Toyota NZ had a big month in October with five of its models featuring in the top 10 highest selling vehicles for the month, and the company out selling any other make by over 1,000 vehicles.
Official data from NZTA shows that Corolla and Yaris totally dominated the market, finishing one and three for the month, both in the passenger market and overall. The updated Hilux led the commercial market and finished fourth overall.
Steve Prangnell, Toyota general manager Sales and Operations, says the release of a new model Yaris hatchback during October gave fresh impetus to sales of Corolla’s smaller stablemate as Yaris led the segment.
“Yaris wasn’t in the top 10 vehicle models for sales in September, so we are looking forward to customers around the country giving their verdict as stocks of the new hatchback begin to arrive. Yaris has also now broken in to the top 10 vehicles for the year to date, which is an impressive result.” Continue reading “Toyota on track for 24 years as NZ market leader” »
Once at the farm, which has some nice steep tracks, we decided to do a bit of light off-roading, even though the supplied tyres are barely mud oriented – really just chunky road tyres. Some light rain that had passed over the hard-packed clay soon made the going treacherous and we hit a small drainage rut that slid the Hilux sideways towards a stand of manuka that, while sparing us from dropping down a steep bank, wouldn’t have made the paintwork that flash.
Last year two modified Toyota Hilux trucks travelled 2,307 kilometers across the Antarctic High Plateau in 108 hours. Sounds pretty easy, right? Wrong, the average speed for the tough trip was just 21km/h which gives an indication of the extreme conditions the drivers had to deal with.