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We’re seeing out our Tundra series in style. Over the past few weeks, you’ve heard all about the amazing new 2022 Tundra and the things it can do. Now it’s time to sit down with digital creator, marketer, and former engineer, Cody Wilhide, and President of Toyota Manufacturing, himself, Kevin Voelkel.

Think you’re the world’s ultimate Land Cruiser fan? Chances are Greg Miller’s got you beat. After finding himself with six of them in his collection, he realized that no one was preserving the history of the Land Cruiser like he was. That’s when The Land Cruiser Heritage Museum was born.

You’ve heard all about the 2022 Tundra and what it has to offer in the first two Tundra series episodes. But there’s no substitute for actually getting up close and hands on. In this episode, we’re taking several guests inside the new Tundra to see the amazing features that the next gen has to offer, firsthand.

Smart, seamless tech is an expectation of modern drivers, a trend Toyota is well familiar with. Continuing our special Tundra series, we plug into the next-gen’s brand new infotainment system, discussing added and noteworthy features, their benefits, and what went into their development behind the scenes. Joining us is Greg Blalock, Toyota’s Manager of Customer Solutions for Connected Technologies, and Mike Sweers, the 2022 Tundra’s Global Truck Chief Engineer.

We’re back in the time machine for this week’s episode of Toyota Untold, visiting Japan in the late 1960s where we jump into the driver’s seat, or passenger seat (famously), of Toyota’s first supercar, the massively influential 2000GT.

Toyota Untold is celebrating the highly anticipated release of the next generation 2022 Tundra with a special series of episodes, starting with a wholesome fireside chat with U.S. Air Force Veteran, DIY overlander, and lifelong Toyota driver, Jeff Buchenroth. Following Jeff, Kevin Kavanagh, the leader of the pack at Tundras to Sedona, takes us into the desert for the largest off-road Tundra event in the world.

It seems like everything has changed in the last eighteen months. Live events and promotions, specifically, are an area that will likely never be the same. This summer, Toyota leaned into this shift with a brand new, all-inclusive event space hosted at Toyota USA headquarters in Plano, Texas, that previewed upcoming news for select members of the automotive media landscape. The result was a one-of-a-kind, multi-day brand presentation, one that very well could redefine the model moving forward.

Grab some popcorn, Josh Brooks has a story to tell. As a boy, a vehicle in his neighborhood caught his eye — a stunning ‘79 Toyota Starlet. The experiences shared by Josh, the car, and its original owner in the decades following were as uncommon as they were endearing. This unlikely restoration tale, based in the small town of Radstock, England, will warm your heart and make you long for the nostalgic smell of a carburetor engine. We’ll let Josh explain.

Craig Lieberman, original owner of Paul Walker’s scene-stealing Gladiator Supra from “The Fast and the Furious” and Technical Advisor on the first and second films in the franchise, sheds light on what it was like to lend his expert knowledge and eye-popping vehicles to such a high-profile production. Buckle up, this one’s fast.

The driver-vehicle relationship is changing quickly. Toyota research scientists, John Lenneman, PhD., and Josh Domeyer, PhD., join the show to talk us through the deliberate, and surprisingly cooperative, scientific processes that go into this progress.

Ask someone to picture a car and they’ll probably imagine a sedan. Until recently, they were the most popular car on the market. Are sedans going extinct or is there more to it than that? We’re joined by Sam Goot (from Toyota’s Vehicle Marking and Communications department) and Paul Daverio (of Toyota’s Production Planning and Strategy division) to find answers.

The 2021 Sienna is here to redefine how we think about minivans. But what inspired its unique design-concept? We’re delving into the development of the new model with one of its chief designers, Ben Jimenez, who not only walks us through some of the latest features, but explains how they managed to evolve its legacy, creating something quietly confident and perfect for the here and now.