As reported a few times, the upcoming Indonesia-bound 2023 Toyota Yaris Cross will be different to the existing model sold in developed markets like Europe, Japan, Australia, and Singapore. It also seems that the Indo-spec Yaris Cross is getting ready to start production by the first half of the year. Based on a scoop obtained by OtoDriver, the DNGA-based Yaris Cross is said to start production in June 2023. Furthermore, the source also informed the Indonesian automotive publication that the upc

Toyota to launch 5 GR / GR Sport models in Malaysia on 17-February Toyota GR Corolla and Toyota GR86 are confirmed Toyota GR Supra is also hinted, likely to be the new 6MT variant Silhouette of Toyota Hilux and Toyota Corolla Cross also shown, likely to be dressed up GR Sport variants While we wait for Honda Malaysia to make an announcement on the launch of the FL5 Honda Civic Type R, UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) has jumped ahead to announce that it will be launching 5 new GR / GR Sport models next w

Toyota celebrated a winning 2022 in Indonesia, as the carmaker sold 331,410 units of their vehicles in the archipelago last year. That translates to a scintillating 31.6% market share of the total industry volume (TIV) of 1,048,000 units. In other words, 1 in every 3 cars sold there last year is a Toyota. MPVs were, unsurprisingly, their sales champions. The Toyota Avanza accounted for 60,619 units, while 32,022 units of the Toyota Veloz (treated as a seperate model) found new homes. In total, t

Following Honda Malaysia’s announcement as the No.1 non-national passenger car brand in 2022, UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) has released sales figures for the year. A total of 100,042 Toyota vehicles were sold which puts it as the best-selling non-national brand in Malaysia. Meanwhile, Honda sold over 80,200 units in Malaysia in 2022 which should place it behind Toyota. However, if you exclude the Hilux (27,198 units) and the Hiace (390 units) from Toyota’s numbers, Honda by technicality retains its n

At NEXTGen Malaysia, an event on sustainability and electrified mobility, BMW Group Malaysia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with its partners, MGTC, TNB, and Siemens Malaysia, to further develop the ecosystem and infrastructure for Electric Vehicles in the country. This follows the announcement by BMW Malaysia that it will be installing DC fast chargers on all BMW dealerships across the country, which will be open to EVs of all makes. Also read: BMW Malaysia: Our dealers’ DC fast

Within months of each other, the G30 2021 BMW 5 Series facelift and the W213 2021 Mercedes-Benz E-Class facelift were launched in Malaysia. Now, let’s put them in a head-to-head comparison to see how they stack up against each other. Since we’ve yet to drive either of them, this will be predominantly a specs comparison. Price There are 2 variants of the G30 BMW 5 Series facelift available - 530e M Sport and 530i M Sport, priced at RM 334,353 and RM 384,941 (OTR without insurance and SST, with ex