Wave One: Toyota’s 60th Anniversary in Canada Cross-Country Road Trip Begins

In celebration of Toyota’s 60^th anniversary in Canada, the cross-country “Kanreki” road trip has begun! The group of automotive journalists, alongside Toyota Canada representatives, began wave one of the drive at kilometre 0 in St. John’s, NL, behind the wheel of the Toyota Land Cruiser, Crown Signia, Corolla Hybrid, GR86, Grand Highlander and Sienna. After crossing the province, ferrying to Sydney, NS, and taking on the Cabot Trail, wave one ended their journey in Halifax, NS.

Milestones and significant stops along the way included a visit to Signal Hill at the wheel of a 1979 Toyota Cressida, owned by Western Toyota’s Dealer Principal and CEO, Michelle Melendy. The group also ventured up to Cape Spear, Canada’s most easterly point, and later admired the world’s largest fiddle, in Sydney, NS. The last stop before concluding the drive was in Point Edward, NS where the group stood on the grounds of the very first plant to assemble Toyota vehicles, namely the Corolla, on Canadian soil.