Toyota returns to the 2023 Sepang 1000 KM Endurance Race (S1K) seeking to not only defend the overall title it won last year but aiming to complete a hat trick of podium finishes since it joined the annual prestigious event in 2021. Toyota Gazoo Racing Malaysia will field its sole entry and S1K defending champions Tengku Djan Ley Tengku Mahaleel and Naquib Azlan behind the wheel of the 2022 winning Toyota Vios in the MTC Class. The race takes place from today, Friday 23-November 2023 and runs al

A bit of a mind bender eh? The answer is Laos, and this is their 2023 Toyota Vios that's just been introduced there. It's the first left-hand drive (LHD) version of the car, and also the first to officially wear the 'Vios' name – in Thailand where it made its global debut, it's sold as the Yaris Ativ. Laos is also the second country to get the Honda City fighter in our ASEAN region. It's pretty well-specced as it is: there are LED headlights, LED tail lights with sequential indicators, and snazz

Malaysians would recognise the Honda Insight as Honda’s copy rival to the Toyota Prius. Both models were introduced here at a time when hybrid cars received favourable tax incentives but that never lasted, sadly. Both the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight continued being sold overseas with their respective new generations missing the boat to Malaysia. The current Honda Insight, in particular, was introduced in 2018 and was essentially a Honda Civic Hybrid with a different name. Also read: Used hybr

The Toyota Corolla Cross is now Toyota's bestseller in Brazil, beating out its stablemate, the Toyota Corolla sedan. Toyota's latest compact SUV, launched in Malaysia earlier in March this year, sold 4,710 units in June 2021, overtaking the Corolla's 3,544 units in the same period. Also read: Priced from RM 124k, Toyota Corolla Cross launched in Malaysia, full ADAS, 3D 360-deg cam, TNGA This is remarkable because it marks the first time in Toyota's history in Brazil that the Toyota Corolla has b

Hyundai-Sime Darby Motor has just previewed the all-new, seventh-generation 2021 Hyundai Elantra in Malaysia. HSDM has yet to announce prices of the new model, only mentioning that it will be priced from RM 1xx,888. Bookings are opened, and those interested can place a booking fee of RM 777 for one. What do I need to know? The Hyundai Elantra is a C-segment sedan that competes against the Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla Altis, but being imported from Korea (Ulsan plant), it will inevitably be pri

UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) has quietly updated the price to service the Toyota Vios, bumping up the cost to maintain the B-segment sedan up several hundred Ringgit. Previously, it cost RM 4,010 to maintain the Toyota Vios over a 5-year/100,000-km period, but the recent price increase has bumped that figure up to RM 4,242 – an RM 232 increase. As part of the “new normal”, UMWT has also included a disinfection process that costs RM 14.11 at each service interval. Labour charges have also seen a small