UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) began accepting orders for the imported (CBU), Japan-made AH40 generation 2023 Toyota Alphard and Vellfire models on July 3, one month after the pair’s global debut in Japan. Despite its rather high price of RM 538,000 and RM 438,000 respectively, the reception was tremendous, with the number of orders quickly exceeding the initial allocation of several hundred units for Malaysia. Officially, UMWT said the waiting period is now “more than 1 year.” Checks with local Toyota

After the closure of Honda’s Sayama plant in Japan, several Honda models including the popular Honda Odyssey were discontinued. Now, in a surprising turn of events, Honda has opened the order books for an updated Honda Odyssey. It is set to go on sale in Japan within Q4 2023. Also Read: Japan could import made-in-China Honda Odyssey as Sayama plant is closed Compared to the model it replaces, this new Odyssey gets a dose of blacked-out bits, including the front grille, side mirrors, and tail lig

Safety and comfort were also the other motivating reasons behind the government’s decision to replace its fleet of ageing Proton Perdanas with Toyota Vellfires as its official cars, said Minister of Finance Tengku Zafrul at the Dewan Rakyat yesterday. Zafrul was replying to a question by Bayan Baru’s Member of Parliament Sim Tze Tzin. Zafrul also reiterated his earlier reply that the government can no longer extend its lease for the Proton Perdana because Proton no longer makes the model, and al

Importation of used cars, colloquially referred to as ‘recond cars’, are open to rampant abuse as there is no coordination between the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), which gives out the Open APs used by recond dealers to import cars, and the Customs Department, which clears the vehicles’ paperwork at their port of entry. This is according to the Auditor-General’s second series of the 2019 report released today. According to the report, the National Audit Department had on 2

Back in June, Honda announced that its flagship MPV, the Honda Odyssey will be discontinued in Japan in December 2021. This marks the end of the once popular and revolutionary minivan and many Honda dealers in Japan weren’t happy with this news. The news of the Odyssey's discontinuation was due to the closure of Honda's ageing palnt in Sayama. The plant which was operational since 1964 also produced the Legend and the Clarity. Also read: Honda Legend's Sensing Elite - world's first road legal L3

There's no doubt that the Toyota Alphard (and its Vellfire twin) is the best luxury MPV on the market. Few other cars can match the Alphard/Vellfire's spaciousness and ease of entrace/exit. Compared to a Mercedes-Benz S-Class, the Alphard's sliding doors allow you to step in/out of the car as if it's a room, rather than a car. The only question left is whether to buy a cheap reconditioned (recond) unit or pay up for an officially-imported unit by UMW Toyota Motor? Let’s take a closer look at the