Toyota Motors Europe
Driving online retail and creating consistent elevated brand experience across markets.
Challenge
Toyota Europe set out to optimise the user experience on its corporate website, with a clear focus on the buyer’s journey. The path to purchase was long, unclear, and overly complex — reflected in low online conversions and limited lead generation. At the same time, the head office aimed to boost operational efficiency and ensure a consistent digital brand experience.
Action
The first step was a deep-dive UX research and discovery phase. We analysed user behaviour and data across selected Toyota market websites, followed by stakeholder interviews with local marketing leads. Prior to that, we conducted a heuristic UX audit and competitor analysis.
After synthesising findings, we developed conceptual designs that addressed key user pain points. These, combined with best practices and behavioural insights, formed the basis of a practical eCommerce handbook. It highlighted where users struggled, dropped off, or showed signs of frustration — and offered clear, actionable recommendations to improve checkout flows and site configuration.
Building on these insights, we defined a new vision for online retail and outlined a digital roadmap. Collaborating with a business analyst and a technical solutions architect, we prototyped and tested eCommerce components on Adobe Experience Platform, using Magento, Target, and Adobe Analytics as a proof of concept.
My role:
Heuristic UX evaluation
UX research and analysis
Leading stakeholder interviews
Conceptual UX designs
UX audit and eCommerce handbook creation
Digital roadmap definition
UX/UI designs for the Proof of Concept
Results
With clear, actionable insights in hand, we segmented user journeys by intent and simplified the buyer’s path by reordering configuration steps, streamlining customisation and optimised the checkout flow. Guided by a new eCommerce vision and powered by modern technology, Toyota significantly cut operational costs across European markets and streamlined the entire online retail experience — from connected services to backend systems.
hierarchy optimised
CTA
configuration stages
1 not 3
reduction in time on configuration task
64%
faster to filter available stock vehicles
3x
A glimpse into the project
User flow visualisation for Toyota buyer's journey Proof of Concept
Table of contents of the e-commerce handbook for Toyota Europe
Excerpt from the e-commerce handbook
Toyota model variant overview
Overview page of Toyota models with filters