Kia Cerato vs Toyota Vios Comparison

For the fourth consecutive year, the Kia Forte is ranked USA’s highest quality compact sedan, ranking ahead of Toyota.In the latest J.D. Power 2022 U.S. Initial Quality Study (IQS), the Kia Forte topped the Compact Car category. Coming in second place is the Toyota Corolla, followed by the Nissan Sentra.The Honda Civic is not ranked this year because it has just gone on sale less than a year ago, and with parts shortage keeping waiting period long, there is not enough 2022 Honda Civic FE o

Big news yesterday as Kias Malaysian operations have officially come under new ownership. In case youve missed it, the new distributor is Dinamikjaya Motors Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of Bermaz Auto. Kia PicantoFollowing that, the new distributor is calling for current Kia owners to hop on to their site and participate in the companys customer information update exercise.Kia SorentoThis information, the company says in their Facebook post, will be used to allow their system to check for warranty st

The Kia Cerato is a charming alternative to the typical C-segment sedans offerings from Honda, Toyota or Nissan.Spanning just three generations (if we include the Kia Forte), the Cerato is a relative newcomer to the sedan segment here but with an emphasis on design, premium features, and safety, it has managed to somewhat carve out a niche for buyers who wish to buck the trend with their purchases.However, the double-edged sword of buying a brand new Korean car is the higher rates of depreciatio

When it comes to C-segment sedans, Malaysians dont stray too far from the Toyota Corolla Altis or Honda Civic. But if youre in the market for something different, theres this fourth-generation (BD-series) Kia Cerato for sale in Naza Automall PJ, priced from RM 129,888.Fully imported (CBU) from Korea, we understand that theres less than ten of these on our streets. If rarity is what youre looking for then thats your answer.Sportier GT variant (RM 149k) is going to a new homeIn fact, this natural

Ahead of its full reveal tomorrow, Kia has taken the covers off the updated 2021 Kia K3 (Cerato/Forte). Aiming to sway prospective customers away from the Hyundai Elantra, the facelifted car sports a more streamlined design all-around.Dotted line pattern for the DRLsSlim LED headlights flank Kias now-thinner signature Tiger Nose grille, now appended with chrome detailing. The front end tweaks - bookended by a redesigned, sharper lower half - makes the car reminiscent of its bigger Kia K5 (Optima

Launched in April this year, the facelifted 2022 Kia K3 GT, aka Kia Cerato or Kia Forte in other markets, impressed with revised styling and redesigned light features. Overall, the K3 GT is a very good-looking car and it looks even better against a backdrop of nighttime Seoul.The K3 GT has Volkswagen Golf GTI dreams but its lacking about 40 PS. Power comes from a 1.6-litre turbocharged petrol engine that produces 203 PS and 265 Nm. The engine is mated to a 7-speed dual-clutch automatic transmiss

Now that the dust has settled following the launch of the all-new 2023 Toyota Vios, let’s dive into the new features that the new generation model introduces.First things first, we have to establish the fact that we’re taking the Thai-spec car for comparison and may not be 100 percent representative of the upcoming Malaysian-spec model.Comfort and convenience features - Now with tilt and telescopic steering adjustmentPerhaps the most important improvement done to the Toyota Vios is t

D92A 2023 Toyota Vios teased New B-segment sedan to launch on 9-August Lots of shared parts with Ativa and Alza, can you spot them?Recently, Toyota dropped teasers of the D92A 2023 Toyota Vios, a new generation B-segment sedan that will take over the mantle from the current-generation model, which has been around since 2013. It will be sold in Thailand as the Yaris Ativ with a smaller 1.2-litre engine, different from our Vios which gets a larger 1.5-litre engine.In the short 15-second video that

Rendering wizard Theottle has given his interpretation of what the upcoming D92A 2022 Toyota Vios could look like, based on the recent spyshots in Thailand.From the front, there appears to be styling cues taken from the Toyota Corolla Altis and Toyota Camry with the multiple horizontal slats on the front bumper. The vertical slits along the sides are also reminiscent of the Corolla Altis.At the rear, Theo has given the 2022 Toyota Vios a full-width tail lamp treatment as deduced from the spyshot

UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) has updated the prices of its models in Malaysia, now with the sale and service tax (SST) added back in.The following table shows the updated prices with SST. Toyota prices with SST Model Prices w/o SST (RM) Price with SST (RM) Yaris 1.5J 69,576 73,800 Yaris 1.5E 75,479 83,800 Yaris 1.5G 82,475 87,600 Vios 1.5J 74,623 77,600 Vios 1.5E 82,593 85,600 Vios 1.5G 87,584 90,400 Vios GR-S 95,284

Short video shows Toyota Vios reaching end of production run in Indonesia Plant operation could be gearing up for upcoming D92A Vios Indonesia assembles Vios for domestic and export marketsAs the news heats up about the upcoming successor of the Toyota Vios, a video shared on the Mobilgue Instagram page suggests that the current Vios has reached the end of its production run in Indonesia.However, the undated, and unverified video is best taken at face value as there has been no official announce

Here it is, a first glimpse of the upcoming, 2022 Toyota Vios, currently under development by Daihatsu, referred to internally as project D92A.Yes, the all-new generation Toyota Vios is a Daihatsu (and Perodua)-developed product. Under the Toyota Motor group’s new structure, a new Toyota-Daihatsu internal company called Emerging Market Car Company (EMCC) will be responsible developing of compact cars for emerging markets.Structure of EMCC. TDEM refers to Toyota Daihatsu Engineering and Man