Whatever car you choose, and despite all the tech that's loaded into them, your decision ultimately rests on what's under the hood. Performance and fuel efficiency are usually right up there in the Malaysian buyer's decision making matrix, and the engine that provides these must also be very reliable. Better yet if it's not a hassle to maintain. Best if it could also hedge against next year's increasing fuel prices. A tough ask for manufacturers, so usually it's a balance between two or three of

If you have visited Toyota Malaysia's website recently, you would've noticed that it now has a new layout, with a new 'Move Your World' tagline. It's a fitting new tagline too, because few other brands can claim to have moved Malaysia, literally, for as long as Toyota. If roads are fabrics that weave and connect the many different parts of Malaysia, then Toyota cars are the needle threads. At a time when roads were lacking, the Toyota Land Cruiser 20 Series was the first Toyota to be sold here,

The Toyota Corolla Cross is currently available in three variants, the entry 1.8E starts from RM 130,400, the mid-range 1.8G stats from RM 137,400, while the range topping Hybrid starts from RM 142,000. Soon, a fourth variant could join the line-up. If this sole photo shared by AJ Felix is what we think it is, we can expect UMW Toyota Motor to launch a sportier GR Sport variant of the Corolla Cross. We still don’t know if this is a cosmetics-only job but unlike Toyota distributors in Thailand an

At this point, the Toyota Corolla Cross has etched its name as Malaysia's current de facto SUV. This was the Honda HR-V's perch once before too, but in the face of its own age and newer rivals, it finds itself in quite a tight squeeze. It's up to the all-new model to regain lost footing then, which is set to be introduced here within the second half of this year (H2 2022). We're still months away from launch, so details are obviously scarce, but trusted sources have shared with us that there cou

The 2021 Toyota Corolla Cross was launched in Malaysia roughly three months ago. At launch, UMW Toyota (UMWT) only offered the Corolla Cross 1.8G variant, with the more expensive 1.8V variant to come at a later date. For those who booked the Corolla Cross 1.8V earlier, here’s some good news for you.We understand that the shipment of the Corolla Cross 1.8V has arrived. While deliveries of the Corolla Cross 1.8V was initially scheduled to start in July, the nationwide lockdown has put that plan on

The quirky-but-stylish Toyota C-HR has been quietly dropped from UMW Toyota Motor’s line-up, leaving a vacant spot that will be soon filled by the 2021 Toyota Corolla Cross. The Toyota Corolla Cross, unlike the made-in-Thailand Toyota C-HR, is expected to be locally-assembled (CKD) at UMWT’s manufacturing subsidiary Assembly Services Sdn. Bhd.’s (ASSB) second plant in Bukit Raja. Local assembly should allow UMWT to price the Corolla Cross more competitively against its rivals and hopefully not r