Latest Toyota News : February 2021

More than half the grid lining up for the season opener of the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Australia (TGRA) 86 Series at Bathurst this weekend will be new to the series as the grassroots support category for the 2021 Supercars Championship kicks off its fifth season.

Among the fresh faces to get behind the wheel of a Toyota 86 race car for a season of wheel-to-wheel action are two young female drivers - Holly Espray and Maddy Dunston - and Clay Richards, who takes the Richards racing dynasty into its third generation with Clay being the son of five-time Bathurst 1000 winner Steven and grandson of touring car legend Jim.

Toyota has outlined plans for its innovative e-Palette autonomous electric vehicles to provide practical on-demand transport services for customers in different markets and regions in the early 2020s.

Working with a range of partners, the autonomous vehicles will be deployed at Toyota's Woven City, a fully connected prototype city of tomorrow being built in the foothills of Mount Fuji in Japan.