Indonesia’s de facto national car, the Toyota Innova has been crowned the country’s best-selling car of 2023 with 66,459 units sold according to Gaikindo’s sales report. This is followed by the Toyota Avanza (62,275 units) and the Honda Brio (62,008 units). There is a disclaimer for the Innova’s sales figures though as it combined the numbers of both the outgoing rear-wheel drive (RWD) Innova which is only available with a diesel powerplant, and its front-wheel drive (FWD) successor. The FWD Inn

Over 2.5 million Toyota vehicles have been proudly produced in Indonesia and exported all over the world. This milestone comes after surpassing 2 million units just eight months ago (Feb 2023), and approximately five years after breaching the 1 million unit mark in 2018. PT Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia (TMMIN) has now produced approximately 2,520,754 units spread across its Sunter (Jakarta) and Karawang (West Java) plants since its establishment in 1987, which are exported to nearly 100

UMW Toyota Motor will be launching the all-new 2023 Toyota Innova Zenix later tonight. A countdown timer to its online launch and a registration of interest page is already up on its website. Usually, the introduction of a new generation model would also mean the discontinuation / replacement of the previous generation model. The Toyota Innova could be an exemption to this, if product line ups in Indonesia and India – the two biggest markets for the Innova – is a reliable indication of what’s co

Electrified cars in Indonesia are not that quite in demand but data has shown that sales are increasing though hybrid vehicles are a more favourable choice over electric vehicles (EVs) among buyers. Just like Malaysia, Indonesia’s EV infrastructure is more concentrated in urban areas so individual EV model sales rarely breach 1,000 units a month. According to Gaikindo, Indonesia’s best-selling EV in May is the Ioniq 5 which saw 918 units sold and is followed by the Wuling Air with 455 units sold

Malaysians looking to get the all-new 2023 Toyota Innova Zenix will not be waiting much longer as UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) has just released a teaser for the most advanced generation of the Toyota 7-seater. The third-generation Innova is planned to make its awaited Malaysian debut on Wednesday, 21-June 2023 and UMWT has put up a registration of interest on its website with a countdown clock to the launch day. In Indonesia, the Innova Zenix is available with two Dynamic Force powertrains – a 2.0-l

Maruti Suzuki is India’s number one carmaker and in some ways, it is similar to our very own Perodua. However, aside from producing Suzuki models, it has a partnership with Toyota in the subcontinent. This resulted in some Suzuki models sold in India (and South Africa) being offered with a Toyota badge but this Innova Zenix marks the first time a Toyota model is given the Suzuki rebadge in India. Toyota models have been rebadged as Suzuki before outside of India. Europe has the likes of the RAV4