New fashions, racing, optimistic progress forecasts – Toyota’s 2022 plans had been revealed right now on the annual Toyota State of the Motoring Business convention.



The raft of latest fashions play to each ends of the market – prime finish Lexus LX, LS Hybrid and Lexus NX be part of new iterations of outdated favourites; Toyota GR Hilux, RAV4 Hybrid VX, Corolla Cross GR, 86 GR and Supra GR.
In asserting the yr’s plans Toyota CEO Andrew Kirby underlined the success of Corolla Cross and forecast an optimistic gross sales goal of 540 000 items for 2022, a rise of some 75 000 over 2021. These 2021 figures broke down effectively for the Japanese producer; Agya took a ten % share of its phase, Starlet 15 %, City Cruiser 23 % within the B SUV phase, Hilux 36 % and the favored Corolla Cross a whopping 39 % share, with 3509 gross sales in November and December, 50 % of which was hybrid.

Each Kirby and Leon Theron, Senior Vice President for Gross sales and Advertising, emphasised the significance of these hybrid drivetrains within the coming yr. Full electrical was ‘nonetheless a way away’ given the native surroundings and the corporate’s short-term various power drives can be on hybrid methods.
Capitalising on the favored GR model would even be an essential 2022 pivot; Hilux, Corolla Cross, Supra and 86 all get the crimson and black Gazoo Racing remedy.

Toyota additionally introduced the launch of two racing initiatives, the GR Yaris Cup sequence and a karting youth coaching programme.