Central European Rally: Day 4 - Rovanperä and Halttunen win back-to-back WRC titles with TOYOTA GAZOO Racing
Kalle Rovanperä and co-driver Jonne Halttunen have secured their second consecutive FIA World Rally Championship titles* with TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team after finishing in second place on the penultimate round of the 2023 season, the Central European Rally.
Rally Chile: Day 3 - TOYOTA GAZOO Racing wins world title* with Power Stage push
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team has successfully retained its crown as manufacturers’ champions* and guaranteed another clean sweep of FIA World Rally Championship titles in 2023 after an exciting finale to Rally Chile.
Acropolis Rally Greece: Day 4 - One-two for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing’s title protagonists in Greek epic
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team has achieved a one-two finish in another demanding edition of the Acropolis Rally, Kalle Rovanperä scoring his second win in three years in Greece to increase his championship lead while Elfyn Evans secured second place in a final-stage showdown.
Rally Finland: Day 4 - Evans and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing score another fine Finnish victory
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team is celebrating another win on its home roads of Rally Finland thanks to a spectacular drive by Elfyn Evans, with team-mate Takamoto Katsuta also battling to finish on the podium in third overall.
Toyota Tsusho Starts SKD Production of Fortuner SUV in Kenya
Toyota Tsusho Corporation ("Toyota Tsusho") announced today that it started SKD* production of Toyota Motor Corporation ("Toyota")'s Fortuner SUV at the Mombasa Plant of Associated Vehicle Assemblers Ltd. ("AVA"), a vehicle production contractor in Kenya, on July 29, 2023 (Japan time).
* SKD: Semi-knockdown. A method of vehicle assembly that the welded and painted body is imported and the components parts are assembled with body and chassis, or its parts configuration.
Toyota Tsusho currently produces Toyota's Land Cruiser Pickup, Hilux, and Hiace at the AVA Mombasa Plant. This new production of Fortuner is Toyota Tsusho's first SKD production of an SUV in Kenya, with production planned to be 350 units per year. Demand for SUV vehicles has been increasing in Kenya in recent years, and the market is expected to expand further in the future. Through this SKD production of Fortuner in Kenya, it will be possible to shorten the lead time for supply of the vehicles to customers in Kenya.
To mark the start of production, a production start-up ceremony was held at the plant in the presence of Kenyan President William Ruto; Moses Kuria, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry, Kenya; and Japanese Ambassador to Kenya, Ken Okaniwa.
Based on the "WITH AFRICA FOR AFRICA" philosophy, Toyota Tsusho seeks to grow with the people and communities of Africa, and aims to contribute to the further development of Kenya's automobile industry through the local production of Fortuner.
