The UMW Group, made of UMW Toyota Motor and associate company, Perodua, rounded off a strong month of sales in July, with 24,983 units delivered. The lion’s share of that figure was of course contributed by Perodua. Sales across Perodua and Toyota for July 2022 are as follows: Perodua: 18,346 units Toyota: 6,637 units Also read: UMW Toyota registers 35% higher sales as of June 2022, Toyota Veloz to launch soon When compared to July 2021, the figures are pretty much elementary due to the implemen

Toyota seems to be on a roll, introducing MPV after MPV. The most recent MPV launch by Toyota was the all-new 2022 Toyota Voxy. The next MPV launch by Toyota will likely be the next-generation Toyota Alphard, scheduled for an end-2022 debut. Now, sources from Japan have indicated that Toyota won’t be stopping there, as the Aichi-based car manufacturer could be introducing an even larger MPV that could debut as soon as early-2023. According to the Japanese source, the new MPV will be based on the

2022 Toyota Veloz to replace Avanza in Malaysia To be locally-assembled (CKD) alongside 2022 Perodua Alza Unlike Rush-Aruz, the Avanza’s successor (Veloz) will be quite different from the D27A 2022 Perodua Alza The Toyota Avanza is not going away at all, despite the impression given by UMW Toyota Motor’s (UMWT) contract manufacturer Perodua at a recent press conference, which we have to emphasize, was done with good reasons to protect UMWT’s confidentiality, more on that later. During last week’

Safety and comfort were also the other motivating reasons behind the government’s decision to replace its fleet of ageing Proton Perdanas with Toyota Vellfires as its official cars, said Minister of Finance Tengku Zafrul at the Dewan Rakyat yesterday. Zafrul was replying to a question by Bayan Baru’s Member of Parliament Sim Tze Tzin. Zafrul also reiterated his earlier reply that the government can no longer extend its lease for the Proton Perdana because Proton no longer makes the model, and al

The end could be near for the rear-wheel drive Toyota Avanza, as the model could be merged with the front-wheel drive Perodua Alza in the near future. Perodua Alvanza, anyone? Back in April, we reported that the Daihatsu DN Multisix concept shown at the 2017 Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show (2017 GIIAS) could preview the next-gen Toyota Avanza and Perodua Alza, seeing that both models are a tad bit long in the tooth. According to Creative Trend, Daihatsu is currently developing a new M

The Proton Ertiga is no more as Proton has dropped the model from its line-up. The last Proton Ertiga rolled off Proton’s Tanjung Malim plant in May, with saw only 31 units assembled, including 4 units with manual transmission. These 31 units languished for a few more months at dealers, but the last unit should have been sold by the time you read this. It was a quiet and somewhat dismal end to Proton’s much-hyped but short-lived partnership with Suzuki. In total, Proton assembled just 148 units