The Proton Persona, with a starting price of just RM 47,800 is the most value-for-money sedan in its (B-segment) class. Even the highest specifications RM 58,300 Premium variant is still nearly RM 30k cheaper than the Toyota Vios and Honda City. This makes it unsurprising that for much of 2023, the Proton Persona dominated Malaysia’s B-segment sedan. No national car-level pricing advantage, no problem for Toyota Vios and Honda City Yet, the Toyota Vios, despite its higher starting price of RM 89

At the launch of the all-new 2023 Toyota Vios, UMW Toyota President Datuk Ravindran K. revealed that over 5,000 bookings have been collected for the 2023 Toyota Vios since order books opened on 24-February 2023. “The response has been overwhelming with more than 5,000 bookings made since reservations opened on 24-February 2023,” said Datuk Ravindran. “I am glad to know that Malaysians continue to trust Toyota. I look forward to seeing more of it on the road. For this, I extend my appreciation to

The all-new 2023 Toyota Vios (D92A) is bound to enter Malaysia sooner rather than later, in a bid to upstage the current GN-series Honda City. The question remains: how soon? We'll take a look of previous UMWT locally-assembled (CKD) launches here, notably the previous-gen Vios and the Toyota Corolla Cross to hypothesise. Previous-gen Vios and Corolla Cross The Vios as is currently sold in Malaysia – NSP 151 – dates back to 2017. Its pre-facelift model debuted in Thailand as the Yaris Ativ in Au

Thousands of returning fans and spectators for the first time in two years since the Covid-19 pandemic, brought with them a tremendous amount of energy that helped to recharge the atmosphere at Round 2 of Season 5 for the Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival and Vios Challenge race series held at the Sepang International Circuit. Round 2 concluded with thousands of fans returning and reenergising the event. Sunday morning began with hundreds of participants - including families and children – on bicycle

Six years after its introduction in Malaysia in 2017, Gazoo Racing (GR) will ride on strong public awareness and acceptance to make an even bigger and impactful contribution in 2022. Gazoo Racing’s activities in 2022 will focus on four key areas, central to which are the racing activities both on the track and as well as online, via the Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival and the GR Velocity Esports Championship respectively. “Racing has opened up a multitude of opportunities for Toyota domestically an

If you’ve been following our posts, you would’ve known by now that UMW Toyota Motor is expected to launch a new 2020 Toyota Vios facelift in December. You wouldn’t expect the company to sit idly while watching the all-new 2020 Honda City and 2020 Nissan Almera muscle into its territory right? As a follow up to that, we have received news that Toyota will also be adding a Gazoo Racing variant of the new Vios, possibly wearing the GR Sport badge. It’s a logical move because a Toyota Vios GR Sport