A very unfortunate scene unfolded at the 2023 Toyota 1000 Desert Race in the small mining town of Jwaneng, southern Botswana on Sunday, as around 49 cars burned to the ground.
High-value vehicles and 4X4s are being stolen left, right, and centre in this country.
The MAX 3 Double Cab, built atop the Toyota Land Cruiser 79 chassis and powered by the firm’s proven 4,5-litre V8 turbodiesel engine, is capable of shooting drones out of the sky.
Autotrader has released its 2022 mid-year car industry report, providing insights into which second-hand vehicles South Africans are searching for.
After a rigorous scoring process, 25 semi-finalists were chosen from 49 vehicles across eight categories before being further whittled down.
Toyota is warning that it could face stock challenges in the coming months.
New-vehicle sales have soared, with March showing the highest monthly sales total since pre-pandemic October 2019.
South Africa’s new car sales and exports have had a few knocks to contend with over the past while. Toyota still manages to dominate the former.
Congrats on turning 60, Toyota South Africa. Here’s a scathing assessment of your birthday advert to celebrate.
Toyota’s new Land Cruiser 300 will arrive in South Africa in August, after what has been a very long wait for more information.
If you’re looking for something that will get you from A to B, and is impossible to lose in a parking lot, then this might be the car for you.
After 51 years and eight generations, Toyota’s Hilux has been revamped. The price has seen an overhaul, too.
When a car is reliable and has a high number of interchangeable parts, it WILL be a popular choice for both buyers and thieves.
Silvio’s divorce settlement is big. Wikileaks busts US spying on France. Police raid Toyota. Pakistan heatwave kills 700. Google eavesdropping software exposed. ISIS have their own coins now. Senzo’s insurance payout problems. The new Spiderman.
I will avoid the obvious pun here about squirrels going nuts. We’re better than that. These critters do seem to have developed an interesting new feeding habit though.
It seems that most of the larger car manufacturers are keen to follow in the footsteps of Google and launch their own self-driving cars. Toyota has just joined that party.
McAfee is wearing a disguise now. WC farm workers halt strike. Toyota recalls 2.77m cars worldwide. SA’s new online booze delivery service. Mass strikes sweep Europe. Painting sells for $75m. Rihanna’s beaten face on Chris Brown posters.
International brand consultancy Interbrand released its rankings of the world’s biggest brands yesterday, and there are some interesting shifts to take note of. We’ve already reported on Google being ranked higher than Microsoft, but where do our other favourite brands fall in the world’s top ten?
Akio Toyoda, Toyota’s president, described the freshly-unveiled Fun-Vii as “a smartphone on four-wheels,” which sounds like something you would say to describe a car with lots of gadgets. Except Toyota’s new concept car, unveiled ahead of the Tokyo Auto show is like a smartphone on four wheels because it has giant touchscreen doors.
I think it’s incredibly easy to forget that we are living through one of the great technological revolutions in human history. And the car is of course well and truly part of that revolution. Yesterday I sampled what might be one of the most advanced cars on the road today, and to be honest, I’m not sold.
Toyota and bicycle maker, Parlee have developed a bike that can read your mind. The Prius X Parlee changes gears by registering the cyclist’s brain waves, through the use of an experimental iPhone app and a fancy thought sensitive helmet.