Toyota

Fortuner and Everest Buyer’s Guide 2024

Fortuner or Everest? It’s a question that many middle-class South Africans consider, when buying that ideal large family car. South Africa is all about…

Tokyo showcases a comeback for Japanese car design

Tokyo is a global epicentre of futurism and design. Since the early 1980s, product design, industrial innovation and tech integration have found a willing…

GR-S MHEV is Toyota’s hybrid Hilux

Hilux hybrid. Beyond the alliteration, the engineering concept makes a lot of sense. The demand for new energy vehicles is increasing as car companies…

GR Corolla to continue Toyota’s hot hatch legacy in SA

GR Corolla is the most exciting new Toyota in years and it will be coming to South Africa. Toyota has said that its latest…

Hilux improves safety with new features

Hilux. The one vehicle in absolutely no need of improvement, if you gauge the factor by which demand overwhelms supply. Toyota’s bakkie has been…

Toyota’s new cars for 2023

Toyota is entrenched as South Africa’s most popular vehicle brand. The Japanese company appears unassailable in its position, with its total sales nearly double…

Review: Suzuki’s Baleno 1.5 GLX

Baleno 1.5 GLX. The Japanese Polo Vivo, or is it? Suzuki’s re-entry to the local market has been hugely successful. And it happened in…

Review: Lexus ES 300h hybrid

Lexus is a remarkable brand. When Toyota wished to conquer the burgeoning American luxury sedan market in the late 1980s, it knew that German…

Review: Toyota Hilux 2.8 GD6 4X4 Legend RS

There was a time when a sand beige Hilux 2.8 GD6 4X4 Legend RS in your driveway, would bring odd association. Were you a…

Microprocessor crisis could be over for Toyota

The automotive chip supply crisis remains unresolved, but some of the world’s biggest car companies are revealing new strategies and partnerships to manage it….

Road test: Corolla Cross – the hybrid that works for SA

As the global car market transitions to hybridization and electric vehicles, South Africa has significant barriers to access, but the Corolla Cross hopes to…

Road test: Toyota’s GR Yaris hot hatch

Toyota South Africa doesn’t need any business tutoring. With a quarter of the local market, it dominates most vehicle segments. Best known for an…

GR Yaris launches Toyota back into hot hatches

Toyota has finally confirmed the local price and specification for its most exciting car in decades. Most South Africans might think of Yaris as…

King of the Kalahari: Toyota’s Land Cruiser 300

New Land Cruisers happen rather infrequently. Usually at the rate of once a decade. If you are lucky. When Toyota does reveal a new…

Here are the SA Car of the Year finalists

The South African Guild of Motoring Journalists has announced the finalists for the 2021 SA Car of the Year awards, with Toyota and Hyundai…

The bZ4X is Toyota’s Rav4-esque electric vehicle

Toyota moves the market. Especially in South Africa. The Japanese automotive giant has initially been hesitant to embrace the trend towards fully electric passenger…

The new affordable Toyota Urban Cruiser is actually a Suzuki

Toyota has expanded its local model range with a Suzuki twin. If you are confused, don’t be. The new Urban Cruiser is a front-wheel-drive…

Great news for Toyota hot hatch fans – GR Yaris confirmed for South Africa

The most exciting Toyota in decades has been confirmed for local release, with the GR Yaris coming to South Africa. Although the company’s Yaris…

Prado: Better engine for Toyota’s ‘junior’ Land Cruiser

For the last few years Toyota has managed to outsell all its luxury SUV rivals, with a diesel Prado that was powered by an…

Toyota’s Hilux Legend is back: price for South Africa

South Africa’s most popular vehicle has been upgraded. The hugely influential Toyota Hilux bakkie range has been reconfigured for the local market. It introduces…

The Starlet is Toyota’s new value car – price for South Africa

Any new Toyota product is huge news for the local motoring scene, especially when it concerns entry-level pricing. The Japanese company, which dominates South…

Toyota improves Hilux design and engine tech

South Africa’s most popular vehicle is due for some meaningful upgrades as the Toyota Hilux reloads. Year after year, South Africans buy more Toyota…

Toyota’s Fortuner drops the V6 but adds other ‘Epic’ trim options

Toyota’s Fortuner is by far South Africa’s most popular SUV and customers now have some new options to consider within the range. With its…

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