This is it – later this week UMW Toyota Motor, the official distributor of Toyota vehicles in Malaysia, will be introducing the highly-anticipated Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid. Bookings for Toyota’s electrified crossover was opened back in October 2021 with an estimated price of RM 137,000. The estimated price is on-the-road (without insurance). The Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid is backed by a 5-year unlimited mileage warranty, in addition to the 8-year unlimited mileage warranty for the hybrid bat

China is the world’s largest automotive market and if a carmaker wants to enter this lucrative market, it would have to set up a joint venture with an existing Chinese manufacturer. Some like Toyota has two joint partners – GAC Toyota and FAW Toyota - which result in some interesting twin models. One of those models that will be offered in China is the Toyota Corolla Cross. FAW Toyota will sell the standard Corolla Cross that looks similar to the one available globally while GAC Toyota will offe

In just over a month since pre-orders of the Toyota Corolla Cross in Japan started, more than 13,000 orders have already been placed according to BestCarWeb, far exceeding the monthly sales target of 4,000 units. However, it is worth noting that sales of newly launched models will typically show a spike in demand but will normalize after 3 months. A more reliable indicator of actual demand would be data from the fourth month of sale onwards. Deliveries are estimated to be between four to six mon

The topic of electrification is dominated by battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and rightly so, but it is also important to note that as of April 2021, there are only 2,769 BEVs in Thailand – the region’s leading market for electrified vehicles. Never mind tiny Malaysia’s 500 plus BEV population. There are however 194,789 hybrids on Thai roads. Today, one in every five new passenger cars sold in Thailand is a hybrid, a fact that is often overlooked. It’s a quiet revolution of sorts. A quiet revolu

Fresh off the boat, the Toyota Corolla Cross is set to make waves in Malaysia, in a segment already brimming with exceedingly talented players. One such talented player is none other than the Subaru XV. A multi-talented and multi-faceted car in its own right, how does the Subaru XV stack up against the new kid on the block, the Toyota Corolla Cross? Find out, we shall. Pricing Toyota Corolla Cross vs Subaru XV prices Model Price Toyota Corolla Cross From RM 124,000 (w/o SST, until 30-June 2021)

UMW Holdings Berhad, has in its latest corporate presentation, confirmed that the 2021 Toyota Corolla Cross will be launched in Malaysia in the second quarter of this year. The Corolla Cross will be one of the several new models (not all are listed here) that its subsidiary UMW Toyota Motor has planned for 2021. Of these, two have already been launched – the new facelifted 2021 Toyota Fortuner and Toyota Innova. The remaining models will most probably be the new Thailand-made 2021 Toyota Camry (