Enthusiasts have been increasingly lamenting the greenification of our cars and roads. Many are worried that the rise of electric vehicles, and the concern of emissions over everything else, will wipe out the joys of a sonorous engine. The manual gearbox? Don't even mention it. Toyota's engineers are confident that won't be the case. "We think sound is essential. We are developing the hydrogen engine to preserve the fun-to-drive engine, and the sound for the future," says Keisuke Fujikura, a mem

UMW Toyota Motor recently welcomed a JDM VIP guest to their latest manufacturing plant in Bukit Raja. How JDM was their visitor? Well, he was none other than former Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe and his delegates. Also Read: Yours for RM 137k, Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid launched in Malaysia The former Japanese Prime Minister visited Malaysia as a special government envoy of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, commemorating the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations betwee

It was a Toyota year again in Japan as the it celebrated becoming the world’s best-selling carmaker by continuing its dominance in its domestic market. Data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA) shows them with the top four best-selling models in the country and total of 8 models in the top 10 for 2021. Top 10 best-selling models in Japan for 2021 Model Units Toyota Yaris 212,927 Toyota Roomy 134,801 Toyota Corolla 110,865 Toyota Alphard 95,049 Nissan Note 90,177 Toyota Raize 81,8

Just yesterday, Hotai Motor, the official distributor of Toyota vehicles in Taiwan, launched the new Toyota Corolla Cross GR-Sport. It is the second GR-Sport (GR-S) model to be launched in Taiwan, following the Toyota Corolla Altis GR-Sport that was introduced in 2020. Let's dive in and see what has Toyota Taiwan done to the new Corolla Cross GR-Sport. Also Read: Toyota Corolla Cross GR-Sport launched in Taiwan, prices equal to RM 131k Exterior – Wait, no GR-S alloy wheels? Perhaps the most noti

In a world that's increasingly quiet - advent of electric vehicles (EVs) and fines for loud exhausts in Malaysia, as examples - Japanese tuner HKS attempts to set the world straight again with their exhaust kit for the Toyota Corolla Cross. Wait, THE HKS? Yes, the real-deal HKS - purveyors of many cool cars and projects over the years, including updating the R32 Nissan Skyline GT-R's RB26DETT mill to produce 600 PS yet still return a claimed fuel efficiency figure of 5 litres/100 km. Also read:

The Toyota Corolla Cross made its global debut in Thailand last week. Production has already begun in Thailand and the Corolla Cross will be in dealerships across the land of smiles later this month. As for the Malaysian market, the Corolla Cross will make its way here and UMW Toyota Motor hinted that it will be locally assembled. Currently, the manufacturing plant at Bukit Raja has a capacity of 50,000 units per year. According to MAA’s production data, the plant produced around 37,000 units la