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NEW TOYOTA LAND CRUISER PRADO RENDERED AS A BAKKIE

August 18, 2023 No Comments 1 Min Read

NEW TOYOTA LAND CRUISER PRADO RENDERED AS A BAKKIE

Independent automotive artist TheOttle has rendered what he thinks the next Toyota Land Cruiser bakkie should look like. His renderings are based on the all-new Land Cruiser Prado that is coming to Mzansi in 2024. Do you think he nailed it? The new Land Cruiser Prado is a good looking SUV with strong Toyota pedigree. For now we don’t know what powertrains it will carry in Mzansi, although in some…

TOYOTA RANGGA CONCEPT SHOWN IN INDONESIA

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August 17, 2023 No Comments 1 Min Read

TOYOTA RANGGA CONCEPT SHOWN IN INDONESIA

In Indonesia, Toyota presented this versatile commercial vehicle concept called the Rangga. In the local Javanese language the word Rangga means “hero”, attesting to the type of projects the car might be called upon to complete. We are told the car would be smaller than the Hilux and have the architecture to be transformed into different applications, as illustrated by these pics. So clearly a workhorse rather than a leisure…

TOYOTA GR CUP: EAST LONDON SPOILS SHARED

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July 24, 2023 No Comments 5 Min Read

TOYOTA GR CUP: EAST LONDON SPOILS SHARED

BY SETSHABA MASHIGO The East London Grand Prix Circuit hosted round 5 of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Cup and big upsets were in store. There was as much excitement as there was apprehension to tackle the oldest and fastest race track in Mzansi. The infamous Potters Pass and Rifle Bend – consecutive right hand sweepers taken at least 200km/h with only a strip of grass and a tyre wall between…

MASHIGO TAKES FIRM GRIP ON TOYOTA GR CUP CHAMPIONSHIP

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June 19, 2023 No Comments 4 Min Read

MASHIGO TAKES FIRM GRIP ON TOYOTA GR CUP CHAMPIONSHIP

Complete dominance, as Formula 1 fans have come to learn, doesn’t make for thrilling sporting entertainment. But boy is it a glorious feeling in the cockpit! A feeling that I had the pleasure of experiencing at Aldo Scribante circuit in Gqeberha for the fourth Round of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Cup. Being a bit more technical and peppered with more consequence than our home circuit Zwartkops Raceway, the first practice…

MASHIGO WINS TOYOTA GR CUP THRILLER

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May 22, 2023 No Comments 3 Min Read

MASHIGO WINS TOYOTA GR CUP THRILLER

Stars align at Zwartkops Raceway! After a dream debut resulting in two podiums at the same venue in Round 1, a baptism of fire at Killarney in Round 2, round 3 of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Cup was the breakthrough weekend I had been looking forward to for a long time! The first practice session saw me set the second best time behind Chad Lückoff, who seemed to have finally…

TWO TOYOTA GR CUP PODIUMS AT KILLARNEY FOR MASHIGO

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February 19, 2023 No Comments 3 Min Read

TWO TOYOTA GR CUP PODIUMS AT KILLARNEY FOR MASHIGO

BY SETSHABA MASHIGO Expectations were high for team the ASAMM car #777 of Setshaba Mashigo heading into the second round of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Cup at Killarney International Raceway in Cape Town this past weekend. With a fantastic free practice performance, topping the timing sheets by 7 tenths of a second through all three sessions, a maiden win looked very likely. However, Cape Town’s infamously unpredictable weather reared its…

ASAMM RACER MASHIGO TAKES MAIDEN TOYOTA GR CUP PODIUM

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February 19, 2023 No Comments 4 Min Read

ASAMM RACER MASHIGO TAKES MAIDEN TOYOTA GR CUP PODIUM

BY: SETSHABA MASHIGO Round 1 of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Cup at Zwartkops Raceway couldn’t have gone any better for team ASAMM (Association of South African Motoring Media). Scoring a second place overall finish on my real-world racing debut was an extraordinary start to the 2023 season. The build up to the race weekend was jam packed with introductions to the Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa team, Fast Developments who…