The curtain fell on Season 7 of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Vios Challenge with a dramatic finale at the Petronas Sepang International Circuit over the weekend, crowning new champions in all three categories: Naquib Azlan in the Super Sporting Class, Kenneth Koh in the Sporting Class, and Adam Mikail in the Rookie Class. This season offered a combined RM 630,000 in prize money and drew international competitors, elevating the profile of Malaysia’s premier one-make saloon car racing series. Super Spo

Sanjay

Jan 7, 2025

Toyota is looking to complete its long-term goals of ‘Producing Happiness for All’ and ‘Mobility for All’ by adding one more direction of travel – the stratosphere. At today’s opening of CES 2020 in Las Vegas, Chairman Akio Toyoda gave an update on the progress of Woven City, a ‘living laboratory’ built at the base of Mount Fuji, at the site of the former Higashi Fuji plant in Susono City, Shizuoka Prefecture. Woven City will go beyond cars and will serve as a sandbox of sorts for Toyota to tria

Hans

Jan 7, 2025

UMW Toyota Motor finished 2024 with over 102,300 units of Toyota and Lexus models sold, down 5.4% from the previous year. Toyota’s performance mirrors the challenges faced by Malaysia’s new car sales. All major high-volume brands except for Perodua and Honda are expected to post lower sales for 2024. Total new car sales for 2024 are expected to exceed 814,000 units (final figures to be announced later this month), which is around 1.7% higher than the previous year, but most of the increase is co

Hans

Jan 7, 2025

Perodua announced today that it has set a new sales record in 2024, with 358,102 cars sold in Malaysia, up 8.4% from the year before. It also hit its highest-ever production volume, with the company’s two plants in Rawang building a total of 368,100 units last year, 7.2% more than the previous year. “We have expanded far beyond our installed capacity of 320,000 units, showcasing dynamic synchronisation in meeting our shared objectives. This achievement shows our true potential and will be the be

Hans

Jan 7, 2025

The Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid coupe has launched in Malaysia, with the distinction of being the second locally-assembled (CKD Kulim) Porsche model to launch in the country, priced from RM 728,000 including taxes and duties but excludes on-the-road costs, optional extras, and insurance. It is also the Kulim facility's first plug-in hybrid (PHEV) to be produced there, and it is the first-ever Malaysian-made Porsche that is exported to Thailand. To recap, the regular Porsche Cayenne is also made h

Sanjay

Jan 7, 2025