Mr. Akio Toyoda, President of Toyota Motor Corporation, who is also the founder and team owner of Rookie Racing, as well as a racer under the name “Morizo” led the team to participate in the Idemitsu 1500 Super Endurance 2022 (Thailand 25H Endurance Race). Held at the Chang International Circuit in Thailand from December 17 to 18, 2022, the team participated with the ORC Rookie GR Corolla H2 concept, a hydrogen engine vehicle, and the ORC Rookie GR86 CNF Concept, a carbon-neutral (CN) fuel vehic

Even though James Bond is always associated with Aston Martins, MI6’s finest agent has been driving all kinds of cars including BMWs, Lotuses, a Ford Mustang, and even a Toyota. But what if agent Bond followed Wakanda’s loving king in getting a Lexus? This design is one of the entries challenged by UK’s Autocar on the postgraduate students of Coventry University’s renowned automotive and transport design course. The challenge is to envision what a Bond car might look like in 10 years’ time. Call

Japanese police cars aren’t just limited to the run-of-the-mill Toyota Crown or Toyota Prius, as certain prefectural police forces have far more potent cars in their fleet. Unlike other prefectural police departments, the Tochigi Prefectural police force has the most interesting fleet of cars, which includes Japanese icons like the Lexus LC 500, Nissan GT-R, and Honda NSX. Honda donated the NA1 Honda NSX to the Tochigi Prefectural Police force in 1992, while the R35 Nissan GT-R was donated to th

When I bought my reconditioned 2013 Subaru BRZ, it was a four year-old car. I paid around RM 148k for it. Similarly, my colleague Ethan, paid about RM 166k for his - also reconditioned - 2018 Toyota 86 (I might have had something to do with that). His is a three year-old car. RM 18k gap for a year's difference seems a little excessive, doesn't it? Far from dropping to the low RM 100k range (which I expected years earlier), prices of reconditioned Toyota 86s and Subaru BRZs have stayed robust and

The 2021 Toyota Camry facelift and one mystery Gazoo Racing (GR) model will be coming to Malaysia later this year, as launches that will follow after the 2021 Toyota Corolla Cross. In its latest corporate presentation, UMW Holdings Berhad outlined that the models are set to be introduced here in the fourth quarter of 2021, which traditionally is anytime between October and December. Coming earlier than them however is the Corolla Cross, which is set for launch on our shores in the second quarter

Car manufacturers have been downsizing their engines for a while now. BMW started using 2.0-litre turbocharged 4-cylinder engines as opposed to their well-known naturally aspirated (NA) straight-six engines, Volkswagen began using 1.4-litre turbocharged engine to replace their NA 1.6 and 2.0-litre engines, you get the idea. The reasoning behind this is simply to reduce emissions by producing more efficient cars and at the same time, provide the performance of a larger engine. All sounds fine and