Toyota will suspend sales three models in Japan effective immediately. The models affected are the Japanese market-only Corolla Fielder, Corolla Axio, as well as the Yaris Cross. The latter is a Toyota-developed TNGA-B platform model sold in Japan and Europe. Despite the same name, this Yaris Cross is totally unrelated to the Daihatsu-developed Yaris Cross sold in Southeast Asia. Seven other models no longer in production, including the previous generation Crown and Sienta, were also found have

Whisper the words SUV carefully around it – the boys and girls at Maranello insist it's anything but, despite our inclinations to call a spade when we see one. The Ferrari Purosangue is branded as the company's 'first-ever four-door, four-seater car', and it's now open to Malaysian customers who have upwards of RM 5 million; inclusive duties, taxes and minimal options. Rather confidently they've called it the Purosangue, Italian for pureblood; thoroughbred, alluding to how development of the mod

This here is the all-new 2023 Toyota Yaris Cross for our region, having just been unveiled in Indonesia. The small SUV also could preview the upcoming Perodua D66B for Malaysia. Locally-assembled in the country as well, here's the variant breakdown and prices: Yaris Cross Hybrid GR Sport: IDR 460m (~RM 140k) Yaris Cross Non Hybrid GR Sport: IDR 450m (~RM 137k) Yaris Cross S CVT: IDR 416m (~RM 126k) Yaris Cross S Manual: IDR 405m (~RM 123k) Yaris Cross G CVT: IDR 363m (~RM 110k) Yaris Cross G Man

The decade-old Lexus CT 200h has long been discontinued in Malaysia but it’s still on sale in Japan. The hybrid-only Toyota Prius-based entry model Lexus is expected to be discontinued by the end of this year, which begs the next question – what will replace it? According to Japanese publication Mag-X, the Lexus CT 200h will not have a direct successor, but its role as an entry point into the Lexus family will be replaced by a new, Toyota Yaris Cross-based SUV. Said model is rumoured to wear the

Alongside the unveiling of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team’s eventual winner latest competitor for the 2021 Formula 1 season, Mercedes-Benz has also unveiled the latest images of its upcoming 2021 Mercedes-AMG GT 73e 4-door coupe and the Mercedes-AMG One hypercar. Though the hypercar is well, looking ludicrously hyper, and the Formula 1 car will surely rack up some wins this season, the real star of the show is the 4-door hybrid monster. Also read: Coming to Malaysia - Mercedes-AMG Project One

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