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Here we go again, boys! A pair of uncovered 2013 Toyota Vios models has been spotted on a transport trailer in Malaysia, as sent in by reader Jared Ling. It gives us yet another view of what will the latest edition of Malaysia’s top selling non-national car be in local specifications.
UPDATE: 2013 Toyota Vios now launched in Malaysia – click here for the launch report
The grey car in the back appears to be the same one we’ve seen before, but it’s the brown one ahead of it that’s more interesting. It appears to be wearing a bodykit with a different set of wheels than the TRD Sportivo unit in the last round of our Vios spyshots.
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Our best guess is that the grey one with the eight-spoke alloys is the E grade variant, while the other one with fancy multi-spoke wheels is a higher spec G grade model fitted with an optional Aerokit, much like the current Vios G Limited. It has chrome door handles and boot trim too.
So we’ve now seen the E, G and range-topping TRD Sportivo variants of the Malaysian 2013 Toyota Vios range. Only the base J grade model remains an unknown for now. Won’t be long till the official launch now, slated to be in October. Anyone here placed a booking yet?
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yaa I agree… because it’s durable and low fuel consumption. Do you know carguy, in Italy and Dubai-Ferrari was use for Police Fleet car. Ya, in Singapore at Jln Bugis few years back an accident involved Ferrari Taxi.. well ya..
wow wow wow wow
PEOPLE …
This car is the only NEW CAR that STILL features an obsolete 4 speedo gearbox….
Even Korean makes now have 6 ….
Go figure.
but have ECT,korean normal gearbox only
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“Intelligent” or not, it’s still 4 speed.. when you cruise at highway, you don’t need “responsiveness or smooth”. You need higher gear ratio for better fc.
actually the additional gear ratios that a 6 speed gearbox like in elantra has are mostly between 2nd and 5th gear.
the 1st gear and 4th in vios actually has similar ratios with elantra.
having extra gears in between does improve acceleration and from an angle FC, but may not be suitable in town driving as was proven by Kia Optima and even current Honda City with only 1 extra gear than Vios. the gearbox struggles to find the right gear and keep hunting to find the best gear to give the so-called ideal drive.
for normal driving – a 4 speed gearbox still can provide optimum performance since there is already a weight saving which helps a lot with FC
this vios 4th speed is proven since 2003 in durable, smooth, power, and fuel saver. 4th speedo is perfectly for 1.5 car, unless is CVT.
not most of u think the more gear can give u more fuel saving is wrong, as we know the 1st gear ratio and the 4th gear ratio is almost same to the 6 speed GB, the extra 2 gear is making more weight in the GB to the engine, it cant help to save fuel but slash more engine power.
think… why Now H.city 5speed but the engine need upgraded to 120ps, because GB weight increased, and higher hp consume more.. so H.city save in HW not in town.
If Korean without those high end interior,exterior or 6 speed so u think they can sell well? even T & H car looks creepy with 20 years old tec but still can sell well here!
say no to overpriced Japs!!
6 speeds sounds very high spec, but for Forte 1.6 the 6th gear ratio is similar to Vios 4th gear ratio.. So the 6 speeds gear in Forte 1.6 is nothing much contribution to lessen the FC, but it does help a lots to pick up the car.
Horrayyy!!! Proton sure cannot sleep well now losing its No.2 top sales spot soon!!! Ha Ha Ha!
What talking you? I bet Proton can sleep well, because the Vios will always price more than double of Proton Saga, the cheapest variant of the new Vios will probably cost around RM80K even more expansive than the Preve.
change your nick bro. it doesn’t suit with your junky comments
The top 2 cars are Almera, look at the rear lights, rear bumper, tail pipe and the Nissan badge in the middle. Nice way to camouflage though but should have put the Vios on top
OMG…Abang and adik…both r ugly…puihhh
what baffles me is why are the vios being transported with 2 Nissan Almeras?
yeah, somemore got no. plate.
