Land Rover Discovery 4 claims Best Large SUV title for second successive year and extends Discovery’s prize-winning streak to seven yearsThe new Range Rover Evoque has been declared Car of the Year in the Auto Express New Car Awards. The Evoque was also named Best Compact SUV by Britain’s biggest-selling motoring magazine, with the Land [...]

Discovery 4 audio systems have been rationalised and improved for 2012 and the electrical architecture upgraded to the latest MOST Gen 2.1. A new, entry level 8-speaker system with colour display replaces the previous system with black and white display. The entry level system also has Bluetooth and USB/iPod connectivity. The Hi-ICE Harman Kardon System [...]

Design and equipment levels have moved up a level at 12MY with exterior colour changes to detailing and new interior colour ways for the Autobiography Sport. A new powered tailgate has also been introduced as standard from Luxury models upwards for 2012, enabling drivers to set their desired lift height. For the first time on [...]

New Camry’s exterior is elegantly simple yet modern, emphasising a wide, low stance.Crisp, precise character lines, a strongly curved door cross-section and more defined rocker panel mouldings deliver a more expressive appearance.Headlights have a more dynamic shape, with a pronounced curvature of the main-beam unit merging into the bumper cover. The taillights wrap tightly into [...]

Toyota Australia was a major participant in the global reveal of the all-new seventh-generation Camry.The simultaneous launch of the new mid-sized vehicle in global markets signifies a strong resolve from Toyota Motor Corporation.The Australian Camry range will feature a unique model variant named Atara.Toyota Camry debuts a new design with a more spacious interior, improved [...]

Toyota has produced more than 1.6 million Camry sedans in Australia since commencing production of the car in 1987.Camry has been Australia’s best-selling mid-size car for the past 17 years running and is the country’s leading automotive export.Shipments to the Middle East, Toyota Australia’s main export market, began in 1996 and have taken off since [...]

Toyota’s Prius delivers “a more than 40 per cent reduction in global warming pollution compared with its closest conventional models”.That is the finding of the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), a US non-profit organisation that placed Prius at the top of its hybrid scorecard. The UCS said Prius achieved the highest rating among non-luxury cars [...]

Local Toyota engineers have ensured the next-generation Yaris hatch will suit Australian conditions and driver expectations.The Toyota Technical Centre in Melbourne contributed to the steering calibration, which delivers the type of feedback and directness appreciated in this market.The local engineers also confirmed the overall chassis package for Australia which provides sharp handling – similar to [...]

HIROSHIMA, Japan—Mazda Motor Corporation has become the world’s first* automaker to successfully recycle scrapped bumpers from end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) into raw material for new vehicle bumpers. The new technology was inaugurated on August 21, 2011 and is initially being used to make rear bumpers for the Mazda Biante minivan. Conventionally, bumpers from ELVs are processed [...]

Toyota’s popular RAV4 wagon just became even more stylish and better value with the launch of special-edition RAV4 Altitude.For a limited time, RAV4 Altitude has nine additional features over and above the four-cylinder CV model on which it is based. Three models are offered – 2WD manual and automatic, and AWD automatic.But you’ll have to [...]