After the refreshed 2024 Toyota Hilux snagged headlines earlier today, next week will be all about the 2024 Toyota Corolla Cross facelift, as it will be unveiled in Thailand on Thursday, 8-February 2024. It will be the car's mid-life update since it made its global debut in July 2020 (time flies, doesn't it?), and typical of those, what's obvious in today's teaser are refreshed looks. The headlight signature is reminiscent of the Corolla Cross sold in other markets, with new daytime running ligh

The Volkswagen Group has surprised the industry by reducing production at one of its electric vehicle (EV) plants as the company faces buyer reluctance towards its EVs, revealed by the head of one of its unions for workers to the German media. The union told the North West newspaper, “We are experiencing strong customer reluctance in the electric vehicle sector.” The union also stated that production of EV models was outpacing sales by 30 percent, while production of internal combustion engine (

Earlier today, the all-electric (EV) Mercedes-Benz EQA was launched in Malaysia with a sole variant – EQA 250 that is priced at RM 278,201. In a media conference post-launch, Mercedes-Benz Malaysia revealed that deliveries will begin from April onwards. Michael Jopp, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Mercedes-Benz Malaysia, said, “First deliveries will start from the second half of April onwards, so we do have the cars (EQA) in the country already. And I would say that the majority of del

Built with an investment of about RM 2 billion, including land and equipment cost, UMW Toyota Motor’s Bukit Raja plant is one of the most advanced and efficient ones in Asia, said the distributor of Toyota and Lexus vehicles in Malaysia. The new plant, operated by UMW Toyota Motor's manufacturing subsidiary Assembly Services Sdn. Bhd. (ASSB), has a capacity to build 50,000 cars per year (further expansions possible) and currently builds the Toyota Vios, Yaris, and Corolla Cross, including the Co

2022 is here and it will be an interesting year, as multiple car companies have lined out their plans for a host of electric vehicle (EV) launches in Malaysia. As announced during the 2022 Budget, sales of electric vehicles will be exempted from both import and excise tax. The tax-free period is only for a very short time, specifically 2 years, between 1-January 2022 and 31-December 2023 for fully imported (CBU) models. Charge up and strap in. Chery eQ1 –Soon-to-be Malaysia’s cheapest EV? Kickin

Despite what social media comments are saying, all 750 units of the fully-imported (CBU from Thailand) 2021 Toyota Corolla Cross 1.8G allocated for Malaysia have been sold out, less than one week after it was launched. Deliveries of the 1.8G variant is immediate, while those who booked the 1.8V variant can only start receiving their cars from July onwards. Also Read: Priced from RM 124k, Toyota Corolla Cross launched in Malaysia, full ADAS, 3D 360-deg cam, TNGA For now, Toyota dealers have been