Comparing lo. Almera is an registered car.
must be doing comparison between Almera and the Vios.last time it was City.
They sure are aiming high. Next time they bring in Lada to compare? Iswara?
do you think toyota have their own trailer to transport??
Very simple, because there are come from the same species of Dugong family
same ‘bontot’ i think..
just want to confusing the paultan reader.. umw already know, sure got spyshot in here haha
To camo a bit maybe.then not so noticeable to onlookers.
That it doesn’t stand out much amongst Almeras (which are known to be rather… well, unattractive) isn’t a good sign…
Common lah .Its called cost sharing lah DUDE.
that’s call…”kurang sale”..better sharing the loader lahh..than..
“hello nissan..do u want to share with us”
we dont want shame and lost to proton…err..err..can ahh..”
maybe UMW bought 2 almeras as internal comparison? this is hardly surprising, a normal practise.
when i was working with Milan Auto in the 90s, Proton bought one 146 as part of its benchmarking towards making better cars.
part of the result can be seen in Proton Waja (the beak on its bonnet) and also Perdana facelift, with similar looking AR grille.
Wonder what is the prize is?…If it is higher then the current Dugong (like Cerato), I think people won’t buy it…Engine, safety feature, spaces are the same as Dugong…But the design is better..
ya lar.. what is the prize?.. i think first prize is flat tv 50″. second prize gps.. third smarttag.. consolation is full tank.. they said just submit slogan, the most creative will win.
50″ flat tv is really good for the first prize… second prize should be a high end smart phone..
Agreed,Prize is the factor. Msia’n vehicle esp. car sell too expensive.!!!
let us wait until the budget announcement.
ATAS VIOS TU BUKAN ALMERA KE BRO
The rear look of the car at the top of trailer seems to be Nissan Almera…
Is that Nissan Almera on the top?
for training purpose, I guess. But don’t know whether UMW Toyota one or Nissan Tan Chong’s though
2 ugly car together, challenging each other to see who can win the ugly contest.
coming vios is not ugly, it somehow evolves from dugong to catfish. catfish is beau….ok it’s not that ugly… ok just a bit lol
Still ugly and old tech overpriced things. C’mon, now hybrid got low tax, why don’t want to bring in the Yaris Hybrid? That thing is reasonable for Malaysia, compact, good looking and save a lot of fuel. Thailand, why don’t you hybridized your vios directly use all Yaris Hybrid parts, at least something new mar, or you don’t have the technology?
Malaysia already has CRZ, Insight, Jazz Hybrid, Prius and Prius C. Do Malaysians buy those? A few, yes, but I don’t think sales are strong. Too scared of the battery and low RV. Yaris Hybrid doesn’t make sense then, unfortunately.
I really don’t see the coming Vios. All round, I don’t see the Vios as ugly, maybe the name does add a little influence to people’s bias attitude to the styling, but I like it. Its a step forward in the right direction. And if it does come with that rumored ESP in at least the G spec, I don’t see why it’s a bad car. Engine and powertrain can’t be help, Toyota as a whole put their effort into their hybrids and EV tech that they have now lag behind in their ICE engine & transmission development so much so when looking for an engine for their new sports car, they look for Subaru.
The rear 3rd generation vios looks like 1st generation
Yes its look like 1st Generation. That why i buy the 1st gen instead of waiting this.
they don’t camouflage the car. wait, they use Almera to camouflage vios. camouflage is all about visual confusion anyway.
almost all Toyota cars have ugly rear design. they make good cars, just lack of attention in taking care of their butts, that’s all
Looks like a truck carrying the nominees to the “World’s Most Ugly Car” ceremony.
no doubt this is more powerful than GTI
If UMWT can priced new Vios around Almera’s prices it will rock the market and buyers will opt for the Toyota.
