While we await the facelifted Toyota Vios to be launched in Malaysia, UMW Toyota Motor has seen fit to update the current model with a few added features to make the B-segment sedan a more attractive proposition value-wise.
Standard on all variants is a digital video recorder (i.e. dashcam) that has been redesigned for a sleeker look and better navigation through the various features, as well as a USB ports ahead of the gearlever and front cupholders to charge your phone.
Meanwhile, variants from the E grade up get a new panoramic view monitor that shows a 360-degree view of the car on the centre touchscreen, through four exterior cameras. Auto-folding door mirrors are also fitted on the G, GX and TRD Sportivo variants.
What’s more, the base J spec can be specified with the panoramic view monitor as part of the RM4,441.40 DVD-AVX infotainment package, which is fitted as standard on all other variants. Buyers of the Vios 1.5E will also be able to purchase auto-folding door mirrors for RM318.
Prices remain as they were, with the 1.5J manual priced at RM76,500, the 1.5J auto at RM79,800, the 1.5E auto at RM83,900, the 1.5G at RM89,800, the 1.5GX at RM92,800 and the TRD Sportivo at RM96,400. Buyers will also receive a cash rebate of up to RM3,000, from now until April 30.
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wow…(slow clap)…. so advance, got reverse camera and a USB charger!! now i can charge my phone whilst reversing!! so thoughtful!! Thanks toyota!!
#gostangotpower
I can selfie while reversing with 360 camera ;-D
Yes! This year Toyota will bounce back on top in Malaysia and worldwide.Even God can’t deny this!
Whether Toyota will be the top no one knows but one thing for sure: Proton will beg billions more from the Gov or else close down
Agree. It’s better to buy from a company that improves that the one sucking the rakyat’s money and are going to close down
Even Godcar can be dethroned! So… oh wait…
Haha, thanks to people who boikot and bash Vios everyday. Thanks to whoever purchase H-city rather than Vios.
UMW have no choice but have to throw new accessories, gadget etc.
I am still waiting another airbags (for all variants) and 16 inch sport rim (for G spec and above).
Toyota is a worldwide giant,but not here.
U still dont get it straight.Each year UMW has a “target” profit to send back to PNB cos of the need to give maximum dividends.
It cant be bothered if u get tulang specs.
Why? It can rely on 38 percent owned Perodua profits to send back to PNB.
So,u see.Those dudes r playing politics.
As long as UMW is the Toyota local distributor…the premium pricing continues n u get TULANG SPECS.Faham?
Toyota salesman now desperado… gud, gud. Let them feel it
Or maybe sun roof, who knows? Hahaha
lane department sensor, who knows? haha
Something is wrong with Malaysia when a small B segment car can cost up to RM96,400. Tak masuk akal. No logic.
UMW thinks by giving USB charger they can wipe out the sins of the past? Until 2016, all their cars had no VSC. Whilst Toyota cars had VSC in all their cars globally 15 years ago, in Malaysia, UMW took 15 years to include VSC in all their cars.
According to our own Government statistics, VSC can prevent 45% of all accidents and deaths in a given year. So if there was 10,000 deaths, if all cars had VSC, we could have saved 4500 people in that given year.
And mind you, 10 years ago, Toyota was top non national car seller. Imagine how many lives we could have saved if UMW was not greedy for money and given people VSC.
Not only reverse cam but 360 reverse cam. I’m not sure if any Proton models have it?
Sibuk nk compare dgn Proton. Why not compare Vios 2015 (top spec) dgn Iriz 2015 (top spec) (maybe someone can add a few other non-malaysian car model). Which one with the higher airbag count? With VSC? With USB charger? DRL? Keyless entry? Typical Malaysian.
Why compare hatch with sedan? If want to compare, compare hatch with hatch i.e. Iriz with Prius C. Which one with higher airbags count?
Err… thats the point. He comparing a hatch with more gadgets then the sedan that are crap.
Ali, that does not make sense. Comparing Apple and Orange is not logical.
Betui betui betui. Typical bashers takde modal nak bash. Why not compare safety features 1st then tok. Lagi ni org takde bolas nak guna nick sendri, main hijek org pulak.
Still better than the 16 teh tarik hooks in a Proton.
LOL revolutionary add-on for vios.
WAHAHAH… this news made my day…
USB charger???
U mean there’s no such thing in vios previously?
There is but it has been relocated ahead of the gear lever
So they din add another usb, they just shifted that one!? Sack the designer! oh wait… celup jepunis overlord…
Good gradual improvements. Please keep up with the good work.
I have to give it to them, the updates UMW have been throwing to the Vios is certainly making it look enticing. I mean the next car you can get a 360deg is the XTrail and that’s nearly twice the price (and twice the car) of the E grade Vios not to mention the XTrail infotainment screen is pethatic to say the least. The next sedan with 360deg camera I believe is some condo-priced continental car.
So yes with VSC, updated drivetrain and one of the better NVH in the segment added to perhaps the best after sales support in the region and The Vios looks to be one impressive car…………but none of you wants to hear that, so Haha! Nah tengok!! UMW starting loose their shieet after the new City begin to kill of greedy UMW and their ugly and outdated Vios!! Who will buy this over the God city !
