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December 10, 2018 No Responses

Toyota Corolla, Hyundai Creta, GA 3 Jostle For Car-Of- The-Year Crown In Nigeria

Names of finalists in the 2018 Nigeria Auto Journalists Association (NAJA) Awards, scheduled for Thursday, December 13 at Eko Hotels, Victoria Island, Lagos State has been released. A statement issued by the Award Committee Chairman, Moses Ebosele disclosed that three contenders for...

August 5, 2018 No Responses

Toyota Posts 7.2% Increase In Profits

Japanese car giant Toyota has posted a 7.2% jump in quarterly net profits, beating expectations and surprising analysts. Net income came to 657.3bn yen ($5.88bn; £4.52bn), up from the 613.0bn yen recorded in the same period a year earlier....

May 5, 2018 No Responses

Toyota Explains Proposed Self-Driving Test Site

Toyota Motor Corporation has unveiled plans to build a dedicated test site for self-driving cars in the United States of America. The site will be located within the 1.75-mile oval test track of the Michigan Technical Resource Park at...

April 14, 2018 No Responses

TNL Honours First Bank, CCECC, Others

Toyota Nigeria Limited (TNL) has honoured First Bank of Nigeria Limited, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), Access Bank Plc, among others for their contributions to the development and growth of the company. At an award ceremony hel...

March 31, 2018 4 Responses

TNL Rewards Toyota Dream Car Art Contest Winners With Laptops, Corporate Gifts, Others

Toyota Nigeria Limited (TNL) has rewarded winners of the 12th Dream Car Art Contest held recently with laptops, certificates and other corporate gifts. The contest was held on the 10th of February 2018 in Abuja and Port-Harcourt and in...

March 3, 2018 No Responses

Toyota Votes $2.8B For Self-Driving Cars

Toyota Motor Corporation and its top two suppliers said they will plow $2.8 billion into a new company to create the software that runs self-driving cars, as Japan’s largest automaker steps up investments in new fields such as autonomous driving...

December 23, 2017 No Responses

Toyota Hilux maintains position as market leader in 2017

For almost 50 years, the Toyota Hilux has been a South African icon. Not only because it is a bakkie with a proven record, but because it has an almost indestructible reputation for being a die-hard vehicle. Give it a...

December 16, 2017 No Responses

Toyota, Panasonic consider joint development of electric vehicle batteries

Toyota Motor and Panasonic said they were considering jointly developing batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), a partnership that could help Panasonic extend its market lead in automotive lithium-ion batteries. The announcement builds on an existing agreement...

December 5, 2017 No Responses

Hilux boosts TNL sales by 70 per cent

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com – Between January and the third quarter of this year, award winning Hilux contributed about 70 per cent of the 1,900 units of vehicles sold by Toyota Nigeria Limited. Briefing Journalists on the performa...

November 14, 2017 No Responses

Toyota to phaseout internal explosion engine by 2050

Toyota expects a inner explosion engine to be passed by 2050, and energy usually about 10% of cars as partial of hybrid systems from 2040 onwards. The prediction, announced by Seigo Kuzumaki, Toyota’s conduct of modernized RD and engineering, re-emphasises...

November 8, 2017 No Responses

Toyota declares $63.45 b revenue in Q2

Toyota Motor’s operating profit climbed 10 percent in the latest quarter as windfall gains from favorable foreign exchange rates offset weakening business in the key U.S. market, where rising incentives and falling wholesale volume dented regional profit...

November 6, 2017 No Responses

Toyota seeks more investments in Israeli auto tech, robotics

Japan’s Toyota Motor Corporation is seeking more investments in Israeli robotics and vehicle technologies after its venture arm led a $14 million investment in Intuition Robotics in July. The startup, which makes robots for the elderly, was the first....

October 20, 2017 No Responses

Again, Toyota emerges best in global reliability survey

For the fifth year in a row, Toyota and Lexus rank as the top two brands for reliability based on a survey of Consumer Reports subscribers. Consumer Reports‘ 2017 Auto Reliability Survey published on Thursday found “growing pains” among....

October 4, 2017 No Responses

Again, Toyota Hilux emerges best in pick-up segment, delivers 3995 units

Again, Toyota Hilux has emerged as South Africa’s best-selling vehicle as at September, 2017. Already, the Hilux has delivered 3995 units to Customers across the country. Within the period, Ford Ranger sold 2337 units, leaving Nissan NP200 in third place...