Thailand’s 10-hour Idemitsu Super Endurance Southeast Asia Trophy is our region’s most interesting race you’ve never heard of. Think of it as the Thai version of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but with familiar B/C segment cars – regular cars that make up our region’s motoring landscape. Once again, Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda participated under his ‘Morizo’ pseudonym. He raced under his self-funded ORC Rookie Racing Team, in the same modified Toyota GR Corolla that burns hydrogen instead of petrol. O

While the Toyota Vios has undergone an all-new generation in the form of the DNGA-based AC100 Vios, its hatchback twin, the Toyota Yaris seems to be soldiering on in its current generation with a fourth facelift. Making its world debut in Thailand, the updated Toyota Yaris has a look that resembles that of the second-gen Toyota Prius C/Aqua. Even with the new look, the XP150 Yaris has been around for ten years with the model launched way back in 2013. Like many updates, the new Yaris’ changes ar

Want to leave internal combustion and emissions behind? Here are the Electric Vehicles available right now. More and more there is a sense that the small rock first thrown by Toyota and Honda is slowly turning into an avalanche that can no longer be stopped. The ongoing pandemic has changed the consciousness of many regarding the environment and their impact on it. What’s more, vehicle sales globally in the past few years have shown that sales of EV continued to go strong, and in 2020 it rose by

Out with the Jazz, in with the Honda City Hatchback – Honda Malaysia has just introduced the GN-series Honda City Hatchback in Malaysia and it is aimed squarely at the Toyota Yaris. Now, both the City Hatchback and Yaris are natural rivals – both share a similar 1.5-litre engine mated to a CVT transmission and a priced very close to each other. The City Hatchback offers a sophisticated hybrid powertrain and adaptive cruise control Yaris offers 7 airbags for all variants Also Read: Launched in Ma

Following yesterday’s Budget 2022 announcement by Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz that import, excise, and road tax will be waived for all electric vehicles, we now have further details regarding the tax exemption period. The tax exemption applies only to battery electric vehicles (BEVs) like a Nissan Leaf, MINI Electric, BMW iX, or a Tesla. Regular hybrid electric (HEV) models like a Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid or plug-in electric models like a BMW 330e don’t qualify. As ex

In Malaysia, we all know the Perodua Myvi easily outsells every other hatchback (and car) but up north in Thailand, it’s the Toyota Yaris that is dominating the hatchback market. According to sales data by Headlightmag, the Vios-based hatchback sold 2,139 units in June 2020, making its total cumulative figure to 10,679 sold in 2020 so far. That makes up 31.1% of the hatchback market, easily dominating the rest of the competition. Following the Toyota Yaris are the Honda Jazz and Suzuki Swift whi