Blink and you will miss it. The Toyota Motor group (including Daihatsu and Hino) had just set a new sales record for its financial year ending March 2024, with 11,090,108 units sold, 5 percent higher than last year’s record of 10,558,230 units. Unlike other manufacturers, Toyota didn't make any grand announcement of its latest sales record. There was not even a single mention by Toyota that it had set a new sales record. In fact, the numbers were hidden in an obscure link to an Excel file. Toyot

Japanese domestic sales of the updated 2024 Toyota GR Yaris facelift are to begin on 8-April 2024, bringing with it an automatic transmission, beyond a host of new stuff. While that will be relatively readily available, the two special brews – the Sébastien Ogier Edition and Kalle Rovanperä Edition – are only available at 100 units apiece, and only by lottery. More on that in a bit... Anyway, the GR Yaris facelift gleans on lessons learnt from the road, track, and dirt, which sees it gain more p

The rotary revival from Mazda wasn’t quite what we expected but the Hiroshima-based carmaker still has quite the driving arsenal under its belt with the timeless Mazda MX-5. Based on the latest teaser from them, it appears that a new roadster-related concept based on the diminutive MX-5 will take centre stage at its stand in the Japanese Mobility Show, possibly indicating the design direction of the next generation. While Mazda hasn't outright said it's the new MX-5, the fact that Mazda’s stand

As starting points go, the Toyota Motor Corporation that new President and CEO, Koji Sato inherits is perhaps as great as it gets. Nobody can say it's not at its apex today; one that's competitive on track, has sports cars in the showroom, is world No.1 in sales, and with a steady vision for the future to boot. That's Akio Toyoda's indelible 14-year legacy. From the birds-eye view his new Chairman post affords, he'll see a Toyota he made cool again, rising tall from the multi-million-unit recall

Purists might lament the fact that Toyota is developing an 8-speed automatic (8AT) for the GR Yaris but then again, if purists dictated the direction of the automotive industry, we wouldn’t even have power steering. An automatic option increases the appeal to a wider target market, which means more money to be earned and that leads to the possibility of developing more enthusiast-focused cars. Anyway, the development team behind the 8AT GR Yaris invited Japanese publication BestCarWeb to get the

Following its unveiling in Malaysia almost a month ago, UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) has announced the official prices for the new 2021 Toyota Vios facelift. 2021 Toyota Vios facelift price list Variant 1.5 J A/T 1.5 E A/T 1.5 G A/T Price RM 74,623 RM 82,593 RM 87,584 The prices shown above are exempted from SST (valid until 31-Dec 2020), on the road excluding insurance and road tax. At this price, the base-spec Vios 1.5 J is priced very close to the Honda City S variant which starts from RM 74,191.