Category: Torque Toyota News & Events


Give your Air Conditioner a Freshen Up

February 5, 2019

Over time fungi and bacteria can form in your vehicles air conditioner, spreading germs and odours throughout your car. But if you give your air conditioner a disinfecting and deodorising treatment at your next scheduled service you can breathe fresh air again. Getting air conditioner treatment regularly is both curative and preventative; helping to eliminate foul odours and providing long lasting anti-bacterial and antifungal protection. To keep the air inside your car clean, ask your...

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Satellite Navigation Map Updates Available

February 5, 2019

Roads are always changing and new ones are being built every day. That’s why it pays to keep your Sat Nav^ up-to-date with the latest MAP update* available. You’ll know new roads, new turn restrictions and even new school zones. MAP updates give you the best possible route options and handy information, like nearest ATMs, petrol stations, parking etc. Updates should only be performed by Toyota Trained Technicians, so remember to ask when you book your...

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Toyota RAV4 to Offer Class-Leading Safety on All 11 Models

February 5, 2019

The all-new Toyota RAV4 will offer class-leading safety across the entire 11-model range when it goes on sale in the second quarter of 2019. As part of its leading Toyota Safety Sense* suite of features, every model in the lineup will incorporate active cruise control (ACC), pre-collision safety system (PCS) with pedestrian detection, daylight cyclist detection, road sign assist, lane departure alert and automatic high beam. All models fitted with continuously variable or automatic transmissions...

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Entries Now Open for the 2019 Toyota Dream Car Art Contest

January 21, 2019

Toyota Australia is calling on budding, young artists to let their imaginations run wild and draw or paint their own imaginary car as part of the 2019 Dream Car Art Contest. Entries are now open for the Australian round of the global Toyota contest with submissions closing March 1, 2019. The annual contest, now in its 13th year, calls on artists in three age categories – under 8 years, 8-11 years, and 12-15 years – to...

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Hats off for Rural Aid

January 21, 2019

Drought charity, Rural Aid, has been named the charity partner for the 2019 Toyota Country Music Festival, Australia’s largest music festival with funds being raised by the traditional festival hat donations and Travis Collins in Concert in Toyota Park One lucky Australian will also get the chance to win a custom-built LandCruiser 200 Sahara created by Toyota Australia as the major prize in the Raffle for Resilience# launched at the start of Australia’s largest music...

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The Legend Returns: Toyota GR Supra Makes World Debut

January 15, 2019

The all-new Toyota GR Supra, the fifth generation of Toyota’s legendary sports car and the first global GR model to be produced by Toyota GAZOO Racing, has made its world debut at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Conceived as a sports car in its purest form, the new Toyota GR Supra builds on the heritage of Toyota’s past Supra generations and the 2000GT sports car with its classic layout of a front-mounted,...

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Toyota Market Leader 16 Years in a Row

January 4, 2019

Toyota has been crowned the market leader for the 16th year in a row after selling an impressive 217,061 vehicles in 2018. An extraordinary five Toyota vehicles established new sales records last year with HiLux joined by four SUVs – RAV4, LandCruiser Prado, Kluger and C-HR. HiLux was the best-selling vehicle in Australia for the third year in a row with a record 51,705 deliveries, an increase of 9.8 per cent. Corolla topped the passenger-car...

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Toyota Introduces Toyota Warranty Advantage

January 4, 2019

Toyota Australia has today announced the introduction of the Toyota Warranty Advantage – a standard five year^ manufacturer warranty for all new Toyota vehicles sold from January 1, 2019. In a move designed to drive greater value, confidence and loyalty for Toyota owners, The Toyota Warranty Advantage includes unlimited kilometres for private buyers and 160,000km for vehicles used for commercial purposes. The new five-year protection and other benefits apply to all models across the range,...

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New Toyota Supra Tested Here in Australia

December 21, 2018

Toyota’s next-generation Supra sports car has been subjected to testing in Australia to confirm its suspension tuning and dynamics are suitable for the local and world markets. Chief engineer Tetsuya Tada and engineers from Japan have put a Supra prototype through its paces on Australian roads, supported by Toyota Australia’s highly regarded vehicle engineering and development (VED) group. The five-day evaluation and suitability test involved areas where Supra customers are likely to travel, including sweeping...

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2019 Corolla Sedan gets Hybrid Technology

December 5, 2018

Toyota Australia has stepped up the roll-out of hybrid models with confirmation its advanced fuel-efficient technology will be available in the next-generation Corolla sedan. Corolla sedan will be the seventh hybrid model offered by Toyota in Australia, joining its Corolla hatch stablemate, the award-winning Camry sedan, the three-member Prius family and the 2019 RAV4 SUV. Toyota Australia’s vice president sales and marketing Sean Hanley said Toyota is the only automotive company capable of offering such...

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