But J spec still cannot fold rear seats, ptuik
Sorry brother but the Haval M4 (now H1) have the 360 all round view camera juga. https://paultan.org/2016/02/26/haval-m4-elite-launched-in-malaysia-priced-at-rm73k-great-wall-motors-now-officially-rebranded-as-haval/
inb4 customers of vios facelift 5A rage at facelift 5B while seething at upcoming facelift 5C (aka ultraman keli)
Haters gonna hate
Wow. Not a bad move from UMW lol.
Looks like Proton fanboys dislike your comment lol
What?! auto folding door mirrors at RM318?
Aaaa..aa..(sound of crows and flying away)
Lol customers have to buy the auto folding door mirrors??? Aiyo just add it as standard kit la and while the surround view camera is nice (Altis and Camry owners confirm butt hurt over this) they should have gone and increase the airbag count to match the City.
I am driving a 1993 proton iswara. No need to fold mirrors. And the car is all fine. Auto folding is just for feel good inside.
The god car has been updated with more features than before. And this time, at least the features are useful… one more thing if UMW or any other brands would like to consider… Rear Mirror with integrated Smart Tag like the ones in Haval H1… how hard can it be? Aku sudah muak tukar bateri smarttag baru ni…
Nice one, but two airbags is very unacceptable. It is 2017 and 1987. Hello?
GX & TRD model should equipped with 7 Air Bags, while E & G should have 5 airbags, J can keep to 3 air bags like now.
The current Vios has 3 air bags actually (additional driver knee airbag).
Sorry my bad
Nope. According to PT article, ALL variants stay at 2 airbags.
which vios in malaysia has 3 airbag???
Welcome to the 21st century people
Sign of x laku
this is akin to spraying perfume in a waste septic tank.
I don’t get the point? Upgrade those so call better features then can compete with other B-segment like City? Are UMW out of their mind?
Thanks to Vios rival honda city…if the honda city not outsold Vios we couldnt get this kind of features…
My wife’s vios just clocked 22,000km (normally used by my wife to fetch children to school) and just passed 3 years warranty by one month, when car driving about more than 50km/h, got noise from front engine part. SA found out that front left wheel bearing spoiled, need to be changed. SA advised to change both wheel bearing to avoid alignment out in the future. Cost me RM2,200!! What’s the point having all this little new camera, etc while so low quality from UMW Toyota nowadays….
Go and change outside, cost you quater of it
Lol jepunis cars got no quality nowadays
inb4 takata…
Toyota will attend to your claim, if you appeal. Provided you service your vios with Toyota. That’s how things go.
You bearing (and probably absorbers too) already spoiled when still under warranty. The SC just prefer to keep quiet hoping you didn’t notice it and let you know about it when warranty over.
I got similar issue as well, I complaint about absorber leak, and the shitty SC show me a file with color printed pictures of absorber having ‘moist’ which is simply just leak – and told me is ok. On the service that just right after warranty over and the SC says my absorber leaking ask me want to change or not?
UMW should be in an United Airlines flight.
Oh, another “facelift”. Just like small bro Biza. If it was that other brand, sure kena bash 9999. But since this is jepunis overlord & celup overlord…
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwww………….
Competing with Honda City V, but late as usual.
Cost increase but still a rubbish
You are the rubbish, just like to bash, don’t read:
“Prices remain as they were”
and price reduction as well:
“Buyers will also receive a cash rebate of up to RM3,000, from now until April 30”
Still no 6 airbags on J, i’ll pass this
Betui betui betui. Bashers gonna bash. Mau bash pun guna otak, takkan macam klon ku yg otak batu
No price increase but still rubbish
huoaaa……
this 360 view camera should offer for hilux,fortuner and UMW vellfire 2.5 too.
coming soon… all car from UMW sure got update for 360 and autofold
Can buy it cheap from kedai ah beng, 530 degree also got
Nothing special
Jangan cakap besar. Pls show me a 530 degree camera. I never seen one
Vios J 79K +4k add the screen, become E spec price, why buy J in the first place??
Bro J spec only got manual option
J spec got manual and auto lah. Yes, J spec auto + DVDAVX is indeed more expensive than E spec auto. E spec got standard front fog lights and folding rear seat over J spec some more.
Not bad of an update. Better this than nothing i guess. You never know what might entice buyers. But the VIOS does have better creature comfort and NVH compared to the City which is sleeker
Better this than nothing? How about 4 airbags in cityE compared to just 2?
How about DOHC Dual Vvti vs SOHC engine? The H is giving u better accessories but main engine is old tech?
And yet the old tech sohc can perform better than godengine DOHC Dual vvti with more economical FC. What sorcery is this!?
More importantly, can the dual vvti save ur life compared to 2 extra airbags?
Pls provide proof that the SOHC engine can provide better FC than the DOHC engine. Else this is just bashing
Check Fuelly and majority of City and Vios owners post an average consumption of 13km/L so their fuel consumption is similar.
