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Toyota F1 team selling serious go-fast bits

George Skentzos — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:48:33 +0000

The race merchandise kiosk just got a whole lot more exciting with Toyota’s Formula One team set to offer high-tech parts from its past racing cars alongside the familiar caps, shirts and key rings. Almost everything will be available for the public to buy from real carbon fibre wings to brake callipers and alloy wheels – [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota F1 team selling serious go-fast bits

What’s Your Favourite Car?

Alborz Fallah — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:44:35 +0000

I don’t think a single day has gone by that someone hasn’t asked me, “out of all the cars you’ve driven, what is your favourite car?” Oh no, not this question, not again. I usually answer; “Have you got five hours to spare? ‘Cause that’s how long it will take to respond!”. - Alborz Fallah [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

What’s Your Favourite Car?

Mitsubishi Evolution X King Of The Mountain

Alborz Fallah — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:30:25 +0000

Mitsubishi Evolution X King Of The Mountain – Mt Nebo & Mt Glorious - Words by Alborz Fallah Photography by Tristan Schoonens For those of you that have settled into the reality that Australia has no real driving roads, I am here to shatter your illusion. In my small ‘town’ of Brisbane, exists what is arguably Australia’s [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Mitsubishi Evolution X King Of The Mountain

Toyota Australia axes TRD brand

George Skentzos — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:04:07 +0000

Toyota Australia has pulled the plug on its TRD performance brand, citing the current global financial crisis as the determining factor. Just 888 TRD vehicles have been delivered since the brand was established in Australia, with the last model set to roll off the production line on March 31, 2009. The TRD Aurion accounted for 537 of [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota Australia axes TRD brand

TRD Aurion to race at Indy

Matt Brogan — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:30:05 +0000

Toyota will race debut the first of four TRD Aurion Aussie Racing Cars in next weekend’s Nikon Indy 300 race on the streets of Surfer’s Paradise, Queensland. The exciting Aussie Racing Cars compete nationally at V8 Supercar events, as well as the Indy 300 and the Australian Grand Prix with Toyota is the first manufacturer to [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

TRD Aurion to race at Indy

Toyota HiLux WorkMate model upgrade

Matt Brogan — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:39:25 +0000

Already leading the race in new vehicle sales year-to-date, Toyota is now rolling out the new member of the HiLux family, the WorkMate, for the first time with automatic transmission. The new WorkMate single cab and double cab automatic models take the HiLux 4×2 range to 16 models and will no doubt strengthen Toyota’s [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota HiLux WorkMate model upgrade

CarAdvice does the Deni Ute Muster

Matt Brogan — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:33:24 +0000

This weekend saw Deniliquin, situated in the Southern Riverina region of NSW, host the annual “Play on the Plains Festival & World Record Ute Muster”. What is perhaps the most unique and quintessentially Australian event on the CarAdvice calendar, we couldn’t turn up in anything less than one of Australia’s finest. -by Matt Brogan Now given this was [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

CarAdvice does the Deni Ute Muster

Toyota gets tough on counterfeit parts

Matt Brogan — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:10:18 +0000

Toyota Australia has sent a warning to all repair workshops across the country warning that selling and fitting counterfeit parts is putting their businesses at risk. Evidence suggests some workshops have been illegally importing counterfeit parts (these differ from non-genuine parts as they are branded with the Toyota logo) which can be sourced at fraction of [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota gets tough on counterfeit parts

Toyota reports all-time record sales

George Skentzos — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:23:00 +0000

Toyota has broken an all-time industry record this month, becoming the first car company in Australia to sell in excess of 25,000 vehicles in a single month. Sales figures released today reveal that Toyota sold more than 25,600 cars for the month of June, breaking its own record of 24,539 which it set 12 months ago. It’s [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota reports all-time record sales

2008 TRD HiLux 4000SL Review

Alborz Fallah — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:45:08 +0000

2008 TRD HiLux 4000SL Review & Road Test The all new TRD HiLux… a performance utility it ain’t… Model Tested: 2008 TRD HiLux 4000SL – $64,990 (RRP) Appeal, desirability, practicality. Performance, handling, noise, interior refinement, stereo. CarAdvice Rating: - words Alborz Fallah/ Photography Anthony Crawford The TRD HiLux has been one of those reviews that I have procrastinated on [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

2008 TRD HiLux 4000SL Review

TRD Hilux 4000SL vs. LS3 HSV Maloo R8 Review

Matt Brogan — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:41:34 +0000

2008 TRD Hilux 4000SL vs. LS3 HSV Maloo R8 Review & Road Test Models tested: 2008 TRD Hilux 4000SL 4.0 litre Supercharged V6 petrol auto – $64,990 (RRP) 2008 HSV Maloo R8 6.2 litre LS3 V8 petrol six speed manual – $61,550 (RRP) - Review by Matt Brogan & Paul Maric. Photographs by Matt Brogan. When we decided to [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

TRD Hilux 4000SL vs. LS3 HSV Maloo R8 Review

Toyota HiLux tops April sales

George Skentzos — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:07:33 +0000

The figures are in and Australia’s best selling car for April didn’t have a Holden or Ford badge – and it wasn’t a Corolla. The Toyota HiLux instead reigned supreme, with sales of 3814 vehicles, up 27.1 per cent on April 2007. Despite our love for the iconic Australian ute, this is the first time one has [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota HiLux tops April sales

Toyota enters Aussie Super Series

George Skentzos — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:27:59 +0000

Toyota Australia has announced it will compete in the Aussie Racing Cars Super Series with the TRD Aurion, making it the first manufacturer to directly support the series. The TRD Aurion entry will be far from standard, using a scaled-down body shell of the new TRD Aurion and a 1.2-litre engine – and no that’s not [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota enters Aussie Super Series

Targa Tasmania off to a flying start

George Skentzos — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:56:43 +0000

An unusual rivalry has manifested following the completion of Day One in the Targa Tasmania. Very much a family affair, fueled by the bitter rivalry between the two manufacturers, competition between the Mazda3 MPS and TRD Aurion entries is heating up. Mazda drivers Rick Bates and Alister McRae managed a one-two finish on Day One in the [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Targa Tasmania off to a flying start

2008 TRD HiLux specifications

George Skentzos — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:21:25 +0000

Toyota has released official specifications for its second addition to the TRD range – the TRD HiLux, the high performance version of Australia’s favourite ute. Derived from the double-cab 4×4 version of the standard HiLux, the TRD model adds an intercooled Eaton supercharger to the standard 4.0-litre quad-cam V6 petrol engine. Maximum power has been increased by [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

2008 TRD HiLux specifications

How can you possibly not like the look of the TRD Aurion?

Anthony Crawford — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:36:02 +0000

Three writers at Car Advice including myself have written reviews on Toyota’s controversial TRD Aurion and I was the only to sing the car’s praises. It’s probably an age thing. I’m over 40 and Paul and Alborz are under 30. That must be it. 241 supercharged kilowatts is a lot of juice to be flowing to the [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

How can you possibly not like the look of the TRD Aurion?

2008 TRD HiLux unveiled

Alborz Fallah — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:50:46 +0000

Toyota Australia has just shown-off the all-new TRD HiLux performance ute. Expected in selected TRD dealers in the second quarter of this year, the supercharged HiLux pumps out at least 225kW and more than 400Nm from its supercharged 4.0-litre V6 engine. According to Toyota, the popularity of the ute in Queensland was the reason behind the [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

2008 TRD HiLux unveiled