NIssan only have one obvious advantage- their trade off is much higher than any brand
i think the black color with proper bodykit will look great
God car reborn!
demm
i hate the bontot
new vios sale will boom in sabah and sarawak soon excluding the rural area…coz most of new graduate teacher will be compulsory posted to east msia hahaha…
this is the best car ever.. i already own the previous vios.. will book the new one later
vios = crap car at premium price.
nuff said.
Just keep your rm33k saga sv away lah. Such an eye sore!
saga SV body is more proportionate than new vios
so proud as Saga BLM was originally designed by a Korean company – the reason it looks so good!
similar goes to Persona (rear end) and Exora.
and luckily, preve not designed by korean anymore. but neither it is by a malaysian
Those who made a booking, think twice…you are buying 1NZ-FE with 4-speeds autobox again!
Its still better than those Korean crap. Think thrice before buying KOrean nonsense.They are probably the worst cars money can buy
YES! BUY PROTON!!
YES! BUY PERODUA TOO!
ABJ – asal bukan (overpriced) Japs
kekekeke
Base on the present of the Almera, it seems likely Tan Chong bought the car in Thailand for some evaluation to find the Achilles Heel of the VIOS to counter the soon to be sales Vios will canibalized Almera sales.
you can say what ever la. Ugly, expensive la, small la. But come November , average 2000- 3000 Malaysian will purchase this car per month until the world comes to an end
Looks like some idiot used my name.Oh well,its flattering.
OBTW, cant wait for this car to be launched! Its gonna sell like hot cakes and well,who cares about what u Korean fanboys are saying,u guys are a minority who care about 6 speed gearboxes and push starts..LOL
This 4 speeder is probably even better than any new KOREAN shitbox and still drives way better than any KOREAN car atm.
hahahaha..anonymous also got official..
*clap *clap *clap
Good to see the T Vios here and complete with the N and H.
1) Nissan launched the Almera at below RM 70K OTR.
2) Honda with Jazz at below RM 75K OTR.
3) Now Toyota Vios need to price it competitively to be the top again.
The BEST have arrived!!..resale value is very very good, buy TOYOTA ..u will never regret !..confirm..buy europe cars…after a day..value drop 50% for sure!.
Only clever people buy TOYOTA, not so clever..they buy other brand..its a fact.
Damn, I never realize you can earn money by buying cars.. Tomorrow gotta go Toyota and sapu all Toyota.
Alex, the current dugong price will drop like tmrw is the end of the world..
wow european car 50% drop after 1 day….where to buy?? i pay cash…
Toyota is the only company that can get away with putting a bodykit on their car and calling it ‘SPORTIVO’ – pfft.
Nissan? Perodua?
this car is not great, just a good and reliable car but overpriced. I agree with few raeders. The design evolve from dugong to CATFISH. Looks better than almeera but cant elegance ity design. I guess Vios J will top the sales again bcos its Toyota.
The fact is vios is the car for ppl who doesnt want to be seen in a proton.
I want to be seen in a turbo car rather than ah beng style car with old engine and gears, LOL
vios ah beng car, drive a Vios they look down on Potong car owners, but Smart people get Potong, their pocket more full, why pay so much for such a small old tech car
Samseng Jalan got new excuse to be samseng jalan, this coming October.
Tan Chong already put the assault today! RM4,888 worth of impul Aerokit + Free service for Almera buyers. They think people will buy their Almera for free BK? Really?
Wow. Malaysian spec Vios is ugly. It looks better in Bruneian version.
Vios is like the iphone.. no matter wat ppl will still buy. Lets see what they offer in Oct.
Beli toyota, tiada pening kepala. Bentuk faktor ke 2, yg utama ialah reliability.
Nissan Almera 4 life!
You all are stupid one , this car so nice , not just in malaysia in usa also got ,than the world said the car so ugly ,so that car no buddy buy ,so the toyota cantnot sell toyota car already lor !!
sales record back for this vios
wow it is like from kepong to kuala selangor only rm10.
but viva 660 manual took rm12.
impressive