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If you're in the market for a reliable and stylish compact SUV in Malaysia for around RM 150k, you might be looking at the usual suspects – the Honda HR-V or the Mazda CX-30 for a bit more exclusivity. While they’re all great choices, you could be totally different and pony up your cash for a recond Toyota Yaris Cross, but not the ASEAN market ‘D03B’ version, the 'real' (XP210) Yaris Cross that is sold in Japan, Europe and Australia. Browsing WapCar’s new ‘Cars for Sale’ page conveniently throws

Later this month, Toyota is expected to announce a record high profit of USD 30 billion for its financial year ending March 2024. This comes after Toyota hit a record high sale of 11.2 million units (including Lexus, Daihatsu, and Hino) in the last calendar year. But this was not the outcome many number-crunching, future forecasting financial analysts predicted. Toyota started 2023 facing a series of intense public relations attacks from the Western media calling it an anti-BEV lobbyist. They pr

Toyota has asked 10 former members of Daihatsu’s top management to return their bonuses to the company. This comes following Toyota’s intense in-house clean-up at its compact car subsidiary Daihatsu after the latter was found to have falsified vehicle homologation and crash test data for decades. Former chairman Sunao Matsubayashi (resigned), former President Soichiro Okudaira (Yusuke Takeda), executive vice-president Hiromasa Hoshika, chief officer Yusuke Takeda (formerly Director, Sales & Cust

The Toyota-Daihatsu jointly owned internal company; Emerging-market Compact Car Company (EMCC) will be dissolved effective today. The company was previously responsible for models like the AC100 generation Toyota Vios and the ASEAN market Toyota Yaris Cross. The reorganization comes after Daihatsu was revealed to have fudged vehicle homologation and crash testing data for many of its models, including those sold in Southeast Asia. Also read: Chairman Akio Toyoda is furious, suspends shipment of

The RAAT Thailand Rally Championship kicked off the 2024 season at Chacheongsao Province over the weekend and Toyota Gazoo Racing Thailand (TGRT) fielded a Toyota Yaris Cross for this year’s competition. TGRT crossed the finish line on 7 April in 18th place overall out of 52 entries but took home first place in its category. The team entered the RC 2.1 category which is for turbocharged 2WD entries and was also the only team representing that category. Despite the ‘turbo’ in the category name, t