Honda Civic Type R vs Toyota GR Yaris Comparison

Sometimes it seems that anything is possible in Malaysia – even Honda dealers who allegedly know the price of the all-new 2022 Honda Civic Type R (FL5) - even before its official launch in Japan! Rest assured, Honda Malaysia has swiftly rubbished these claims.This is in response to a recent social media post on Facebook that claims the 2022 Civic Type R was open for booking, and that the vehicle(s) in question are under warranty by Honda Malaysia, suggesting that these are officially impor

The Honda Civic wasn’t the only coveted Honda nameplate to make a big celebration in 2022. The Big H’s performance division, Type R is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.While the red R is currently only available on the Civic which saw the latest generation unveiled last week, the name was used on three other models – the NSX, Integra, and Accord.In fact, the Type R division helped to spark a performance renaissance among regular carmakers. The likes of Toyota, Renault

Teasing seems to be the new marketing game Honda plays these days. From the City to the HR-V, they’ve milked every single aspect of those cars and continued to do so with the all-new FL5 2022 Honda Civic Type R. Fortunately, or the Type R, we’re a little more patient though that game has finally ended with the official road of its turbocharged VTEC mill signalling its status as the most powerful Type R yet.This formerly boy racers favourite thats all grown up is based on the current

Big wing? Check. Three massive exhaust exits? Check. Aggression? Check. These three can only mean one thing, and one thing only for now: the 2023 Honda Civic Type R, and its making its debut very, very soon.How soon? Summer 2022, so anytime between this month and September. For now though Honda wants you to get hyped through its short-but-sweet teaser video, as a prototype goes full tilt around the Nürburgring.Also read: Final tease before debut, heres the all-new 2022 Honda Civic Type RNat

Honda is synonymous with VTEC, having established its technology for over 30 years now. Say the term VTEC and some might immediately picture uncivilised – sometimes deafening – Honda Civics blasting down the road. But like it or not, VTEC deserves a spot in the automotive hall of fame.VTEC stands for Variable Valve Timing & Lift Electronic Control. It essentially uses Variable Valve Lift (VVL), which allows the combination of two engine characteristics into one engine and can tra

Imitation engine lubricants are a cancer in automotive aftersales. Well maybe it’s more akin to Covid; an endemic. It’ isn’t going anywhere and we’ll have to learn to live with it but that doesn’t mean we can’t be careful to reduce our chances of catching it.That said, The Honda Guys channel on YouTube worked together with Honda dealer Ban Lee Heng Motor in Seremban to raise awareness on the imitation parts out there and how to easily tell them apart so you do

Mechanical underpinnings of the GR Yaris Engine tuned to make 300 PS/370 Nm 6-speed manual and AWDAhead of its official debut, which will be happening in less than a day from the time of writing, initial details and photos of the new Toyota GR Corolla have been leaked.As speculated from earlier reports, the Toyota GR Corolla gets the GR Yaris’ 1.6-litre 3-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine, but fettled to output 300 PS and 370 Nm – a healthy 39 PS and 10 Nm increase over the GR Yari

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&rsq

Proper manuals with three pedals might be the spark of the enthusiasts’ flame but automatics are the firewood that keeps the fire going. In other words, automatics unfortunately pays the bills for any business. Hence, Toyota is in the midst of developing an 8-speed automatic variant of the formidable GR Yaris.Now that you’ve caught your breath, let’s dissect this brand-new transmission and the logic behind it (here’s a clue for the latter; dolla dolla bills).Also Read: Th

The recently-introduced TNGA-based Toyota Yaris Cross (and its Yaris hatchback sibling) has garnered a lot of attention lately, as many readers love the way the design of the new model.But for many of us, the Yaris and Yaris Cross will remain as images or videos on our screens, as these two models are unlikely to come to Malaysia.Here's why.Wait, just how small is it?The first reason why the models aren’t destined for Malaysia is because of their size.Compared to the Yaris we’re

Last year, Toyota wrestled back the No. 1 non-national car brand spot from Honda, and naturally they got there by selling the Toyota Vios, Toyota Yaris, and Toyota Hilux by the boatloads to Malaysians.The Vios took the gong as the brands best-selling model, and the Yaris, the nations top-selling hatchback.Naturally this means theres thousands of them out there, and for buyers looking to set themselves apart theres the GR Parts set by Gazoo Racing.Also read: Move aside Honda, Toyota is now Malays

The Toyota GR Yaris is already a pretty manic little hot hatch but of course Toyota had to crank it up a notch or two and shift it closer towards the realm of a hyper hatch with the Toyota GRMN Yaris that it unveiled at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2022 today.While the GR stands for Gazoo Racing, GRMN stands for Gazoo Racing tuned by “Meister of Nürburgring.” While it isn’t necessarily a tribute to the Green Hell, it does translate into a meaner and leaner version of the already f