40 of Malaysia’s fastest simulator racers will gather this weekend for one final showdown for a shot at being crowned the Toyota Gazoo Racing GT Cup Malaysia champion. The three-day finale will take place at the Sunway Pyramid Mall Blue Concourse in Petaling Jaya with the quarter-final shoot-out scheduled for Friday (18 Aug). The top 20 racers will then move on to the semi-final on Saturday (19 Aug) to determine the best 10 racers who will advance to the final on Sunday (20 Aug). The schedule is

When Toyota’s president Akio Toyoda said “No more boring cars” during an announcement back in early 2017, I ignorantly chuckled. Was it an admission or a promise, or both? Regardless, little did I know that development for the Toyota GR Yaris had already commenced. It was the dawn of TNGA products and since then, I’ve found that Toyota models that are underpinned by it have an organic, fluid flavour in terms of driving dynamics, and that’s only the ‘regular’ models. There’s a division within the

The 2020 Proton X50 is Malaysia's hottest car, but the world could not be any more hyped about the 2021 Toyota GR Yaris. The best part? It's now somewhat closer to us Malaysians. Headlightmag reports that the 'rally car for the road' will be introduced in Thailand next month at the 37th Thailand International Motor Expo that takes place from 1- to 13-December 2020. The hot hatch will also be open for Thai customers then as well. Prices have not been disclosed, but it's fair to say that it'll com

Bookings of the 2020 Toyota GR Yaris were opened earlier this year, whereby potential buyers had the opportunity to get their hands on the 1st Edition version of the high-performance hatchback. What sets the 1st Edition models apart from the rest? First up is the inclusion of Morizo’s signature on the lower left side of the windshield – Morizo is the racing alter-ego of Akio Toyoda, the president of Toyota Motor Corporation. After all, it’s apt for his signature to be on the GR Yaris, as Gazoo R

UMW Toyota Motor has secured about 100 units of the World Rally Championship-bred Toyota GR Yaris. To recap, the B-segment Toyota GR Yaris is a road going version of Toyota Gazoo Racing’s World Rally Championsip (WRC) car – often called a homologation special. Despite using the Yaris name, the GR Yaris have few things in common with a Toyota Yaris. Globally, there are three variants of the regular Toyota Yaris. USA’s Yaris is a rebadged Mazda 2, Europe and Japan gets a smaller model, while the r

Grand tourer or GT is a phrase to describe cars made for high speed cruising, combining performance and luxury. Traditionally, most GT cars are front-engined and are heavier, which blunts agility and nimbleness. This is where the 2019 McLaren GT pulls an advantage over traditional GT cars. McLaren’s take on a GT car is to combine luxury, practicality and agility. Priced at RM 908,000 (without tax and options), the McLaren GT is motivated by a 4.0-litre twin turbocharged V8 that makes 620 PS and