Toyota Gives Germans New [Not So] Special Edition Avensis Models

Like all mainstream carmakers, from time to time, Toyota releases special edition versions of its current models to help spur sales. And just like most of these versions, Toyota's new Avensis Edition that was created for the German market provides additional standard equipment features for a discounted price and nothing more. Read more »

Toyota Tracks Down the Oldest-Running, British Built Carina E

It took Toyota about four months after it launched a competition in Great Britain to find the earliest running example of the first model made at its UK manufacturing plant in Derbyshire, a deep purple-colored (or is that Toyota's version of BMW's Techno Violet?) 1993 Carina E Sedan owned by Mike Hoyland, who registered the car in July of the same year. Read more »

Toyota Initiates Massive Global Recall of 2.8 Million Vehicles Over Two Issues

The world's top automaker Toyota is recalling 2.77 million vehicles worldwide on two unrelated problems, one concerning a defective water pump and the other a steering shaft fault, though, some models may need both fixes.

Toyota was quick to point out that no accidents or injuries have been reported related to these two issues.

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Toyota Launches Competition to Look for its Oldest British-Built Model

If there's one thing Toyota is known for, it is the longevity of its cars. Now, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of its Burnaston plant in the UK, the Japanese automaker wants to prove that this holds true for all of its vehicles, regardless of where they were made, so it came up with a competition to find the oldest surviving British-built Carina E.

In 1992, the Carina E mid-size sedan was the first Toyota to roll off the assembly line at the company's then newly opened Burnaston plant in Derbyshire.

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Toyota Land Cruiser Seeks Watery Revenge on Avensis Driver

Not all road rage incidents in Russia end up with fists doing the talking as some motorists prove to be highly imaginative when it comes to revenge – regardless whether they are right or wrong.

Video footage caught from a following vehicle shows a silver Toyota Land Cruiser SUV and a Toyota Avensis sedan trying to squeeze into a single lane with neither driver doing the sensible thing by cutting back and letting the other one enter.

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Toyota Launches a New Range of Accessories for the 2012 Avensis Tourer

Current and future owners of the refreshed Toyota Avensis Tourer (and in some cases, the sedan as well) in Europe can now pick from an enhanced line of original accessories designed to cater to the needs of families. Read more »