The stark contrast between the falling income of battery electric vehicle-only (BEV) stalwarts like Tesla, Polestar, Nio, and Xpeng, versus the record earnings by companies with more varied product portfolios - Volvo, BYD, even supposedly BEV laggards like Toyota and Honda proves one thing – BEVs are the future, but manufacturers need profitable hybrids today to fund their BEV endeavours tomorrow. Manufacturers relying on a 100 percent BEV-only line-up are in for a very painful journey ahead. BY

When Toyota unveiled the all-new 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado (250 Series) in August, it also revealed two silhouettes of what could be future extensions of the Land Cruiser line-up at the end of the livestream. Not long after, Japan’s biggest carmaker applied the Land Hopper name for trademark at the Japan Patent Office. While many in the automotive media speculated that this is the name given for either of the two Land Cruiser-looking derivatives or even for the production version of the 500

Since its launch in December 2018, the Proton X70 has been the No.1 selling C-segment SUV in Malaysia. However as of January 2023, it no longer holds the leading position. The new sales leader is the Toyota Corolla Cross. As of June 2023, cumulative sales of the Proton X70 stood at 6,116 units and Proton’s own press release lists the X70 as “2nd highest volume C-segment SUV” in Malaysia. UMW Toyota Motor doesn’t publish the breakdown of its sales by model but checks with the publicly available M

UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) has recently raised prices of the 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross. This compact SUV is the third model after the Camry and Corolla Altis to witness an increase in prices. Effective 3-January, these are the new prices of the Toyota Corolla Cross: 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross updated prices Variant Old price (RM) New price (RM) Price difference (RM) 1.8 G 128,303 130,400 2,097 1.8 V 134,429 137,400 2,971 Hybrid 139,991 142,000 2,009 The Toyota Corolla Cross is the first locally-asse

Since its global debut in July last year, the Toyota Corolla Cross has quickly raced to the top of Thailand’s sales charts for compact SUVs, overtaking the once-reigning but now ageing Honda HR-V. In just slightly over a year, Toyota Motor Thailand has pushed out over 22,500 units of the Corolla Cross on Thai roads. What is more surprising however is that 85 percent of Corolla Cross’ sales are contributed by hybrid variants. The Thailand market Corolla Cross is available in 4 variants, only one

If you’ve been following our page, you would know that UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) has dropped the Toyota C-HR from its range of products. With SUVs being a fast growing segment, obviously UMW Toyota won’t leave the empty spot unfilled. We believe that the Toyota Corolla Cross will be taking the C-HR’s spot next year. Prices have yet to be announced but we understand that UMWT’s manufacturing subsidiary Assembly Services Sdn. Bhd.’s (ASSB) second plant in Bukit Raja is being re-tooled to produce a n