It’s not often you get 4 new champions across a racing series but that’s exactly the nail-biting action served up by the Vios Challenge as part of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival as it wrapped up Season 6 the last weekend at Sepang International Circuit. More than 10,000 spectators and 4 million online viewers tuned into the final two races of the Season which also marked the debut of the new Toyota Vios in full race trim ahead of its use in Season 7 in 2024 and up to 2027. Race 1 In the Super

It seems like an obvious gap will be plugged soon as Toyota Asia Pacific executives confirmed that hybrid variants of their best-selling 'A- and B-segment' vehicles are in development, adding to the company's increasingly-electrified model range. Speaking to WapCar.my at the sidelines of the Idemitsu Super 1500 Endurance race in Thailand, Hao Tien, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Toyota Motor Asia Pacific said, "From the business perspective, we do have plans for hybrid A/B segment. I can't

The Toyota Vios might be a popular model for the big T brand but it is due for a replacement. The catfish-looking update was a major change in design but the all-new D92A Vios could see more than just a design makeover. As previously reported by Headlight Mag, the all-new Vios is expected to be launched in Thailand in Q3 2022 and could be built on the Daihatsu New Global Architecture (DNGA) platform. So, could this fully camouflaged unit be the next-gen Vios? Perhaps, but in the Kingdom, this wo

What’s the most reliable car brand? What brand should your next car be? Depending on who you ask, you will get different answers, because the survey methodologies are different, user expectations, habits and driving conditions also vary by location. For example, some drivers will report noisy cabin or a slow-responding infotainment screen as a problem, when that’s just the car’s character. Most surveys don't make clear distinctions between a feature not meeting user expectations vs an actual fau

UMW Toyota Motor is sitting on over 20,000 outstanding orders, according to documents sighted by WapCar.my. Sources familiar with the matter said the company is banking on the resumption of manufacturing activities to catch up on its 62,000 units sales target announced earlier this year. As of June 2021, Toyota had sold 33,705 units (23,232 passenger cars and 10,473 commercial vehicles), achieving 54 percent of its annual target. The problem for Toyota is not that it doesn’t have enough buyers,

The Toyota Yaris Ativ (or Toyota Vios as it's known to Malaysians) has topped Thailand's May 2021 B-segment sedan sales category by overtaking its nearest rival, the Honda City. Sales data compiled by headlightmag.com shows sales of the Yaris Ativ in May 2021 totalled 1,550 units, while the Honda City managed 1,402 units. Rounding up the top three is the Nissan Almera, with 1,128 units sold in the same month. Model/units sold May 2021 YTD 2021 Honda City 1,402 9,330 Nissan Almera 1,128 7,827 Toy