12 Facts About Toyota Australia

Toyota Australia is an Australian subsidiary of the Japanese car manufacturer Toyota.

Toyota Australia is based in Port Melbourne, with offices in Adelaide, Perth, Sydney, Brisbane, Townsville and Darwin.

Toyota Australia manufactured cars in Australia from 1963 until 2017.

In exchange Holden built Toyota Australia Lexcen which was a rebadged Commodore.

Many Toyota Australia vehicles have been built at either Altona or Port Melbourne, including the Tiara, Corona, Crown, Corolla, Camry and Avalon.

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In February 2014, Toyota Australia announced its decision to close its manufacturing plant by the end of 2017 and become a national sales and distribution company.

Toyota Australia received criticism for the manner in which the process was carried out; for example, deploying security guards to escort sacked staff.

In March 2019, Toyota announced plans to build a Hydrogen Centre at Altona partly funded by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency with existing infrastructure to be repurposed.

Centre will support the newly imported second generation Toyota Mirai released in Australia in April 2021 with an initial allocation of 20 vehicles for organizations and business.

Toyota Australia previously imported 10 first generation Mirai that were used in a loan program between 2018 and 2019 with a portable refuelling station developed in 2016 that was transportable on a Hino 700 truck to refuel the Mirai.

Toyota Australia has held the largest market share of Australia's new car market for eighteen consecutive years from 2003 - 2020.

In March 2015, Toyota Australia announced an affordable, grassroots motorsport series based on the country's best-selling sports car, the Toyota 86 coupe, to be raced at Supercars Championship events.