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Double podium to start the season for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing

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Monday, January 29, 2024
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Toyota City, Japan, Jan 29, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team has started the 2024 FIA World Rally Championship season with a double podium finish at Rallye Monte-Carlo with Sebastien Ogier second and Elfyn Evans third.

Key Points: 
  • Toyota City, Japan, Jan 29, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team has started the 2024 FIA World Rally Championship season with a double podium finish at Rallye Monte-Carlo with Sebastien Ogier second and Elfyn Evans third.
  • Sami Pajari and Enni Malkonen (Printsport) were the best-placed crew at the finish in 12th overall and fifth in class RC2.
  • "The start of our eighth WRC season was a new step for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WRT.
  • For TOYOTA GAZOO Racing, WRC is not just a competition to win.

Toyota: Evolved GR Yaris Makes World Premiere

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Friday, January 12, 2024
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Toyota City, Japan, Jan 12, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) held the world premiere today of its evolved GR Yaris at Tokyo Auto Salon 2024*1.

Key Points: 
  • Toyota City, Japan, Jan 12, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) held the world premiere today of its evolved GR Yaris at Tokyo Auto Salon 2024*1.
  • Sales in Japan of the new GR Yaris are scheduled to start this spring through Toyota vehicle dealers nationwide.
  • The evolved GR Yaris (Japanese market specifications, prototype)
    TGR has continued to compete in various motorsports following the debut of the GR Yaris.
  • TGR intends to continue competing in races using the GR Yaris and evolving it with input from various drivers.

Toyota Motor Philippines celebrates love for cars with fans at its GAZOO Racing Festival

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023
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Akio Toyoda, Chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation (who is known for his racing pseudonym Morizo), showcased his driving and drifting skills at the #TGR Festival as he demonstrated his prowess behind the wheel across various Toyota race cars.

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  • Akio Toyoda, Chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation (who is known for his racing pseudonym Morizo), showcased his driving and drifting skills at the #TGR Festival as he demonstrated his prowess behind the wheel across various Toyota race cars.
  • They brought along their legendary race cars Toyota WRC Yaris and Red Bull GR Corolla which conquered the rally courses of global racing events.
  • Of course, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing would not be complete without the participation of the country's home-grown Filipino star racers!
  • You can always watch the livestream at TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Philippines Facebook Page or visit toyota.com.ph/gazoo for more racing updates.

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing celebrates World Championships and looks towards a zero carbon future for motorsport at the 2023 Goodwood Festival of Speed

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023
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TGR's participation will also highlight its multi-technology path for motorsport to progress towards a sustainable, zero carbon future while maintaining the excitement and spectacle enjoyed by fans around the world.

Key Points: 
  • TGR's participation will also highlight its multi-technology path for motorsport to progress towards a sustainable, zero carbon future while maintaining the excitement and spectacle enjoyed by fans around the world.
  • This year the festival is honouring Nasser Al-Attiyah with the addition of a new "Nasser's Jump" feature in the off-road arena.
  • The Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 HYBRID will lead a trio of GR Yaris competition cars that will be in action at Goodwood.
  • Toyota are currently leading the manufacturer and driver standings in all three disciplines of motorsport, WRC, WEC and W2RC.

Mapbox and Toyota Motor Europe partner to launch Cloud Navigation for the Yaris, Yaris Cross and Aygo X vehicles

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Wednesday, January 4, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mapbox, the leading maps and location platform powering a new generation of location-aware applications, announced a partnership with Toyota Motor Europe to offer Cloud Navigation powered by Mapbox Dash. For the first time, the European models Yaris, Yaris Cross, and Aygo X vehicles will provide Toyota customers moment-by-moment information and make driver journeys more time efficient, trouble-free and safe. In addition to lane-level navigation, drivers have access to parking search including real-time parking availability, speed limit and speed camera warnings. In an upcoming pilot, Toyota drivers can pay for parking and fuel from the convenience of their infotainment system.

Key Points: 
  • For the first time, the European models Yaris, Yaris Cross, and Aygo X vehicles will provide Toyota customers moment-by-moment information and make driver journeys more time efficient, trouble-free and safe.
  • In addition to lane-level navigation, drivers have access to parking search including real-time parking availability, speed limit and speed camera warnings.
  • Mapbox Dash, a Software as a Service (SaaS) product, combines the company's platform capabilities in navigation, search and visualization, and traffic data.
  • Instead of data and a user interface (UI) that ages with the vehicle, customers who purchase vehicles from Toyota Motor Europe with Mapbox Dash will always be using up-to-date data from the cloud.

