The Toyota-Daihatsu jointly owned internal company; Emerging-market Compact Car Company (EMCC) will be dissolved effective today. The company was previously responsible for models like the AC100 generation Toyota Vios and the ASEAN market Toyota Yaris Cross. The reorganization comes after Daihatsu was revealed to have fudged vehicle homologation and crash testing data for many of its models, including those sold in Southeast Asia. Also read: Chairman Akio Toyoda is furious, suspends shipment of

Following the success of the Perodua Alza’s / Toyota Veloz’s contract manufacturing arrangement, Perodua is set to build another Toyota-badged model at its Rawang plant. According to materials sighted by WapCar, Perodua is working on a yet-to-be-launched D03B model. Said model was also mentioned alongside the D66B, which we already know is the project code for the Perodua Nexis. The Nexis name is yet to be confirmed by Perodua but it is believed to be D66B’s marketing name, based on trademark fi

Nothing seems to be appealing Thai buyers like a subcompact SUV especially if it bears a Toyota badge. According to Autolife Thailand, the 2023 Toyota Yaris Cross received 5,168 orders within a week of its launch, far exceeding the projected sales target of 2,000 units a month. Sitting on the DNGA platform like the all-new AC100 Vios, the Yaris Cross for the developing markets has been a hit in Indonesia and it seems Thai buyers are sharing the sentiment. The Thai-spec Yaris Cross is assembled l

The newest competitor in Thailand's tight subcompact-SUV space is this, the all-new 2023 Toyota Yaris Cross. Three variants are offered to customers, with prices outlined below: Smart - THB 789k (~RM 101k) Premium - THB 849k (~RM 109k) Premium Luxury - THB 899k (~RM 115k) Specs of the Yaris Cross in Thailand Taking on the Honda WR-V and Nissan Kicks, the Yaris Cross remains hybrid-only – combining a 91 PS/121 Nm 1.5-litre naturally-aspirated 2NR-VEX four-cylinder engine with a 80 PS/121 Nm elect

As reported a few times, the upcoming Indonesia-bound 2023 Toyota Yaris Cross will be different to the existing model sold in developed markets like Europe, Japan, Australia, and Singapore. It also seems that the Indo-spec Yaris Cross is getting ready to start production by the first half of the year. Based on a scoop obtained by OtoDriver, the DNGA-based Yaris Cross is said to start production in June 2023. Furthermore, the source also informed the Indonesian automotive publication that the upc

Within Toyota’s model line-up for Japan, the two B-segment Toyota Yaris Cross and Toyota Raize (twin of Daihatsu Rocky, donor car to our upcoming Perodua D55L) sit in a somewhat overlapping position. Both B-segment SUVs are priced quite closed together and are chasing more or less the group of customers, but such is the nature of Japan’s saturated car market. Also, the booming SUV market demands for greater choices. Better to lose sales to your own models than to a competitor’s. The Toyota Yaris