Toyota New Zealand - Latest News [Page 28]
Osborne Latest Karting Champ To Confirm Toyota Switch
Tuesday, 19 October 2021, 9:57 am | Toyota GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Morrinsville karting champion Fynn Osborne is the latest talent to confirm he’ll be on the ever-growing grid for the forthcoming Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship season. Osborne is one of the country’s top karters having won the Rotax ... More >>
Bringing Nature Closer To The Classroom With Toyota Kiwi Guardians
Thursday, 7 October 2021, 1:40 pm | Toyota New Zealand
Toyota Kiwi Guardians is excited to announce the opportunity for children to win thousands of dollars to create their own green sanctuary at school. The green space competition has been launched to encourage more children to connect with nature and ... More >>
Lawson Makes It 20 Who Complete The Road From TRS To F1
Monday, 4 October 2021, 5:20 pm | Toyota GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Rising star Liam Lawson is all set for a 2021 F1 test and free practice runs in 2022. Picture Red Bull Content Pool. Confirmation from Alpha Tauri boss Franz Tost that Liam Lawson will test for the team at the annual post season Abu Dhabi test ... More >>
Allen set to surprise the young guns
Tuesday, 21 September 2021, 9:59 am | Toyota Racing
Manawatu racer Justin Allen is revved up and ready for his best ever showing in the Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship and is leaving no stone unturned as he builds up for a title challenge. Justin Allen is aiming big for this season’s Toyota 86 ... More >>
The Road To The 67th New Zealand Grand Prix Starts Here
Monday, 13 September 2021, 6:14 pm | Toyota GAZOO Racing New Zealand
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand has released details of its Road to NZGP programme and it should help young Kiwi racers into the fast lane for the biggest single seater race weekend of the year. Kaleb Ngatoa dices it out with Shane van Gisbergen in the ... More >>
NZ Motorsport’s Biggest Ever Prize Fund Confirmed
Wednesday, 8 September 2021, 3:43 pm | Toyota GAZOO Racing New Zealand
The prize pool for the drivers in the next Toyota 86 Championship is huge. Picture Bruce Jenkins. TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand has confirmed the prize pool for the coming season‘s Best Bars Toyota 86 championship will be the most valuable ever ... More >>
Champion Returns To Defend Best Bars Toyota 86 Title
Friday, 3 September 2021, 4:57 pm | Toyota GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Champion Rowan Shepherd returns for a title defence. Picture Bruce Jenkins. Christchurch racer and current Best Bars Toyota 86 Champion Rowan Shepherd will defend his title next season. Rowan will race a Toyota 86 entered by race promoter Speed Works Events ... More >>
Four From THoR For Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship
Monday, 2 August 2021, 10:16 am | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
A huge four car team from racing philanthropists The Heart of Racing will provide opportunity for up and coming young racers to win big in next season’s Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2108/f16cf92d4fc61e42ac4b.jpeg" ... More >>
TGRNZ Confirms New Role For Caillol
Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 2:00 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand has announced that Castrol Toyota Racing Series Category Manager Nicolas Caillol will also assume the role of TGRNZ Motorsport Manager from August 1st. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2107/a8449adccc81a53176ad.jpeg" ... More >>
New Toyota Kiwi Guardians Site Takes Number To Over 110 Across Aotearoa
Monday, 19 July 2021, 11:21 am | Toyota New Zealand
The latest Toyota Kiwi Guardians adventure site at Wooded Gully Campground was unveiled at a special event in North Canterbury last week. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2107/5e1c9d645b9beac7c856.jpeg" width="720" height="480"> The Kererū Loop Track, a 2.45-kilometre ... More >>
TGRNZ Welcomes Supercars Test Prize For Best Bars Toyota 86 Champion
Friday, 16 July 2021, 2:02 pm | Toyota GAZOO Racing New Zealand
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand has welcomed the news that the next Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship winner will also win a Supercar test with the ultra-successful Triple Eight Race Engineering team. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2107/aaa387e3f464b298c369.jpeg" ... More >>
Gaunt Is Castrol TRS King Of Stats
Friday, 9 July 2021, 5:34 am | Toyota GAZOO Racing New Zealand
As the clock counts down towards the 2022 Castrol Toyota Racing Series and its 18th season, some number crunching at TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand of the previous 17 championships has revealed some outstanding high achievers – none more so than ... More >>
2022 Castrol Toyota Racing Series Taking Shape – South Island Return Confirmed
Saturday, 3 July 2021, 5:46 am | Toyota GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Plans are taking shape for the 18th season of the Castrol Toyota Racing Series and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing NZ has this week confirmed the championship will begin mid-January and will include a return to the South Island. The 2022 Castrol Toyota Racing Series ... More >>
Summer Of Adventure For Kiwi Kids As Toyota Kiwi Guardians Participation Soars
Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 11:58 am | Toyota New Zealand
Participation in Toyota Kiwi Guardians is reaching new heights with more kids than ever earning their Toyota Kiwi Guardian medals In the first quarter of 2021, 9,851 Toyota Kiwi Guardian medals were claimed, the highest number ... More >>
Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship Interest Unprecedented As More Hopefuls Test
Thursday, 24 June 2021, 3:55 pm | Toyota Racing
A busy week of testing activity at Hampton Downs for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing saw four more young up and coming racers try out the Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship car - and all were left impressed by the car's abilities in the challenging track conditions. ... More >>
Douglas Completes Successful Tests And Confirms US F4 Debut
Friday, 18 June 2021, 4:58 pm | Toyota GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Impressive youngster Jacob Douglas will head to the US next month. Picture Bruce Jenkins Jacob Douglas enjoyed his second day of testing with the Toyota FT60 putting in around 80 laps in both wet and dry conditions at Hampton Downs yesterday in preparation ... More >>
Best Bars Toyota 86 Champ Keen For More After Prize FT60 Test
Wednesday, 16 June 2021, 9:58 am | Toyota GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Kiwi racer Rowan Shepherd has completed a full day of testing in Toyota’s FT60 TRS car at Hampton Downs, impressing TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand engineers with both his speed and his rate of improvement throughout a rainy and difficult day. ... More >>
Toyota Disappointed In Misinformation Around Electric Utes
Monday, 14 June 2021, 3:42 pm | Toyota New Zealand
Toyota New Zealand has confirmed today that it has no plans to bring in an electric Hilux in the next 18 – 24 months. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2106/49fb0e15a438f20551a0.jpeg" width="720" height="480"> “I’d like to reiterate that ... More >>
Class Victory For Toyota Gazoo Racing Team Thailand At Nurburgring 24hrs, Powered By Motul
Friday, 11 June 2021, 12:30 pm | Toyota Racing
Thailand, June 10, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - Toyota Gazoo Racing Team Thailand battled severely adverse weather conditions to take an emphatic win at the ADAC Total 24 Hours of Nurburgring 2021. Motul's top-line product 300V was the motor oil of choice ... More >>
Focus On Decarbonising The Fleet, Not Just On EVs
Thursday, 10 June 2021, 1:33 pm | Toyota New Zealand
The journey to an eventually decarbonised transport fleet in New Zealand will be driven by a range of low carbon-emitting powertrains including hybrid engines and not by a reliance on battery electric vehicles, according to the world’s largest ... More >>