TO MARK THE model’s 15th birthday, Toyota Australia has released the special edition 2009 Toyota RAV4 Edge.

Joining the limited edition Yaris Edge, the RAV4 Edge - based on the RAV4 CV - offers over $2000 of added features for $750.

Features unique to the RAV4 Edge include five 17-inch alloy wheels, reverse-parking sensors, roof rails and [...]

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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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Toyota Australia has responded quickly to the news that its parent company is gearing up for its first loss, in more than 70 years of operation, by stating that the local operation will not be greatly affected.

The first Australian Toyota casualty of the Global Credit Crisis was TRD (Toyota Racing Developments) with Toyota announcing a [...]

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Toyota has upgraded its RAV4 range with a package of active and passive safety features, as well as new technology and comfort features.  Active front-seat head restraints have been adopted as standard equipment across the nine-model RAV4 range - to reduce the chance of whiplash injury in a rear-end collision.

In addition to the head restraints, [...]

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Toyota Australia has chosen to unveil their much anticipated supercharged TRD HiLux ahead of its Brisbane International Motor Show debut. Toyota has confirmed that the TRD HiLux has completed all testing and is due to begin production in the second half of February.

The TRD HiLux will be the second vehicle to come out of the [...]

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The Toyota juggernaut continues to roll along with Toyota Australia announcing today that for the first time ever it has outsold the combined totals of its two nearest rivals, according to official industry sales results issued today.

October sales for Toyota were a record 20,212 compared with the combined Holden and Ford total of 19,621. [...]

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Toyota Australia have ordered their dealers to temporarily cease selling the new V6 RAV4 compact four-wheel-drive. Details of the fault are not currently known. Toyota have confirmed that while the fault is not a safety issue it does affect the driveability of the new model. This is the second sales freeze called by Toyota in [...]

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In what seems to be an effort to shed their ‘newspaper and slippers’ image across the whole range, Toyota Australia have announced the details for the new RAV4 V6.

The latest offering from the most feared competitor in the game, is the new V6 variant of the successful RAV4 compact SUV. Powered by the Toyota 2GR-FE [...]

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If like us you think that most cars wearing the Toyota badge are snooze worthy then the following news may be of interest. We are not doubting for a moment that Toyota know how to build a good car but only the most staunch ‘Toyota-head’ would ever think they built interesting cars.

Toyota has just confirmed [...]

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SIX MODELS IN KLUGER RANGE

Toyota’s new Kluger Sports Utility Vehicle has the choice of two drivetrains and three equipment grades, which makes it available in six models in total.

All models have a 3.5-litre dual-VVT-i engine and electronically controlled automatic transmission.

The driveline choices are two-wheel drive and all-wheel drive.

The model grades in [...]

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