Before training on public roads with TTC in Durban, South Africa, Kevin, a Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) 5C local leader who works in R&D, went over various points of caution on the road.

To the land of the Maasai A lodge on, a Tanzanian coffee plantation lodge was the starting point of the African Drive Project. Local team members took the first leg of the drive through the city of Arusha.

Cars at work in the darkness of mines. On safari tour s in Tanzania, Land Cruisers t ake guests out to see giraffes and lions, but in Zambia they're used to take workers down more than 1,000 meters into the earth to deep underground copper mines.

Zimbabwe, past and future. While driving through Zimbabwe's Zambezi National Park, local member Alistair told the team, "Zimbabwe's roads all used to be like this." The roads were dirt and gravel, sometimes with rocks.

Across the national border to South Africa. The amount of material used to pave the straight road from inside Zimbabwe to the border must have been the absolute minimum necessary.

One Africa Team 2 arrived in Durban, South Africa. The next day, they visited the TSAM test course. Team captain Tomonori Umeda comments, "I want to know what the needs are in Africa." When he met local leader Kevin Jarvis, they greeted each other by saying, "One heart, one team, Africa!" Umeda says he wants to add one word to the greeting.

What Toyota members make together. The team is headed to Fish River Canyon, the largest canyon in Africa. Hiroki Kimura of the Z-Frontier Division is driving from Lüderitz to the canyon. Even though the clouds of dust churned up by the lead car give him trouble, he is overjoyed to be driving on the unpaved road.

Listening to local voices. The team headed to Mossel Bay in Western Cape Province via the southernmost tip of Africa. Something had been bothering Hiroaki Ikawa from the Vehicle Engineering Development Division since he came to South Africa.

Don't be a parts maker, be an automaker. The team entered the Kingdom of Lesotho, surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. Some of the team members were also from Suzuki, Hino Motors, and Toyota Auto Body.