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Known for its ability to handle all kinds of tough terrain – including the North Pole, South Pole and the Dakar Rally – Hilux has been the go-to vehicle if you’re in the market for a powerful workhorse.

Its indestructible reputation has been built over seven generations of constant development and testing in the harshest of topographies. From navigating treacherous icy ridges to entering an active volcano – the boundaries of impossibility keep on being pushed. 

To understand the full legend though, we first need to delve back to where it all began…

Tetsuya Tada, chief engineer of the new GR Supra, wanted to build on Toyota’s sporting heritage in the development of Toyota’s latest sports car, and to do this he needed to examine what had been before.

The legendary Toyota 200OGT, Japan’s first super car was definitely the most influential. A front mounted engine, rear wheel drive and people seated within the wheelbase for optimum balance, all conceived from the mould of European sports cars.

Blind Driver back behind the Wheel

Dr Amit Patel was an emergency first response driver when he lost his sight back in 2013. He had more than his vision taken away from him, he also lost one of his greatest pleasures: his freedom to drive. In 2018, Amit contacted Toyota GB with a simple request: Help me drive again. So they did.

As the name suggests, Toyota Motor Europe’s research and development department initiated the 2018 Aygo programme by gathering feedback from existing owners of the second-generation model. The result of this extensive research identified three key focus areas for the development of the mid-lifecycle model change. Senior project manager Kristof Muylle identifies them for us: “Firstly, we wanted to ensure that Aygo maintained its best-in-class position in the A-segment for fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions.

Toyota Gazoo Racing won the 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans over the weekend, where its cars took the chequered flag in first and second place. It was an historic first victory for Toyota in its 20th entry in the world-famous race.

The #8 TS050 Hybrid takes the chequered flag, closely followed by its #7 sister car

Just ask a farmer, fencer, road gritter, builder, hunter…

If you want to know just how reliable, hard-wearing and capable a machine the Toyota Hilux is, you can’t do better than ask the people who drive them day-in, day-out. That’s what makes Hilux’s latest award, Professional Pick-Up and 4×4 magazine’s Working Pick-Up of the Year, all the more relevant and rewarding.