When Toyota unveiled the all-new 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado (250 Series) in August, it also revealed two silhouettes of what could be future extensions of the Land Cruiser line-up at the end of the livestream. Not long after, Japan’s biggest carmaker applied the Land Hopper name for trademark at the Japan Patent Office. While many in the automotive media speculated that this is the name given for either of the two Land Cruiser-looking derivatives or even for the production version of the 500

In the past, Chinese SUVs sold in Malaysia barely made a dent in the market share of well-established rivals. I mean, when was the last time you actually saw a Chery Tiggo or Borgward BX5 on the streets? It wasn't until the Proton X50 and X70 came along and people began to take Chinese SUVs more seriously, and that's a good thing. Seeing the success of the X50 and X70 in Malaysia has prompted other Chinese manufacturers to hop onto the bandwagon, with their sights set on the lucrative SUV segmen

Following its debut in Taiwan, the Toyota Corolla Cross GR Sport’s (GR-S) next stop is Thailand. The Kingdom is also the market that debuted Toyota’s crossover bearing the long-running Corolla name. Ever since its launch, the Corolla Cross has been topping the sales chart in its segment in Thailand with 27,794 units sold. The hybrid version of the Corolla Cross is also among the most popular hybrid SUVs in the country and it is that variant that is given the GR Sport treatment in Thailand. Offic

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

Our neighbours tend to get the good stuff. Well, in this case it might be up for debate but truth be told, the GR Sport goods here extends beyond the cosmetic so colour us a little envious of the Toyota Corolla Cross GR Sport that’s been launched in Thailand prior to the Thailand International Motor Expo 2021 beginning 1 December 2021. Headlight Magazine delves into the details, that being the petrol-electric Atkinson-cycle 2ZR-FXE engine with 98 PS and 142 Nm. The electric motor draws power fro

If you’ve been following our page, you would know that UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) has dropped the Toyota C-HR from its range of products. With SUVs being a fast growing segment, obviously UMW Toyota won’t leave the empty spot unfilled. We believe that the Toyota Corolla Cross will be taking the C-HR’s spot next year. Prices have yet to be announced but we understand that UMWT’s manufacturing subsidiary Assembly Services Sdn. Bhd.’s (ASSB) second plant in Bukit Raja is being re-tooled to produce a n