The third generation of the Toyota Innova made its long-awaited debut in Indonesia a month ago. While longtime fans might be missing the traditional rear-wheel drive (RWD) set-up of its predecessors, many regular Indo buyers seem to have accepted the transition. According to Anton Jimmi Suwandy, Marketing Director of Toyota Astra Motor, 4,000 units of the Innova Zenix have been booked. Offered with either petrol or hybrid variants, it is the latter that turned out to be the most popular in Indon

2 variants, Smart and Premium TSS only on the Premium variant Apple CarPlay/Android Auto standard It’s official. The Thais are saying goodbye to the Toyota Avanza and welcoming its replacement, the front-wheel-drive (FWD) Toyota Veloz. Fully imported (CBU) from Indonesia, bookings for the 2022 Toyota Veloz opened earlier this month and the Avanza successor comes with 2 variants in Thailand. The Smart variant is the base variant and starts from THB 795,000 (~RM 103k) while the Premium grade start

The all-new 2022 Toyota Avanza could debut in Indonesia as early as November, finally replacing the second-generation model that has been on sale for 10 years. According to Indonesian portal OtoDriver, the 2022 Toyota Avanza could be introduced at the upcoming 2021 Indonesia Autoshow (Gaikindo) which starts on 11-November 2021. In addition to modern new design and additional safety features, the new Avanza will also crucially drop the current generation’s rear-wheel drive layout in favour of a m

Hyundai-Sime Darby Motors (HSDM) has launched its Hyundai Grand Starex Smart Lease Programme in partnership with Sime Darby Rent A Car (SDRAC), offering corporations, businesses as well as individuals an attractive three to five years leasing programme with great savings. Customers who sign up for the Hyundai Grand Starex Smart Lease programme will enjoy the ownership experience of a new vehicle without having to worry about loan application, long-term maintenance cost, road tax and insurance, r

For better or for worse, there’s a new entry level Toyota model in the GR-family – Indonesia’s Toyota Avanza Veloz GR Limited, priced from just IDR 221,400,000 (about RM 65,000). But hey, it’s rear-wheel drive, and in Indonesia, Avanza is the preferred car at gymkhana circuits. Toyota’s GR family of cars are split into two tiers – sitting right the top are pure GR cars – the Toyota GR Supra, Toyota GR Yaris, and Toyota GR86 – models that exist only as a GR model, as opposed to BMW’s M or Mercede

The end could be near for the rear-wheel drive Toyota Avanza, as the model could be merged with the front-wheel drive Perodua Alza in the near future. Perodua Alvanza, anyone? Back in April, we reported that the Daihatsu DN Multisix concept shown at the 2017 Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show (2017 GIIAS) could preview the next-gen Toyota Avanza and Perodua Alza, seeing that both models are a tad bit long in the tooth. According to Creative Trend, Daihatsu is currently developing a new M