We’re less than a month away now from the WPS Bathurst 12-Hour enduro, and word is already filtering-out of ‘who will be driving what’ at The Mountain come February 22.

Western Australian team Messages On Hold Racing has announced its driver lineup for the epic race, with 34 year-old track veteran Kerry Wade teaming up with [...]

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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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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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Simon Evans—two-time Australian rally champ steerer for Toyota—has locked up the TRD Aurion’s first victory, and right there in the car’s first ever racing appearance anywhere in the world; the George Town Prologue on the opening day of the Targa Tasmania tarmac rally.

Along with his co-driver and wife Sue, Evans and the TRD Aurion [...]

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Toyota’s TRD Aurion is back on sale after a dealer car suffered an engine failure recently. Rather than risk further failures, Toyota removed all TRD Aurions from sale pending an investigation into the reason for the failure.

Not used to issues as catastrophic as an engine failure Toyota did the right thing in ceasing sales – [...]

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Australia’s current best selling small car, the Toyota Corolla has reached millionaire status as Toyota Australia announced they have just sold the one millionth Corolla down under.

Toyota has had a very celebratory year with Australian Corollas having just past their 40th anniversary after first landing back in 1967. Having not only found success in Australia, [...]

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BMW 335i giving Mt Panorama a good shake. Currently the poll-sitter going into the race leading a pack of Evo’s and STi’s.

The Bathurst 12 Hour Showroom Enduro is due to start at 5:45am tomorrow (Easter Sunday). Live timing will be available via the Bathurst International Motor Festival website for those unable to make it to [...]

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