UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) ended September 2023 with 9,020 units of Toyota and 208 units of Lexus vehicles sold, totaling 9,228 units. The figure is 10 percent lower than in August. Cumulative sales from January to September 2023, is still 8 percent higher than last year, totaling 76,511 units. Last month, UMWT launched an improved 2023 Toyota Yaris. The improved model, referred to as the Yaris IMP, is the second update for the No.1 selling non-national hatchback, which has sold 60,300 units since

Malaysia targets xEVs to make up 9% of TIV by 2025, 15% by 2030 Perodua hybrid to launch in 2024, to be an all-new model (Ativa Hybrid ruled out), to move local vendors towards electrified vehicles Hybrids will see rapid growth in Malaysia between 2024 to early 2030s, after which EVs will overtake This might come as a surprise, but Perodua is expecting the demise of combustion engines to happen faster than what other automotive manufacturers operating here are expecting. At the company’s 2023 ou

The Perodua Myvi is the road-going King but that title only applies in Malaysia and the 2022 update further enhances its position in automotive royalty. On the other hand, the Myvi’s Indonesian twin, the Daihatsu Sirion doesn’t face the same success. Still, the Sirion will be getting a facelift as the model is fully-imported (CBU) from Malaysia and will be launched on 2-June 2022. Units of the facelifted model were spotted in the archipelago for months now and from the looks of things, the Sirio

Put aside everything else because the 2022 Proton Saga facelift (MC2) has just been launched in Malaysia, bringing with it a visual nip-and-tuck, and a smattering of new features to better match up against its the Perodua Bezza. The addition of the range-topping 1.3 Premium S variant bumps the choice count to four, and OTR prices without insurance are as below: 1.3 Standard MT: RM 34,400 1.3 Standard AT: RM 38,300 1.3 Premium AT: RM 41,300 1.3 Premium S AT: RM 44,300 All variants are backed with

Perodua Ativa Hybrid expected to launch in 2023 Daihatsu e-Smart is a a one-motor series-hybrid, similar to Nissan e-Power, operates almost like an EV Earmarks highest ever investment in recent history, over RM 1.3 billion Electrification, which include not just hybrids (HEVs) but also electric vehicles (EVs) along with digitization of customer touch points, are among the additional focus for Perodua’s 2022 business plan. At this morning’s press conference on the company’s outlook for 2022, Pres

Following Perodua’s sales growth for the month of October, UMW is on another roll with its other automotive segment, UMW Toyota (UMWT) posting positive sales in the same month. According to a statement, UMWT has sold 6,468 units in October. This is a 15.4% increase from the 5,605 units that were sold in the previous month. This gives the total number of Toyota units sold in the first 10 months of 2020 to 43,807 units, which are on track to reach its revised sales target of 53,000 units for the y