Toyota New Zealand is again joining the family of sponsors backing Emirates Team New Zealand, which will defend the America’s Cup in 2021.
The car manufacturer is Team New Zealand’s most loyal supporter, having first joined the team in 1992.
The 2021 Cup defence in Auckland will be the eighth America’s Cup campaign that Toyota New Zealand has been involved in.
“We’ve been proud and honoured to stick with the team through thick and thin,” said Andrew Davis, general manager of marketing for Toyota New Zealand.
“The team’s philosophy of imagination, experimentation and innovation was the winning ingredient in Bermuda last year and represents what we stand for as a company and a country.”
“Last year’s successful challenge for the America’s Cup aligns even more closely with our brand values of continuous improvement and over the last four years this focus led to some exciting innovations and culminated in victory.”
Emirates Team New Zealand chief executive Grant Dalton says it’s great to have Toyota back on board.
The 2021 defence of the America’s Cup will be contested in AC75 mono-hull yachts, which will be designed to foil, like the catamarans used in the last two contests at San Francisco in 2013 and Bermuda last year.
