Fantastic news for New Zealand race fans today when Toyota NZ CEO, Alistair Davis, not only confirmed that the Toyota Racing Series would continue with a new engine and a new chassis, he also confirmed a fully-fledged support series that would be run with the acclaimed Toyota 86 sports car as a basis. Speaking at […]
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He may well be a grumpy old shit, but Terry Marshall is also one of the best motorsport photographers there is. He has sent us a collection of shots from the two first Toyota Racing Series and NZV8 rounds at Timaru and Invercargill and, quite frankly, they were just too damn good not to do […]
Toyota New Zealand has announced a new model to the 86 line-up, adding a car that we all wanted them to have in the first place: the 86 RC, or “Race Competition” – a stripped-out entry-level model, ripe for customisation or conversion into a racing car! Toyota says the 86 RC “gives Kiwi sports car […]
Somewhere, sometime, some unkind soul will no doubt have accused the Toyota Corolla of being dull. To be honest, no one outside of the company would have argued with you. And the people in the company only thought it was exciting because it made them so much money. Now there is a new Corolla. One […]
Do we love the Toyota 86? Of course we do! But does that mean it is a car that you can really live with on a daily basis? It is, of course, a fairly specialised sports car, but then it is also a Toyota made by Subaru, suggesting that if anyone can make a sports […]
We’ve all been waiting. We’ve heard that it’s brilliant in overseas reports. Now we finally get our chance to sample the Toyota 86 on local soil. Even better, on a local race track! We head to the launch of Toyota’s newest sports car. What is it? Quite simply, the single-most anticipated Toyota in a very […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Toyota Corolla Levin (AE86) It is the car that virtually invented the sport of drifting in Japan and now its modern successor has just be launched in New Zealand. We take the AE86 from Toyota HQ in Palmerston North to the race track at Taupo for a Top Secret Top Gear NZ […]
OVERSTEER COMPARISON: Toyota Aurion Sportivo SX6 vs Toyota Camry Hybrid i-Tech vs Toyota Camry Atara SX So you have a lazy 50-odd grand lying around and want to drop it on a top-of-the-line Toyota sedan? Well then you have a choice – namely two Camrys and a Camry-based, V6-engined alternative. We look at the options […]
During this weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours, former Formula 1 driver Anthony Davidson suffered a terrifying high-speed accident at the wheel of the #8 Toyota TS030 Hybrid when he was hit by a lapped car. Davidson was able to free himself from the car, but was taken to hospital suffering from shock and complaining of […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Toyota Avensis Wagon There hasn’t been a Camry wagon for some time now; the Avensis is the car that has filled that gap, but does it deserve to be as relatively anonymous as it is? We take a quick look and decide. The Toyota Avensis is essentially what passes for a Camry wagon these […]
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