However SOHC got 118hp/145nm vs DOHC 106hp/140nm
So if fuel consumption is same i would prefer the SOHC with better hp and torque
That 13km/l Vios lapuk for VVT 4spd. This VVTi CVT much better than ancient SOHC.Can even get 15km/l city driving. Highway?18km/l no sweat.
U are right. Not to mention Toyota’s Dual Vvti vs Proton’s VVT engine, Proton’s engine is old tech repackage by copying the name of Jepunis. Ptuih!
Proton also DOHC engine. No wonder the FC suffer. Hahaha
Sudah basi story, nowadays campro is more frugal than Vios
3rd party autofold buzzer tilt not more than rm300 ..
Probably sales drop so much due to Honda City. Desperate measures…
As much as I like to label UMW as irresponsible car distributor, I think they have insaf with the current crops of cheaper and safer equipped line ups. I think Honda is getting more and more greedy, and it is good to have Toyota to give them a fight since Nissan Tan Chong is still asleep and Mazda decided to raise their car prices and blaming on forex.
I mwould think the current facelifted Vios is a major improvement in many areas, their engine is DOHC with some sophisticated VVT systems (minus the Polo TSI) and way better CVT compared to SOHC Honda City. Even on creature comforts they are reinventing the segment. What it lacks now is having only 3 airbags – that is because underneath it is still based on the old dugong. Lets hope they will improve on the next model because seriously Honda needs some competition, in the end the consumer wins.
aiyaaa…buy brand new mazda 3 at rm99k, C segment at almost B segment price..2.0cc lagi, zoom zoom mazda carnival….i just bought one, ouch
Interior crampy, next!
this is x-trail features, 360 camera
Bro, ask for second opinions from other workshops. The warranty already expired, so you are free to repair it wherever you want. Vios is a common and mechanically-simple car, any reputable workshop should have no problem doing repairs at lower expense than a dealer.
Vios is not just milo tin car. it’s now a milo tin car with usb charger!!!!
WoW!!
Interesting for those said overprice blaa blaa blaa…
Listen, if nobody buying this car, eventually it will drop price or fit more features to attract buyer.
Now, is this happening? No, because still many people buying it… and for those who complain expensive, ask yourself, why so many out there can buy this car but not you? why even have more people even able to buy Altis and Camry but not you?
Don’t behave like a victim and complain outside the shop while many are driving a brand new toyota cars from the shop. In the end, do you gain anything? If not, stop doing it.
Stop complaining about others, think about what you can improve for yourself… study hard ? learning hard ? Working hard ?
only loser complain, because they wants easy champion.
Normally, local car buyers like to complain as they are always in ‘Victim’s Mentality’. They rather have it ‘given’ than work hard for it like in the case of Proton’s RM1.5B. You can’t blame them as they have been given special rights like Protectionism
Deswai i said buy P1 better than overpriced toyota. Even Honda is still better value. P2 is only for those who want my special package.
Prrgh.. P1, billion dollar beggar to make recycled rubbish
Still Malysian choose City & BRV over this.
Try to calm malaysian vios fan for not having new model here (i wish I was in thailand)
U dun have to wait too long for ultraman keli. Meanwhile toyota is pushing panic button to clear of current stock b4 launch lagi lagi facelift. Only if they gip 10k diskaun on all variants, can it sell.
Toyota sales is bad…
Time for umw to work harder…a lot harder rather than parang the customers…
Improve sc quality..
Provide free service for 5 years.
Give base model more safety features…vsc and airbags
Bring in the US 2018 CAMRY
…
All the above without price increase.
to many problem such as engine mounting, front lower arm, roof top noise, dashboard have annoying sound, rear disc (already skim 2 time they don’t want to change it), quality very worse sorry to say this and still cannot solve it. if u complain to SC they will give u to many reason. batter to fine another car manufacture (im use vios 2015). this my bad experience with toyota.
typical malaysian comments…lol
Haval M4 have 360 degree camera view for more than 2 years already. Comes standard in the SUV. Big deal Vios.. ha..ha…
SA told me that my wife’s vios front wheel bearing is ‘ABS built-in’. I did asked one outside mechanic, he not very confirm whether his taiwan wheel bearing will interfere the ABS system or not?
I think “clever” car manufacturer nowadays…’ABS built-in wheel bearing’!!
Nothing new. My 2004 Honda City is like that.
My wife’s vios also changed for right front lower arm after 1 year due to defect (after I complained to SA that there was such front noise…Luckily still under warranty).
However, my 10 years old Innova didn’t caused any problem beside the rear bonnet stick spoiled after 3 1/2 years (manufactured by ori APM Malaysia!).
Again, poor quality from UMW Toyota nowadays…..
Why not just give the Vios a better engine like the 1.2L turbo from the C-HR in Europe ? Then you can advertise as “small Japanese B segment turbo for the masses” . Then only Honda City got some competition.
The mid-life facelift has been launched in many SEA countries, except, perhaps, Malaysia. It’s been long overdue as the model is going to be four years old soon.