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Toyota has decided to combine the Auris, Corolla and Masters of Africa blogs into one – The Toyota Blog (http://www.toyotablog.co.za/) This will allow you to access anything Toyota related in one place, rather than 3.

The Toyota Blog went live on 13 October 2009 and offers you everything from vehicle information, motorsport news, videos and photos, competitions, interactive forums and much more.

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Johnny Gemmell and Peter Marsh head to Cape Town for the BP Ultimate Rally, the 7th round of the Sasol South African Rally Championship determined to eliminate the three point gap to the championship leaders. The Castrol Toyota Auris pair knows that this is make or break time for their title aspirations after storming back into contention after dominating the recent Osram Rally.  read more »

The Toyota Auris HSD Full Hybrid Concept will take centre stage for Toyota from 15 to 27 September at the Frankfurt Motor show.

The Auris HSD concept introduces Toyota's full hybrid technology to a mainstream model and the first step in the deployment of Hybrid Synergy Drive across the company's model range.

The new Prius Plug-in Hybrid Concept will also make its world premiere in Frankfurt. Prius Plug-in Hybrid expands the capabilities of Toyota's full hybrid technology, enabling pure electric operation for short-range day-to-day transportation. In early 2010, en extensive field trial in Europe will see over 150 units being leased to selected fleet customers.  read more »

Final
results:
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1. S2000 - Johnny Gemmell/Peter
   Marsh - Castrol Toyota Auris - 1:31:47
2. S2000 - Mark Cronje/Robert
   Paisley - Castrol Toyota Auris - 1:32:25
3. S2000 - Enzo Kuun/Guy
   Hodgson - BP Ultimate Volkswagen Polo - 1:32:43
4. N4 - Charl Wilken/Greg
   Godrich - Sasol/Konica Minolta Subaru Impreza - 1:34:06
5. S2000 - Jan Habig/Douglas
   Judd - BP Ultimate Volkswagen Polo - 1:34:15
6. S2000 - Japie van
   Niekerk/Robin Houghton - New Africa Developments Toyota RunX - 1:34:26
7. S2000 - Hergen Fekken/Pierre
   Arries - BP Ultimate Volkswagen Polo - 1:34:27
8. S2000 - JP Damseaux/Andre
   Vermeulen - Team Total Toyota RunX - 1:36:06
9. S2000 - Theuns
   Joubert/Hennie Botes - Salom Volkswagen Polo - 1:38:20
10. S2000 - Fernando Rueda/Cobus
    Vrey - Team Total Toyota RunX - 1:39:10

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) is to produce hybrid versions of Toyota's hot hatch, the Toyota Auris.These vehicles will be manufactured in the UK in mid-2010.

The hybrid version is said to use 19% less fuel and emit 17% less CO₂ than the non-hybrid version.

Are you likely to buy a hybrid vehicle in the next 2 years? Please leave a comment.

It was a tough weekend for the Castrol Toyota rally team in the Eastern Cape who had high expectations for Johnny Gemmell and Peter Marsh to close down their small championship deficit but it was not to be.

The S2000 Castrol Toyota Auris title challengers snatched the initiative when the crews hit the gravel stages with Gemmell storming into the lead of the Volkswagen Rally after six stages, ending Friday’s run with a slender three second lead over title rivals Hergen Fekken/Pierre Arries’ VW Polo.

dvj@toyota-media  read more »