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

One year after signing a deal with Thailand’s Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) - one of the world’s largest food companies – to generate hydrogen from waste collected from the CP Group’s chicken farms, Toyota will now demonstrate its practical approach to carbon neutrality by racing a hydrogen-burning internal combustion engine Toyota GR Corolla. Unlike the fuel-cell electric Toyota Mirai that combines hydrogen with oxygen to generate electricity to power the car’s drive motor, this GR Corolla retain

Vantage Automotive, the official distributor for BYD cars in Singapore, has launched the BYD Dolphin EV. Priced at SGD 156,888 inclusive of COE and launch promotions worth up to SGD 3,000, the BYD Dolphin is currently the most affordable EV in the country. Compared to the entry variant of BYD Atto 3, the Dolphin is SGD 14,000 (which is around 9 percent) cheaper, taking the prices without promotion for the Dolphin and Atto 3 (SGD 159,888 vs. SGD 173,888). BYD's Dolphin was previously showcased at

The Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research, better known as MIROS, will be assessing the safety of the D74A 2023 Perodua Axia. The head of MIROS, Professor Dr Wong Shaw Voon told FreeMalaysiaToday, “We haven’t received any complaints, but we’ll look into Perodua’s claims.” In the wake of the fiasco that came to light last week, Perodua and UMW Toyota Motor issued separate statements, mentioning that the D74A Axia and AC100 Toyota Vios won’t be recalled and sales of both models will continue

Toyota broke Honda's 6-year winning streak as Malaysia's No.1 non-national car brand Hilux a major contributor, also means Toyota's passenger cars sales trails behind Honda 2022 to be the beginning of UMW Toyota Motor's pivot towards hybrids and EVs UMW Toyota Motor ended 2021 with 71,585 Toyota cars sold (excluding Lexus), putting it ahead of Honda Malaysia’s 53,031 cars. It also means that Honda Malaysia’s 6-year run as the No.1 selling non-national car brand in Malaysia has come to an end. Ex

Malaysians said goodbye to these 12 models in 2021 Some were discontinued due to poor sales, others due to age Which will you miss fondly? Once again, the big blue planet that we currently reside on has made its full orbit around the sun and the year 2020 v2.0 2021 ends. While some might remain optimistic that 2022 might be better with a huge array of upcoming models, we’d like to dedicate this article to the cars that won’t make it into the new year. Some of these models were revered by their o