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Join us on a trip down memory lane with Toyota Dyna,
1985 to 1994… |
Toyota History:
| 1985: |
Toyota
launches it’s own vehicle research and development
facility in Eston, becoming the first South African
manufacturer with such a facility. |
| 1986: |
1
000 000 Toyotas sold in South Africa! |
| 1989: |
Toyota wins
international Hino and TMC Parts and Service awards. |
| 1990: |
Toyota Lease
is created, offering full maintenance leasing with full
Toyota dealer back-up and servicing support. |
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Toyota Dyna
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| 1990: |
Toyota
SA celebrates 10 years of market
leadership |
| 1991: |
Dr Albert
Wessels passes away on 22 July 1991 at the age of 82 and his
son, Bert Wessels takes over as executive chairman of Toyota
SA. |
| 1992: |
Toyota SA
Trucks becomes the number one commercial vehicle
manufacturer in SA. |
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Freddie
Mercury
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World History:
| 1985 |
Mobile
telephones are launched in Europe. |
| 1986: |
‘Iron Man’
Mike Tyson, aged 20, becomes the youngest ever world
heavyweight boxing champion. |
| 1986: |
The US space
shuttle Challenger fails just after lift-off, killing all
seven astronauts. |
| 1989: |
Several
hundred pro-democracy demonstrators are massacred by the
Chinese Army on Tiananmen Square Beijing. |
| 1990: |
Namibia
becomes a fully independent republic after 23 years of armed
struggle. |
| 1991: |
Freddie
Mercury, lead singer of Queen, dies of AIDS. |
| 1993: |
A massive car
bomb explodes in the parking garage of New York’s World
Trade Centre. |
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Nelson Mandela
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SA History:
| 1985: |
Koeberg
nuclear power station comes on line. |
| 1987: |
SAA’s Boeing
747 Helderberg, plunges into the ocean near Mauritius,
killing all on board. |
| 1988: |
Wally Hayward,
aged 79, finishes the 90km Comrades Marathon. |
| 1990: |
Nelson
Mandela walks to freedom after 26 years of
imprisonment. |
| 1992: |
SA strike
bowler Alan Donald is adjudged Cricketer of the Year. |
| 1993: |
SA Communist
Party leader Chris Hani dies in a hail of bullets outside
his Johannesburg home. |
| 1994: |
South Africans
of all colours cast their votes in the country’s first
ever fully democratic election. |
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On the Big Screen:
| 1985: |
Teen idol Michael J Fox stars
in Back to the Future. |
| 1986: |
Henry Cele stars in Bill Faure’s
television epic Shaka Zulu. |
| 1987: |
Dustin Hoffman
and Tom Cruise star in the hit movie Rain Man, the moving
story of an autistic genius. |
| 1989: |
The
Japanese firm Sony buys Hollywood’s Columbia Pictures. |
| 1993: |
Tom Hanks
gives a star performance in Philadelphia, the first major
Hollywood feature about AIDS. |
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Top Hit Singles of
1985:
Loverboy –
Billy Ocean
One night in Bangkok – Murray Head
Careless Whisper – George Michael
Ring of Ice – Jennifer Rush
Woodpeckers from Space – Café Society
We are the World – USA for Africa
Money for Nothing – Dire Straits
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READER COMPETITION:
Predict the winning model year or highest mileage and win one of two exclusive trips for
two to Mangwanani Spa!
ENTERING IS EASY:
Visit www.toyotatrucks.co.za for details of your nearest Toyota Trucks Dealership or enter
direct via www.fleetwatch.co.za by following the post, fax or e-mail entry instructions. All
competition entries close 13/10/2006. |
