The Toyota Hilux is an absolute beast on the sales charts. From January to July 2024, UMW Toyota Motor sold 13,780 units of the Hilux, giving it a 49.8% market share of the one-ton pick-up truck market in Malaysia. To give you some context on how dominating the Hilux is, you would have to add up the total sales of the next four best-selling pick-up trucks – Mitsubishi Triton (4,483 units), Ford Ranger (4,059 units), Isuzu D-Max (3,986 units), and Nissan Navara (1,218 units) – to match the sales

Armoured vehicles come in all shapes and sizes, and when you think of one, usually a large Cadillac-esque vehicle pops in your mind. Or maybe a tank. Very few would imagine a Toyota Corolla Cross, but hey, now we have one. Brazilian customers can now opt for bulletproof versions of its popular models, namely the Corolla, Corolla Cross, Hilux, and Fortuner, built by several armouring specialists within the country. The armouring experts—Avallon, Carbon, Evolution Blindagens, and Parvi Blindados—a

UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) ended the month of June with 7,600 units of Toyota and Lexus models sold, down 9.8% from last month’s 8,422 units sold. The Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) will be announcing its total tally for new vehicle sales tomorrow, and many are expecting June’s figure to be the weakest this year. Year-to-date, UMWT closed the first half of 2024 with 47,000 units sold, down 3.4% from the same 6-month period last year. For the month of July, UMWT is offering a ‘Peace of Mind

UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) announced yesterday that it sold 7,345 units of Toyota and Lexus vehicles in April 2024, with Toyota-badged models contributing 7,213 units, while the imported-from-Japan only Lexus contributed 132 units. Year-to-date, the company sold 30,789 units in the first four months. The company didn’t share its sales numbers for March 2024, but figures compiled by RHB Investment Bank put it at 9,688 units. That’s a that month-on-month, UMWT’s sales had dropped by 25 percent, but t

Toyota Motor Thailand has presented 12 units of the battery-electric 2024 Toyota Hilux Revo-e to Pattaya as part of the city's 'Decarbonised Sustainable City Project' that has sustainable mobility as one of its key pillars. Running from April 2024 to December 2025, this project will see the Hilux BEV serve as songthaews, or fixed-route share-taxis. They can fit more people than sedan taxis, and are a popular alternative for those looking at cheaper ways to move around the coastal city. In fact,

Blink and you will miss it. The Toyota Motor group (including Daihatsu and Hino) had just set a new sales record for its financial year ending March 2024, with 11,090,108 units sold, 5 percent higher than last year’s record of 10,558,230 units. Unlike other manufacturers, Toyota didn't make any grand announcement of its latest sales record. There was not even a single mention by Toyota that it had set a new sales record. In fact, the numbers were hidden in an obscure link to an Excel file. Toyot