Congratulations to the 18th TDCAC Winners!


Ela Motors has recently announced the national winners of the 18th Toyota Dream Car Art Competition, which is open to children aged 15 and younger.

The competition ran from October 1st to November 30th, 2024, and received 187 entries, all judged by a panel of professional art instructor and educators. Winners were chosen based on the uniqueness, message, and artistic quality of their artwork. The awards ceremony took place on March 29th, 2025, in Port Moresby at the Badili showroom.

Ela Motors’ CEO, Masaru Mikami, was present at the ceremony as the guest of honor and was pleased to award the winners with stationery shopping vouchers along with certificates of participation. Masaru San emphasized the importance of dreaming, stating that the foundation of our dreams comes from the support of our families, friends, and the communities that help us envision those dreams. With this sense of gratitude, I hope we can approach the Toyota Dream Car Contest and truly express what our dreams mean to us.

Ben Johnson, the L&D Manager and internal judge, expressed his appreciation for the children’s participation. He stated, “We received many incredible drawings from talented artists nationwide in each category.”

The Toyota Dream Car Art Competition is an annual global art contest that invites children to share their visions of future mobility by drawing their dream cars. The competition aims to nurture the creativity of future inventors, thinkers, and dreamers. Ela Motors extends its warm thanks to all the children who participated and admires the raw, remarkable talent displayed by these young artists.

Ela Motors has recently announced the national winners of the 18th Toyota Dream Car Art Competition, which is open to children aged 15 and younger.

The competition ran from October 1st to November 30th, 2024, and received 187 entries, all judged by a panel of professional art instructor and educators. Winners were chosen based on the uniqueness, message, and artistic quality of their artwork. The awards ceremony took place on March 29th, 2025, in Port Moresby at the Badili showroom.

Ela Motors’ CEO, Masaru Mikami, was present at the ceremony as the guest of honor and was pleased to award the winners with stationery shopping vouchers along with certificates of participation. Masaru San emphasized the importance of dreaming, stating that the foundation of our dreams comes from the support of our families, friends, and the communities that help us envision those dreams. With this sense of gratitude, I hope we can approach the Toyota Dream Car Contest and truly express what our dreams mean to us.

Ben Johnson, the L&D Manager and internal judge, expressed his appreciation for the children’s participation. He stated, “We received many incredible drawings from talented artists nationwide in each category.”

The Toyota Dream Car Art Competition is an annual global art contest that invites children to share their visions of future mobility by drawing their dream cars. The competition aims to nurture the creativity of future inventors, thinkers, and dreamers. Ela Motors extends its warm thanks to all the children who participated and admires the raw, remarkable talent displayed by these young artists.

Examples of disqualified artworks


The examples below are common mistakes seen in the artworks applied to the contest.

Please be aware not to include those elements in your artwork.

The examples below are common mistakes seen in the artworks applied to the contest.

Please be aware not to include those elements in your artwork.

Created by a person other than the participant
  • The artwork must be drawn solely by the participant.

Drawing corporation logos or cars of other manufacturers
  • Copying the exact designs/names of industries other than TOYOTA is not accepted.

Copying artworks created by other artists
  • Example: Artworks from the previous contest, famous paintings, images on the internet etc.

Drawing trademarked characters
  • Example: Characters from cartoons, movies, games etc.

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