Wildlife visitors are warming the hearts of Toyota GB’s staff as a family of robins has chosen the rear wheel arch of a Toyota Corolla Excel 2.0, to build a nest in to raise its young. The company has released exclusive footage of the nest in the Corolla which is parked at Toyota GB’s press fleet garage in Crawley. The footage shows six baby robins being fed by their parents: Toyota Corolla robins recorded by a Go pro camera that was carefully placed so as not to disturb the birds.

The nest was spotted by Toyota GB press fleet manager, Graham Bothamley, who said: “I noticed a pile of leaves around the base of the rear wheel arch of the Corolla on the 12 April and discovered a nest full of eggs balanced on the top of the wheel. With a carefully hidden Go Pro camera we’ve been able to watch the parent robins sitting on the eggs and now feeding the baby birds. You’d have thought the birds might have chosen one of our more famous cars, such as the Lexus LFA or Toyota Supra, but instead they chose the world’s best-selling model, the Corolla.”

Graham continues: “We saw signs in early April that the robins had tried to build a nest in our car wash area, but that’s usually very noisy, so we think that’s why they re-located to a quieter spot and with our car test drives on hold owing to the current lockdown, the family have plenty of peace and quiet.”