UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) ended the month of June with 7,600 units of Toyota and Lexus models sold, down 9.8% from last month’s 8,422 units sold. The Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) will be announcing its total tally for new vehicle sales tomorrow, and many are expecting June’s figure to be the weakest this year. Year-to-date, UMWT closed the first half of 2024 with 47,000 units sold, down 3.4% from the same 6-month period last year. For the month of July, UMWT is offering a ‘Peace of Mind

As Toyota engages electrification mode in Indonesia by introducing hybrid versions of the Toyota Innova Zenix and Toyota Yaris Cross, there is speculation that the next hybrid model to debut in the archipelago is the Toyota Veloz Hybrid. This isn’t exactly new as it has already been hinted that the Veloz will have a hybrid version. “We have three (Indonesian-developed) projects – Innova Zenix, Yaris Cross, and Veloz. Two of those models have been launched with a hybrid variant,” Bob Azam, PT Toy

New USB-C ports, paddle shifters, interior aesthetics Basic J variant dropped Priced from RM 83k to RM 88k UMW Toyota Motor has refreshed the 2023 Toyota Yaris (NSP151) for this year, an update which mostly spans quality-of-life changes instead of a total facelift. The hatch keeps its same sharp look, and prices thankfully haven't gone up too, starting from RM 83,300 for the Yaris 1.5E, to RM 87,600 for the Yaris 1.5G. This also means that the base Yaris 1.5J has been discontinued. The breadth o

Months of speculation, sleuthing, and spyshots draw to a close as UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) has just launched the Toyota Veloz (W151) in Malaysia. Locally-assembled (CKD Rawang) at Perodua Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd. alongside the D27A Perodua Alza, this 7-seater MPV in its sole variant is priced from RM 95,000 inclusive of sales tax exemptions. Its arrival here means the Toyota Avanza bows out of Malaysia, after 178,000 units sold since it was first introduced here in 2004. Exterior: Fresh with plent

At the ASEAN Director-General Meeting on Digital Technologies to Enhance Excise Tax Administration and Moving Forward to Carbon Neutrality in Thailand, Bao Zhuangfei, General Manager of Neta Auto (Thailand), said that the company has plans to expand in the ASEAN region. “By participating in the ASEAN meeting of the Excise Department this time, Neta will be aware of the guidelines and visions of the Excise Department of various countries in the ASEAN region to determine the implementation plan in

Now that the Proton X50 has officially gone on sale, the next highly-anticipated model from our quasi-national car maker is the 2021 Perodua Ativa. With estimated prices topping out at the RM 73,400 mark, the top-spec Perodua Ativa 1.0 AV comfortably undercuts other well-established rivals such as the Proton X50 1.5T Standard and Toyota Vios 1.5 J. Why compare the base spec Toyota Vios and Proton X50 against the top-spec Perodua Ativa you ask? Simple, seeing that all three cars cost below the RM