UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) announced yesterday that it sold 7,345 units of Toyota and Lexus vehicles in April 2024, with Toyota-badged models contributing 7,213 units, while the imported-from-Japan only Lexus contributed 132 units. Year-to-date, the company sold 30,789 units in the first four months. The company didn’t share its sales numbers for March 2024, but figures compiled by RHB Investment Bank put it at 9,688 units. That’s a that month-on-month, UMWT’s sales had dropped by 25 percent, but t

Malaysia’s Edaran Tan Chong Motor Sdn Bhd (ETCM) has won the highest respect from Nissan by winning the Nissan Global Award for the Southeast Asia region. The Nissan Global Award Program for importers recognises the efforts and achievements of importers and National Sales Companies (NSC) in the areas of sales and aftersales. On top of winning the region’s Global Award for sales, which judges finalists on overall sales volume, market share and customer service activities, Tan Chong also bagged th

Thailand’s road transport authority is satisfied with the results of a repeat side-impact testing of the Toyota Vios, which is sold there as the Yaris Ativ. Deliveries will resume immediately, said the company in a press statement released on Friday. No changes or recall of existing cars on the road is necessary as the Thai authorities have verified Toyota’s claim to be true, that the part used in the production car, which although is not the same part that was used in the first side-impact test

Following the debut of the all-new Toyota Avanza and Veloz, Daihatsu Indonesia has just taken covers off the equally-new Daihatsu Xenia – the third derivative of one of Indonesia’s best-selling models. With the all-new Xenia, Avanza, and Veloz under their belt, Daihatsu and Toyota will battle the equally-new Honda BR-V, Mitsubishi Xpander, and Suzuki Ertiga in the archipelago. Also Read: All-new 2022 Toyota Avanza debuts: Now FWD, TSS, RM 60k to RM 85k, Malaysia launch next year? Interestingly,

Despite the ongoing pandemic, development work for the next-generation 2022 Toyota Avanza is well underway, ahead of its Indonesian debut in early November. Said model, according to Indra Fathan’s Instagram post, is currently in pre-production phase. Between three to five pre-production prototypes have been assembled in Indonesia and sent to Japan for evaluation purposes. This in turn has dropped more crumbs of information, as a shipping website revealed codes such as W100 and W101. The differen

** This article is the personal experience of a 2019 Proton Persona 1.6 Premium CVT owner and does not necessarily reflect the views of WapCar Facebook: Louis Lim My white 2019 Proton Persona 1.6 Premium CVT was bought about 4 months ago at a price of around RM55k. As I was still a student going for internship soon at that time, I needed my first car to travel to work every day. Due to budget constraint, I had to choose a local car that fits my budget. Therefore, I was left with a few choices an