The Don Davis Toyota 2000GT for sale by RM Auctions

Just a few days to go to RM Auctions huge sale of the Don Davis Collection. This truly beautiful Toyota 2000GT caught our eye, wonderfully captured by photographer Darin Schnabel. Every design detail of the car is caught here in these images and if you’re fortunate to be in the marketplace for a 2000GT, this [...]

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Just Look At That Steering Angle…

Had to post this shot of international Formula Drift Fan Favorite Driver of the Year Fredric Aasbo in his V8 powered Toyota 86. He’ll be performing at first round of the Achilles Formula Drift Asia Championship at Calder Park in Australia this weekend. Aasbo currently drifts a Supra, Scion TC and the iconic Toyota 86 [...]

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Owning a Landcruiser Has Never Been Easier

You have to face it, Landcruisers aren’t exactly Yaris sized. They’re built to carry big loads in hostile environments, so parking it on the driveway can sometimes block out the daylight. But here’s a small compact way, get yourself a Papercruiser. Whether you aspire to own a Landcruiser, or you already have one, treat yourself [...]

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Toyota GT86 TRD for the UK

Quite a few letters in that headline, so we’ll explain. Hot on the heels of the announcement of the GT4 racer, Toyota UK have announced a limited edition GT86. Enhanced with a selection of genuine Toyota Racing Developments parts, while the car doesn’t get the racer’s turbo engine, it does have a rather nice set [...]

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it Had To Come – UK GT4 Racing Version of GT86

With a chassis balance that everyone raves about, plus an excellent result in last year’s Britcar 24 Hours, it was surely only a matter of time before a GT4 version appeared. Toyota GB and peraration experts GPRM can now announce that they’ve been developing the car since the end of the Britcar last year. With [...]

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Time To Stop Tinkering

Since I began this website, a couple of years ago now, I’ve had aspirations for it to be somnething bigger. I’ve been encouraged by a great many and indeed, when I sit casually making notes with a glass of something, the sheer diversity of the Toyota / Lexus / Scion brands, the huge international spread [...]

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HiLux Makes Second Place Overall in 2013 Dakar

In what I think is a brilliant result, the Toyota South Africa crew of Giniel de Villiers and Dirk von Zitzewitz claimed second place in the world’s toughest off-road motorsport event, the Dakar Rally, after two weeks and 8000km of gruelling competition through the deserts of Peru, Argentina and Chile. “Our reliability enabled us to [...]

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Toyota Tundra Tows the 150,000lb Space Shuttle

In case you missed this in amongst the amazing feats by Felix Baumgarnter this weekend, last week, a stock standard Toyota Tundra helped Space Shuttle Endeavour to her final resting place at the California Space Center. Toyota have a long relationship with the center, helping to promote space technology for twenty years. The shuttle’s 12-mile [...]

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Toyota Hybrid Wins at Home WEC Race at Mount Fuji

Straight after thier dominant win in Brazil, the Toyota Hybrid WEC team headed for their home event at Fuji raceway, just a short drive from the home of Toyota’s hybrid technology development centre. It’s great to see cars that sound like racing cars winning in World Endurance Racing once again. Race report below, or scroll [...]

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1966 Toyota 200GT – Jay Lenos Garage

Here’s a really nice short video by Jay Leno in Japan, being allowed to drive quite possobly the most famous and most valuabke Japanese sports car around, the actual 2000GT convertible driven by Sean Connery in the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice and one of only two in the world. OK, so it [...]

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Lexus IS-F CCSR at Pikes Peak – Louder than an EV….

In contrast to the whispering Toyota Motorsport EV, Lexus has finished second in class at its first attempt at Pikes Peak hill climb, held in the hills of Colorado with its IS F contender. Designated IS F CCS-R, it’s the same car that debuted at the Tokyo Auto Salon in 2010 and it features a [...]

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