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Although manual gearboxes are becoming rarer, many people were still surprised when the GR Supra was launched in 2019 without one. Now that omission has been addressed, because Toyota will soon offer a six-speed intelligent manual transmission (iMT) as an alternative to the existing eight-speed automatic.

With one exception, all of this year’s World Car Awards winners feature a battery-electric powertrain.

This year’s World Car Awards include a World Electric Vehicle of the Year category for the first time. However, it seems to be somewhat redundant, because all of the top three finalists for the main World Car of the Year prize happen to feature pure-electric powertrains too.

104,932 new cars were registered in Ireland during 2021. Although that figure represented a healthy rise of 18.8% compared to 2020’s total of 88,325, it was still short of the 117,109 deliveries achieved in pre-pandemic 2019.

2021’s new car registration statistics were markedly different from those of previous years, thanks to supply issues, the ongoing pandemic and changing buying habits.

With four examples of the GR DKR Hilux T1+ currently competing in the 2022 Dakar Rally, now is the perfect time for Toyota to announce its new road-going Hilux GR Sport.

Toyota has announced prices and specifications for its new pure-electric bZ4X compact five-door SUV.

To demonstrate how traditional internal combustion engines could use hydrogen instead of petrol, Toyota has created the GR Yaris H2 concept.

Following prototype testing, the Toyota GR DKR Hilux T1+ is almost ready to compete in the 2022 Dakar Rally.

To help them design a more rugged police car, staff at Toyota’s Burnaston plant received input from Derbyshire Constabulary. The result is a specially-modified version of the Corolla Touring Sports Trek.

Toyota has a long history of offering hybrids, but the bZ4X is its first purpose-built battery-electric vehicle. This all-new compact five-door SUV is also the first product from the company’s bZ (‘beyond Zero’) sub-brand.

Toyota is still the world’s most valuable automotive brand, according to the latest Best Global Brands study by Interbrand.

Supply issues caused by the ongoing semiconductor shortage were largely responsible for dismal third-quarter new car registrations in the UK. In fact, 2021’s September performance – just 215,312 units – was the worst since the two-plate-change system was introduced in 1999.

Toyota’s Proace City compact van is gaining an extra trim grade and a more powerful engine option for the 2022 model year.

Four examples of the new Toyota GR DKR Hilux T1+ are going to compete in the 2022 Dakar Rally.

From early next year, the Toyota RAV4 will additionally be available in Adventure guise.

Toyota has turned its Corolla Touring Sports estate car into a compact van.

In 1951, Toyota launched the BJ (which would soon be renamed Land Cruiser). Now, to celebrate the model line’s platinum jubilee, Toyota Australia has created a 70th Anniversary edition based on the Land Cruiser J70.

909,973 new cars were registered in the UK during the first half of 2021. Although that total was 39.2% higher than 2020’s corresponding figure, the industry is now experiencing supply problems caused by a global shortage of semiconductors.

Toyota has unveiled the long-anticipated GR 86. Like the superseded GT86, this rear-wheel drive, four-seat coupé was developed in collaboration with Subaru.