ROOKIE Racing and TOYOTA announce participation in 25-hour endurance race in Thailand

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Monday, December 12, 2022
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TOKYO, Dec 12, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - ROOKIE Racing Co., Ltd. (ROOKIE Racing) and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announced their competition in the IDEMITSU 1500 SUPER ENDURANCE 2022 (Thailand 25H Endurance Race) at the Chang International Circuit in Thailand from December 17 to 18, 2022, with the ORC ROOKIE GR Corolla H2 concept, a hydrogen engine vehicle, and the ORC ROOKIE GR86 CNF Concept, a carbon-neutral (CN) fuel vehicle.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, Dec 12, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - ROOKIE Racing Co., Ltd. (ROOKIE Racing) and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announced their competition in the IDEMITSU 1500 SUPER ENDURANCE 2022 (Thailand 25H Endurance Race) at the Chang International Circuit in Thailand from December 17 to 18, 2022, with the ORC ROOKIE GR Corolla H2 concept, a hydrogen engine vehicle, and the ORC ROOKIE GR86 CNF Concept, a carbon-neutral (CN) fuel vehicle.
  • The participation will not be for the entire 25-hours but will be for the first and last few hours of the race.
  • Starting with our participation in the Thailand 25H Endurance Race, we strive to increase CN options in Asia, through motorsports.
  • ROOKIE Racing won the 10-hour IDEMITSU 600 SUPER ENDURANCE 2019, its first entry in a race held at the circuit.

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing seals manufacturers' crown in style with Ogier win*

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Monday, October 24, 2022
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TOKYO, Oct 24, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team has completed an FIA World Rally Championship treble in style by clinching the 2022 manufacturers' title* with a superb win for Sebastien Ogier at Rally de Espana.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, Oct 24, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team has completed an FIA World Rally Championship treble in style by clinching the 2022 manufacturers' title* with a superb win for Sebastien Ogier at Rally de Espana.
  • The manufacturers' championship success follows the drivers' and co-drivers' titles that were won by Kalle Rovanpera and Jonne Halttunen on the previous rally in New Zealand.
  • In total, this is the sixth occasion that Toyota has topped the WRC's manufacturers' classification, the third time since it returned to the series in 2017.
  • The rally win in Spain is the team's seventh of the season and a first for the outgoing eight-time champion Ogier in his part-time campaign.

Automotive Interior Global Market Report 2022 Featuring Major Players - Adient; Calsonic Kansei; Faurecia SE; Hyundai Mobis; & Lear Corporation - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Monday, October 17, 2022
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The "Automotive Interior Global Market Report 2022" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • The "Automotive Interior Global Market Report 2022" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • Growing demand for luxury vehicles is expected to propel the growth of the automotive interior market going forward.
  • Therefore, an increase in demand for luxury vehicles is driving the growth of the automotive interior market.
  • Major companies operating in the automotive interiors market are introducing new products to sustain their position in the market.

GR Yaris Joins KINTO FACTORY Lineup

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Wednesday, August 24, 2022
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TOKYO, Aug 24, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and KINTO Co., Ltd. (KINTO) announced today that, joining the KINTO-exclusive GR Yaris "Morizo Selection", the GR Yaris purchased through Toyota dealers has been added to the KINTO FACTORY service lineup, which enables customers to evolve their vehicles.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, Aug 24, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and KINTO Co., Ltd. (KINTO) announced today that, joining the KINTO-exclusive GR Yaris "Morizo Selection", the GR Yaris purchased through Toyota dealers has been added to the KINTO FACTORY service lineup, which enables customers to evolve their vehicles.
  • - Upgrading and personalization services available for the KINTO-exclusive GR Yaris "Morizo Selection"(1) can now be enjoyed by owners of the GR Yaris(2) purchased through Toyota dealers.
  • Based on the hitherto offering of upgrades and personalization for the GR Yaris "Morizo Selection", also newly available from today through KINTO FACTORY for both the GR Yaris "Morizo Selection" and the GR Yaris is the torque-boosting "GR YARIS PERFORMANCE SOFTWARE 2.0" upgrade service, which increases maximum engine torque to 390 N･m. Customers who purchase this service can also enjoy personalized software settings for optimally tailored performance.
  • (2) GR Yaris RZ, GR Yaris RZ "High Performance", and GR Yaris RC only; not available for the GR Yaris RS

Another double podium for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing

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Monday, August 22, 2022
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TOKYO, Aug 22, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team has scored another double podium finish at Ypres Rally Belgium as Elfyn Evans finished just five seconds away from victory in second position with Esapekka Lappi in third.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, Aug 22, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team has scored another double podium finish at Ypres Rally Belgium as Elfyn Evans finished just five seconds away from victory in second position with Esapekka Lappi in third.
  • There they set the fastest time to leave Belgium with their championship lead still a commanding one at 72 points with four rounds remaining.
  • The result ensures TGR still has a strong lead of 88 points in the manufacturers' championship.
  • After driving the GR Yaris H2 himself on Saturday, Team Founder Akio Toyoda had the chance to ride alongside Kankkunen on the most varied stage of the weekend before greeting his drivers at the podium.