About Co-Op Toyota
Co-Op Toyota is your multi award-winning Toyota dealer servicing Hobart and Southern Tasmania. Commencing operations in 1913, we are proud to be Australia’s oldest continually operating Motor Dealership.
In 1962, Co-op Motors was approached by executives of Thiess Sales who were seeking an outlet for the marketing of Toyota in Tasmania. Thus began a relationship that lasts until this day. Since 1996, Co-Op Motors has been locally family owned and operated.
Co-op Motors, or Co-op Toyota as it is more familiarly known today, is not only the biggest Toyota dealer in Tasmania, but also the largest new vehicle franchise in the state. Co-op Toyota has worked hard to match the quality of its vehicles with the quality of its service. In doing so, it established what is now a Co-op Toyota tradition of selling cars to the same customers, over and over again.
With a rich history and a commitment to our community, we have the knowledge to make your journey with Toyota a special experience whilst upholding our Company Vision of building brand advocates for life by putting a smile on the faces of our customers at each stage of their Toyota experience. We offer everything you need to keep moving from new and pre-owned vehicle sales, finance and accessories, to spare parts and a full mechanical workshop for the ongoing maintenance of your vehicle.
Co-Op Toyota continues to be the market leader in the Tasmanian Automotive Industry, priding ourselves on the Company Values of Honesty, Commitment, Respect, Growth and Unity.
Please contact us at either of our dealership locations at Hobart and Kingston, to see why we are the current Toyota Dealer of the Year for Victoria/Tasmania.
President's Award
The Toyota President's Award for Excellence represents the highest achievement in all aspects of Dealer performance and is limited to 14 of Australia's most elite Toyota Dealerships nationally. It is recognition for Dealerships that continue to go above and beyond at each Customer touch point and represent the best of the best.
Co-Op Toyota achieved the President's Award in:
2023 2021 2020 2019 2018 2003 2002 2000 1994
2023 Dealer of The Year Awards
TMCA hosted it’s annual Dealer Of The Year award night in March 2024 where our Dealer Principal, Grant Costelloe and the Management team attended the event in Melbourne.
A huge congratulations to everyone involved in the event and an even bigger congratulations to our team at Co-Op Toyota Hobart & Kingston.
We proudly took home the following awards:
- President's Award Winner 2023
- Southern Region Metropolitan Dealer of The Year 2023
- Sales Excellence Silver
- Toyota Sales Knight Award
- Parts Excellence Bronze
- Service Excellence Bronze
- Used Vehicle Sales Excellence Bronze
- Business Management Excellence Bronze
We are extremely proud that our team has been recognised for an outstanding year in 2023. As we move into 2024, we are determined to keep working hard to achieve our goal of being the leading motor vehicle company in Australia.
TMCA hosted it's annual Dealer Of The Year award night in Melbourne in March 2023. We took home the following awards:
- Sales Knights Award
- Used Vehicle Excellence Silver
- Business Management Excellence Silver
- Parts Excellence Bronze
- Sales Excellence Bronze
Congratulations to our teams, we are extremely proud of the efforts put in year after year and 2022 was no exception!
2021 Dealer of The Year
TMCA recently hosted it’s annual Dealer Of The Year award night where our Dealer Principal, Grant Costelloe attended the event in Melbourne.
A huge congratulations to everyone involved in the event and an even bigger congratulations to our team at Co-Op Toyota Hobart & Kingston.
We took home the following awards:
• Metropolitan Dealer of The Year
• Sales Excellence Silver
• Parts Excellence Silver
• Business Management Excellence Bronze
• Marketing and Guest Experience Bronze
We are extremely proud that our people have been recognised as Dealer Of The Year for the 4th consecutive year & 10th overall since 1994.
Co-Op Toyota were presented the Toyota President's Award for 2021 by Toyota Australia Vice President, John Pappas, Southern and Central Region General Manager, Jack Hobbs and Senior District Sales Manager, James Cook, Thursday 11th August 2022.
Our management team were fortunate enough to celebrate by dining at The Lounge by Frogmore Creek.
We are so honored to have been presented this outstanding award for the 4th consecutive year, a huge congratulations to our whole team at Hobart & Kingston.
The Story Behind Co-Op Toyota
Co-operative Motors commenced operations in 1913, taking over the operations of the Hobart Motor Company, located at the bottom end of Elizabeth Street – close to Hobart’s dock area. As such, Co-op Motors proudly carries the mantle of being the longest-serving motor dealer in Australia.
Co-op’s first franchise was for a truck known as the R.E.O, which later became known as the Reo. This make survived until the early 1940’S when production ceased. In 1919, Dodge cars and Graham Bros. trucks came under the company’s wing. The association with Dodge, and later the brother Chrysler, lasted until 1959 when this franchise was relinquished in favour of Mercedes Benz.
1929 heralded the commencement of Co-op’s association with the Standard Motor Company, which was the forerunner to the Australian Motor Industries which in turn is now known as Toyota Motor Corporation Australia.
Through the years, Co-op has represented many famous manufacturers, some of which have since passed into oblivion. Well known makes such as Hupmobile, Deasey, Storleigh, Hotchkiss, Berliet, Waverley, Austin, Morris and Citroen all contributed in some way to the early progress of the company.
Co-Op Motors and Toyota
Toyota is the really successful name associated with Co-op Motors today. This came about in the late 1950s with the introduction of Toyota into Australia through the vision of the great Sir Leslie Thiess, who had imported a number of Toyota Landcruisers to work in his coal mining operations in Queensland. The vehicles stood up so well to the severe testing to which they were subjected, that he could see an opening for his business associates to purchase some of these vehicles which subsequently led to the establishment of Thiess Sales Pty Ltd.
In 1962, Co-op Motors was approached by executives of Thiess Sales who were seeking an outlet for the marketing of Toyota in Tasmania. Thus began a relationship that lasts until this day. Co-op Motors, or Co-op Toyota as it is more familiarly known today, is not only the biggest Toyota dealer in Tasmania, but also the largest new vehicle franchise in the state.
As Toyota became renowned with quality world-wide, Co-op Motors worked hard to match the quality of its vehicles with the quality of its service. In doing so, it established what is now a Co-op Motors tradition of selling cars to the same customers, over and over again. Co-op Motors have truly established a reputation for reliability, innovative design and economy.
Co-Op Motors Today
Up until 1979, Co-op Motors was a public company, but in that year it then became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Charles Davis Limited, and then in 1996, it was acquired by the Costelloe Family.
Co-op Motors continues to be the market leader in the Tasmanian Automotive Industry, priding ourselves on the Company Values of Honesty, Commitment, Respect, Growth and Unity.
Visit us at 267 Argyle Street in Hobart Tasmania. If you would like to call us, please do so on 03 6230 1901.