UMW Toyota Motor has issued a statement concerning Daihatsu's recent announcement on the company's new additional procedural irregularities that has affected the Toyota Rush, Vios, and Yaris, produced at the Assembly Services Sdn. Bhd. plant in Shah Alam, and the Veloz that's made alongside the Alza at Perodua Manufacturing Sdn Bhd, Rawang. In summary, this new issue (seperate from what happened back in April and May) stems from a recent investigation by an independent third-party committee that

Things are shaping up for a sizzling end to the third round and season finale of Season 6 of the GR Vios Challenge that forms a core component of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival. Yes, it has been 6 scintillating seasons of motorsports with each and every race delivering edge-of-your-seat action and the upcoming final round will definitely not disappoint in that respect. Slated for the 30 September to 1 October 2023 weekend, the race will go down at the Sepang International Circuit and promises

Sime Darby Berhad today announced that it has entered into a conditional share purchase agreement with Permodalan Nasional Berhad to acquire PNB’s 61.2% stake in UMW Holdings Berhad, which not only includes their aerospace and manufacturing businesses, but also the Toyota and Perodua brands. Under the terms of the agreement, Sime Darby will purchase PNB’s 61.2% stake for a total cash consideration of RM3.57 billion or RM 5.00 per share. Once the agreement becomes unconditional, Sime Darby will b

We recognise it here as the Toyota Vios but over in Thailand, it works under the name of the Toyota Yaris Ativ. Regardless of what it’s called, it’s the best-selling B-segment sedan in Thailand for June 2023 with 28,319 units sold for a whopping 57 percent market share. That’s over 3 times more sales than its next closest rival, the Honda City. A distance second, VTEC failed to kick in for the City this time around with only 9,513 units spoken for, or just 19.2 percent of the market share. Nonet

Short video shows Toyota Vios reaching end of production run in Indonesia Plant operation could be gearing up for upcoming D92A Vios Indonesia assembles Vios for domestic and export markets As the news heats up about the upcoming successor of the Toyota Vios, a video shared on the Mobilgue Instagram page suggests that the current Vios has reached the end of its production run in Indonesia. However, the undated, and unverified video is best taken at face value as there has been no official announ

Effective 15-June until 31-December 2020, the government will completely waive the 10 percent sales tax for locally-assembled (CKD) cars. Imported cars will still need to pay sales tax, but only at half of the original rate, at 5 percent. Some companies like Perodua have since announced that they will be absorbing the sales tax from today 15-June. Many banks have also reduced their interest rates. Whether should you buy a car now or not is a different topic altogether. There’s a Malay saying “Uk