UMW Toyota Motor has opened its order books for the 2024 Toyota Hiace panel van, now updated with a new 3.0-litre common rail turbo diesel engine, replacing the previous model’s 2.4-litre unit. The new Euro 4 emissions-standard engine delivers 136 PS at 3,400 rpm, and a healthy 300 Nm at 1,200 – 2,400 rpm, ensuring effortless cargo hauling capabilities. As before, a 5-speed transmission is the sole gearbox available. The panel van comes with an optional 7" touchscreen display audio system, with

Think vans and immediately an image of the Toyota Hiace will pop into your mind. It’s just synonymous. With the world shifting towards electrification, it was only a matter of time before the HiAce received the same treatment and Toyota has now unveiled that under the Global HiAce BEV concept at the Japan Mobility Show. Housed under van specialist subsidiary Toyota Auto Body together with all the other vans, the Global HiAce BEV is based on the global H300-series HiAce sold outside of Japan but

Last night, UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) launched the 2023 Toyota Innova Zenix virtually. Two variants are offered and both are fully imported (CBU) from Indonesia and are priced at: Innova Zenix 2.0 V – RM 165,000 Innova Zenix 2.0 Hybrid – RM 202,000 The prices shown are for Peninsular Malaysia, on-the-road, and exclude insurance but let’s not talk about the monetary value for a moment and focus on what are the differences between both variants. Powertrain We’ll start with the most obvious differenc

Electrified cars in Indonesia are not that quite in demand but data has shown that sales are increasing though hybrid vehicles are a more favourable choice over electric vehicles (EVs) among buyers. Just like Malaysia, Indonesia’s EV infrastructure is more concentrated in urban areas so individual EV model sales rarely breach 1,000 units a month. According to Gaikindo, Indonesia’s best-selling EV in May is the Ioniq 5 which saw 918 units sold and is followed by the Wuling Air with 455 units sold

Sure, we trail behind Thailand and Indonesia in introducing the model but at long last, we have the all-new 2022 Kia Carnival in Malaysia, which is now open for booking though prices haven't been announced at the time of publication. Kia's distributors here – Dinamikjaya Motors Sdn. Bhd. – will be introducing the fourth-generation (codenamed KA4) MPV in its sole 11-seater guise. It's a much larger model than its predecessor (YP), measuring 40 mm longer than before at 5,155 mm, 10 mm girthier at

Last month, Kia revealed the official pictures of the 2021 Kia Carnival. We definitely agree that it is a very good-looking Grand Utility Vehicle (Kia doesn’t want you to call it an MPV), and we really can’t help but wonder if it looks as good in real life. Well, wonder no more! We got the inside scoop from our friends at Korean Car Blog who shared images of the fourth-generation Carnival doing some tests around the Namyang R&D Center completely undisguised! From these few images, it’s safe to s