009 Toyota Corolla Conquest Sedan Road Test Review

THE TOYOTA COROLLA. One of the longest-lived model nameplates in automotive history. A sales success everywhere - from ‘day one’ four decades ago - the Corolla has built an enviable reputation as a solidly-built, well-engineered small car.

For most people though, the Corolla doesn’t conjure up much in the [...]

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TOYOTA HAS REVEALED a styling update for the 2010 Auris, sold locally as the iconic Toyota Corolla.

Toyota Australia’s Roxane Persehais, although tight-lipped on exactly what the update would entail, confirmed to TMR that a facelifted Corolla will launch locally in December.

With styling revisions borrowing cues from the recent Auris HSD hybrid concept, [...]

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IT MAY BE dark times for the likes of Chrysler and GM, but Toyota US is expecting new car sales to boom there in the near future. Accordingly, the manufacturer will be ramping up production of its most popular models, with the Corolla, Camry, RAV4, Tacoma, Tundra and Sienna at the top of the list.

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Japanese tuning house Impulse - specialists in tuning the the enthusiast-favourite AE86 Toyota Corolla - recently posted this footage of a one-make race that sees one poor ‘Hachi’ literally punted off the track. In backyard cricket terms, we’re talking ‘over the fence and out’.

Loved for its light weight and excellent balance, the ‘Hachi Roku’ (Japanese [...]

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What happens when the unstoppable juggernaut meets the immovable object? In the case of the global economic crisis versus Toyota and Subaru’s joint rear-wheel-drive sports car, there’s hope that new Toyota president Akio Toyoda has found a solution to that age-old riddle.

In an interview with the press at the recent Tokyo Auto Salon, speed-loving Toyota [...]

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In a shock announcement today, and following the recent decision to close TRD (Toyota Racing Developments), Toyota has confirmed that it will not be placing a manufacturer’s entry in this year’s Australian Rally Championship.

With three manufacturers’ titles under its belt, Toyota says that it has left the door open for its rally team principal, National [...]

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Toyota Australia has announced its sales figures for the year just gone, and while the global auto market endures shrinking demand and huge financial uncertainty, the local arm of Toyota Motor Co enjoyed unprecedented success in 2008.

This year of course - 2009 - will be more of a challenge.

Toyota Australia managed to achieve an all-time [...]

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There’s nothing quite like the smell of an afternoon shower on a stinking hot day. But be warned: the smell of steam coming off the bitumen is a heady reminder to stay off the roads, because there’s craziness afoot.

Scientists have worked out what it is in the spring air that causes hayfever. Now I think [...]

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TRD Team boss Neal Bates has claimed a record fourth ARC Drivers’ title while Toyota took the Manufacturers’ title at the season-ending Coffs Coast Rally held over the weekend. The win is the ninth domestic title for Toyota while Bates becomes just the third person in history to win four or more ARC Driver’s crowns.

Needing [...]

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Team TRD Rally has just about nailed victory in the 2008 Australian Rally Championship, with duo Neal Bates and Simon Evans having won every event this season in their S2000 Corollas, and now with only each other in the way of the championship title.

WIth the season-ending Coffs Coast Rally on the 15-16 of November, Bates [...]

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While VFACTS figures reveal a local car industry succumbing to a global financial crisis, the Toyota juggernaut rolls relentlessly on. October saw the HiLux top the best-sellers’ list for the second time in 2008.
“Toyota’s sales of commercial vehicles are up almost 18 per cent this year to a record of more that 98,000,” Toyota Sales [...]

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