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Toyota said it has entered into a national partnership agreement with Special Olympics Nippon (SON) that includes sponsorship of SON activities in Japan. To support the Special Olympics 2016 in Niigata Prefecture, Toyota employees, according to a statement, will be dispatched to related events as volunteers, and promotional campaigns will ...

Ahead of its official debut at the upcoming Geneva International Motor Show, the California T, Ferrari’s immensely successful front-engined V8 model with retractable hard top and 2+ seating configuration, is now available with the brand-new Handling Speciale (HS) option, a statement issued in Maranello has said. According to the statement obtained ...

Foton, one of the largest motor manufacturers in the world, improved on its performance in the gruelling Dakar Rally at its third attempt in the 2016 event, which ended in Rosario on January 16. This year, the company entered a Tunland pick-up and a Sauvana SUV, which is based on ...

Hyundai Motorsport started its third season in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) in style with a podium finish in the debut event for the New Generation i20 WRC when Thierry Neuville steered their new rally car to third place in the Rallye Monte-Carlo ending Monday, January 25. The team, ...

Hino, the leading Japanese truck manufacturer and the first one from that country to enter the gruelling Dakar Rally, way back in 1991, registered its 25th consecutive finish in the 2016 edition of this gruelling, annual cross-country race which ended in Rosario, Argentina, on January 16. The Hinos finished 13th (Teruhito ...

Though the 2016 edition of the world’s toughest motorsport event, The Dakar Rally, is over as the millions of fans who cheered on the Dakar convoy as it snaked its way across Argentina and Bolivia, have returned to their normal lives, back in Johannesburg, South Africa, the members of the ...

Toby Price’s victory will certainly be marked in history as the 28-year-old is the first Australian rider to have taken the title and it is also the first time at the incredibly challenging event that a rider has won it on a second attempt. Price raced his first Dakar last ...

The President, Toyota Motor Corporation, Akio Toyoda, has hailed the Toyota teams that participated in the just concluded 2016 Dakar Rally. In a statement obtained by AUTO REPORT AFRICA, Toyoda said: “The Dakar Rally is arguably the world’s most challenging endurance race. It is a formidable test of teamwork, tenacity and ...

Toyota GAZOO Racing Friday announced the entry of three vehicles―a Toyota C-HR Racing*, a Lexus RC, and a Lexus RC F―in the 44th 24 Hours of Nürburgring endurance race to be held in Germany from May 26 to 29, 2016. The 24 Hours of Nürburgring, according to a statement issued ...

Stage 10 of Dakar 2016 brought the fearsome dunes of the Catamarca near the town of Fiambalá properly into play, as a number of the top crews faltered under the relentless South American sun. For Toyota Gazoo Racing SA, it was again a day where the gods of the Dakar ...