Toyota RAV4Based on an investor's newsletter published by RHB Investment, UMW Toyota Motor is planning to introduce three new SUV models in Malaysia, to further meet demands in the trending SUV market.The newsletter claims that all three models will be introduced within the next 12 months, but checks with our own sources suggests that this is no longer the case, and only one SUV model will be launched this year. Introduction of the remaining two models has been delayed to next year.Details a

This is the all-new 2020 Toyota Yaris, revealed ahead of its world premiere at the Tokyo Motor Show later this month.Unlike the outgoing generation Yaris, this all-new TNGA platform generation model is developed as a global model. In other words, there will no longer different versions of Yaris for different markets. Every region will sell the same Yaris, with some minor region-specific styling tweaks of course.Currently, ASEAN markets like ours get a different Yaris, while Japan and Europe gets

Well, yes and no. Yes, they are both 1.5-litre Dual VVT-i engine from the NR engine family and they are both made in the same Daihatsu Perodua Engine Manufacturing plant in Sendayan Techvalley in Negeri Sembilan.And no, they have slightly different engine codes, 2NR-FE for the Toyota Yaris and 2NR-VE for the Perodua Myvi. However, it’s just a different suffix for Toyota and Daihatsu. Wikipedia will tell you otherwise, saying that the Daihatsu's 2NR-VE is an steel block while

Toyota has just taken the covers off the new Yaris Cross, its latest B-segment SUV.The new Yaris Cross is built on the same TNGA-B platform as the Yaris hatchback, sharing the same powertrains too.Speaking of powertrains, the Yaris Cross will be offered with a 1.5-litre 3-cylinder petrol-electric hybrid powertrain or a regular 1.5-litre naturally-aspirated petrol engine, mated to Toyota's Direct Shift CVT. Power is delivered to either the front wheels or all four wheels.Apart from its h

At the sidelines of the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota gave us a sneak peak of its upcoming all-new Toyota Yaris. Curiously, the Yaris was not presented at the motor show’s venue, but at a nearby mall located next to Toyota’s MegaWeb brand experience centre.Like its archrival the Honda Jazz (sold as the Fit in Japan), the all-new Toyota Yaris will only go on sale in Japan in February 2020.As such, details on the vehicle’s specifications are still lacking and the display car was