Toyota carrying out tests in Australia that will help deliver quality products for Saudi Arabia

Toyota Motor Corporation has begun a project in which employees put themselves into vehicles to assess vehicle specification plans for future models and provide a valuable training opportunity over vast distances in Australia, which is said to have every type of road in the world.

More than 30 Toyota employees will take on the rough and the tough in Toyota Land Cruisers, Hilux, 86, Prius, Camry, Corolla and other models for a period of more than 10 weeks to mid-November. 

They will engage in long distance driving and experience the stark realities of driving in the extreme conditions of Australia’s roads and climate, reporting their experiences to other Toyota employees the world over. 

Sharing these experiences is designed to deepen the interest and passion in automobiles of Toyota employees everywhere, supporting Toyota’s belief that people who love cars, will make better cars. 

Toyota’s commitment to quality is shown in the fact that each Toyota model travels two and a half times around the world (minimum 100,000 km) or 14 times around Saudi Arabia before it goes into mass production.   

The Toyota vehicle testing program recreates global temperatures and geographical conditions to ensure that Toyota performs at its best, to fit the conditions in each market. 

All Toyota models are tested under conditions that recreate the intense heat of Saudi Arabia. Toyota vehicles are exposed to external temperatures of 50 degrees centigrade, road surface temperatures of 75 degrees centigrade, and internal temperatures of 80 degrees centigrade to confirm the effects on the vehicle, its components and materials.