Veni, vidi, vici. The goal to make a car so well-rounded that it effectively erases the competition is one every carmaker has, and that same causus vivendi – reason to live – is what pulses through the fuel lines of the 2023 Toyota Vios (AC100) in Malaysia. The nameplate is no stranger to success. Plenty will remember nameplate's genesis, 2003's NCP42, that made short work of the triangular GD-series City of that era, and while the generations after that built upon such strong foundations, the t

While Malaysians are still reeling from the all-new Toyota Vios’ higher starting price than its popular predecessor, up north in Thailand, buyers are gladly accepting the fourth-generation sedan in stride. According to sales data compiled by Autolife Thailand, a total of 18,242 units of the Toyota Yaris Ativ, which is what the Vios is called in the Land of Smiles, were sold in the first quarter of 2023. The Vios’ Thai twin held a 60.9% market share in the country’s B-sedan segment thanks to stro

The UMW Group’s automotive sales surged by 63.8 percent to 36,358 units in October 2021 compared with 22,193 units sold in September 2021. The stellar growth was achieved on the back of strong recovery in sales of Toyota (including Lexus) and Perodua vehicles in Malaysia. UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) registered sales of 8,500 units in October 2021, 5.8 percent higher than the 8,033 units sold in September 2021. Toyota Vios continues to be the marque’s best-selling model for October 2021, followed by

"Just get a Toyota Vios lah!" - If you've made your intentions about buying a new B-segment sedan clear, then we'd wager you've heard or read that phrase a thousand times over. Let's say for a minute that you're set on getting a Vios, but the variants and their offerings are a little confusing. Leave it to us to clear it up for you in this week's buying guide. At a glance - 4 variants Instead of just three variants like last time, the new facelift brings with it the hottest Vios yet - the GR Spo

A week after Honda Malaysia teased the all-new 2020 Honda City, they've done it again with today's post - this time confirming the availability of LED headlights. And they've paired the post with a particularly spicy caption too: Time to expose the pretenders. #nomatch #allnewcity #thetakeoverstartsnow A very bold claim to egg on the Toyota Vios. Speaking of which, last week Toyota Malaysia answered with a smart rebuttal claiming that the Vios is timeless. This time? It'd be interesting to see w

** This article is the personal experience of a 2012 Honda Jazz Hybrid owner and does not necessarily reflect the views of WapCar Twitter: Suthesh Kumar Balbir Singh How it started One got to admit that the Honda Jazz is one interesting little hatchback. It looks small on the outside, quite nimble to drive and spacious in the inside. When it was first launched in 2001, the design of the car technically impacted on the outlook of most B-segment hatchbacks that came after it: while it is not somet