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

High fuel prices are a common place now, and over in Taiwan, where fuel prices start from TWD 29.5 (~RM 4.38) for a litre of RON 92 fuel. RON 95 fuel goes for TWD 31 yuan (~RM 4.60), while RON 98 fuel is TWD 33 per litre (~RM 4.90). Also Read: Petrol prices in Japan soared to RM 5.40 per litre, resale value of Toyota Prius rising in tandem And this is why in Taiwan, especially taxi drivers who cover hundreds of kilometers a day, prefer a fuel-sipping car, as fuel savings are amplified over a gre

When the Proton X50 was launched in Malaysia in October 2020, it brought upon a semblance of normalcy to an otherwise bleak, pandemic-laced year. From a product standpoint it was the most modern in class: no other competitor in the B-segment SUV space offered Level 2 autonomous driving capabilities for RM 103k like the X50 Flagship. Plus it looks great. Buoyed by intense hype, early customers had to wait six months between their deposit and getting their keys, a fact we understand still holds tr

Electric vehicles, specifically battery electric (BEV) ones, have a lot less moving parts than conventional cars and therefore require almost zero maintenance. With less moving parts, BEVs should be a lot more reliable. The keyword here is ‘in theory.’ Based on USA’s Consumer Reports survey of more than 300,000 vehicle owners, electric SUVs were singled out to be a lot poorer in reliability than hybrids, which have the highest number of components for any vehicle type (combustion engine + EV par

Just yesterday, Hotai Motor, the official distributor of Toyota vehicles in Taiwan, launched the new Toyota Corolla Cross GR-Sport. It is the second GR-Sport (GR-S) model to be launched in Taiwan, following the Toyota Corolla Altis GR-Sport that was introduced in 2020. Let's dive in and see what has Toyota Taiwan done to the new Corolla Cross GR-Sport. Also Read: Toyota Corolla Cross GR-Sport launched in Taiwan, prices equal to RM 131k Exterior – Wait, no GR-S alloy wheels? Perhaps the most noti

It appears that the Toyota Corolla Cross will be the next recipient of the GR-Sport treatment, as evident from spyshots from Taiwan. Up front, the Corolla Cross GR-Sport gets a redesigned front bumper, completely different from the US and Japan-market models. It also gets a new gloss black front grille with honeycomb insert. As for the rear-end, the Corolla Cross GR-Sport gets clear-type LED tail lights, a lone GR-Sport emblem on the tailgate, and a more prominent rear diffuser piece. A gloss bl