Toyota knew exactly what they were doing when they let me have a GR Yaris for a month

Back in August, I wrote about Toyota GR officially becoming its own standalone brand here in New Zealand. Akio Toyoda’s push, and the “motorsport feeds the road car, the road car feeds the customer, the customer feeds motorsport” loop translated to a company telling you it’s serious about something. It was a great experience that […]

No clutch, no problem? – Toyota GR86 Auto Review

Few cars in today’s market make such an unapologetic case for driving fun as the Toyota GR86. The formula of the small, 2 door, rear wheel drive sports car is usually reserved for the second car, the toy that gets used on the weekends. But, by pairing it with an automatic gearbox, Toyota wants to […]

Rocking ‘rolla – Toyota GR Corolla review

Toyota GR Corolla review NZ

The Toyota Corolla has been a crowd pleaser for the masses ever since it first rolled off the production line in 1966. To me it’s a non-threatening nameplate that’s in many ways ‘satisfyingly vanilla’ in its performance and appearance (this is a good thing) and as such an easy choice when looking for a rental […]

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