Firstly a Happy New Year to you all! Thank you very much for your support over the 13 years this website has existed. I appreciate it immensely. 6 years ago we test drove a standard Toyota Hilux on K'Garri Fraser Island on the East coast of Australia. At the time…
Drone view of Vance our Toyota RAV4 on the Stuart Highway. This is Part 3 and the final iteration of our epic 11.000 km / 7.000 mile - Test Drive of the new Toyota RAV4 into Indigenous Australia. You can check out Part 1: Cape York here and Part 2: Arnhem…
Vance our Toyota RAV4 measuring up against a termite mound. This is Part 2 of our epic 11.000 km / 7.000 miles Test Drive of the new Toyota RAV4 into Indigenous Australia. You can check out Part 1: Cape York here. By the time we reached Mataranka in the Northern…
Vance our Toyota RAV4 with Krys the Croc in Normanton, Queensland. Since it launched in late 2018, the new generation Toyota RAV4 has been hitting sales records almost everywhere it landed - including almost 50.000 monthly sales in the US in August - and is poised to take the lead…
Our Toyota Corolla Hybrid in Silverton, Australia. The Toyota Corolla needs no introduction: a nameplate originally launched in 1966, more than 46 million units across 12 generations have been sold since. The Corolla has been the best-selling vehicle in the world on and off since 1974 and without interruption since 2005, Toyota…
Pasha posing on top of Big Red, the Simpson Desert's tallest dune. This is Part 3 and the final iteration of our test drive of the Toyota Land Cruiser into the mighty Simpson Desert in Australia, the largest sand dune desert in the world. You can see Part 1: Getting there here and…
Crossing all the way... This is Part 2 of our test drive of the Toyota Land Cruiser into the mighty Simpson Desert in Australia. You can see Part 1: Getting there here. We are now getting into the deep end and ready to start the famed crossing. As we described…
Our Toyota Land Cruiser between Coober Pedy and Oodnadatta in South Australia. We are back in the hypnotic Australian deserts, this time with a Toyota Land Cruiser. In 2017, the Land Cruiser was the only nameplate in the world to manage at least 10 country wins (11) alongside the Hilux…
Omar with magical Uluru. This is Part 3 and the last iteration of our exploration of the Australian Red Centre with a Toyota Prado which we baptised Omar. You can see Part 1 taking us from Sydney to Birdsville here and Part 2 from Birdsville to Alice Springs here. We now…
Australian solitude at its best. This is Part 2 of our exploration of the Australian Red Centre with a Toyota Prado which we baptised Omar. You can see Part 1 taking us from Sydney to Birdsville here. After a half-day of rest in Birdsville we set our sights on Boulia…
Omar our Toyota Prado posing in front of the legendary Birdsville Hotel. We interrupt our annual Chinese exploration to travel to some of the most isolated - and beautiful - regions of Australia with the ultimate travel machine, the Toyota Prado. The Prado is one of only 9 nameplates in…
Our Toyota C-HR exploring the Moon Plain near Coober Pedy (click on any pic to enlarge). This is Part 2 of our adventure through Outback Australia and the legendary Oodnadatta Track with a Toyota C-HR. See Part 1: William Creek and Oodnadatta here. After a rather uncomfortable night in an overheated…
The Toyota C-HR in the Australian Outback Launched in late 2016, the Toyota C-HR is the first crossover to rank #1 in the monthly charts at home in Japan, ending the year at #4. It is the most popular recent launch in Europe for 2017 at #46 (the Audi Q2…
