Toyota Raize featured in new TV commercial in Japan

Toyota has released a new TV commercial featuring the Raize in Japan, and if you’re wondering how to say the B-segment SUV’s name, the clip reveals the pronunciation to be “rise” rather than “raise,” so there’s that.

In Japan, the Raize is offered in several variants – X, X “S,” G and Z – with prices starting from 1,679,000 yen (RM67,724). All three feature the same 1KR-VET 1.0 litre turbocharged three-cylinder petrol engine, which serves up 98 PS at 6,000 rpm and 140 Nm of torque from 2,400 to 4,000 rpm. A CVT and front-wheel drive come as standard, with the option of all-wheel drive on variants with the “4WD” designation.

Dimension-wise, the Raize measures 3,995 mm long, 1,695 mm wide and 1,620 mm tall, with a wheelbase that spans 2,525 mm. The SUV’s compact size also boasts well for manoeuvrability, as it has a turning radius of as low as 4.9 metres, or five metres on models with all-wheel drive.

A separate product video highlights some of the nifty features found on the Raize, including its rather practical boot, which comes with an underfloor compartment and can be improved for more capacity by folding the second-row seats down.

The heightened seating position is another selling point put forth in the video, as is the spaciousness of the cabin that and accommodate a family of five with relative ease. Toyota also touts the ride and handling benefits of the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) underpinning its SUV, which is the basis of the Daihatsu New Global Architecture (DNGA) used for the Rocky, which is the Raize’s close cousin.

A wide array of safety and driver assistance systems are also available for the Raize, including autonomous emergency braking with pedestrian detection, all-speed adaptive cruise control, lane keep asssit, front and rear Erroneous Start Prevention Function with braking control, and a Smart Panorama Parking Assist system that provides steering assistance and visual and audible guidance when parking.

The Raize has proven to be a popular hit among Japanese car buyers, as it managed to outsell the Corolla by nearly 2,000 units in January. Buyers are also able to customise their vehicle with a variety of styling packages from Toyota, as well as Modellista and TRD.

It has been highly speculated that the Raize and the Rocky will serve as the base for Perodua’s upcoming D55L B-segment SUV, although the company has yet to confirm anything despite an earlier presentation slide showing a model underpinned by the DNGA platform in the works. Based on what you’ve seen so far, would you welcome a Perodua version of the Raize/Rocky in Malaysia? What should it be called and more importantly, how much do you think it should be priced?

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Gerard Lye

Originating from the corporate world with a background in finance and economics, Gerard’s strong love for cars led him to take the plunge into the automotive media industry. It was only then did he realise that there are more things to a car than just horsepower count.

 

Comments

  • Getting this all new Perodua Kembara 1.5 , RM60k

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    • Jintan manis on May 12, 2020 at 6:01 pm

      Kembara is an excellent name to name the upcoming Perodua D55L SUV as they both have a similar body design concept. With this naming, I am sure that the Game-Changing P2 D55L will be the best selling SUV in Malaysia

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      • Boyue killer on May 12, 2020 at 9:23 pm

        If this car sell below RM70k, all Boyue driver will regret buying an overprice proton.

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      • Izzat on May 12, 2020 at 9:29 pm

        Bad economy, buy cars with Good RV. Perodua

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      • jom duduk kat rumah Basmi Covid-19 on May 12, 2020 at 11:48 pm

        Looks like Proton must be scared of reading news about the upcoming Game-Changing Perodua D55L. If Proton make a mistake with their strategy, then Perodua D55L will easily Game X50 Over

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        • Sure... on May 13, 2020 at 12:37 pm

          More like Perodua has been scared, when X70 was heavily rumoured Perodua was quick to tease their upcoming, now Aruz fully rebadge. Out of the norm since they’ve doing away of fully rebadge to reverse engineering for their recent product like Myvi, Axia & bezza. But they go back to fully rebadge with Aruz bcoz they’re scared. They’re still scared that they’re ready to rebadge the Raize/Rocky.

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    • Celup King on May 12, 2020 at 6:50 pm

      TNGA? You won’t get it here @SEA even from Toyota officially as they prefer to give us 3rd world designed for cars like Rush/Aruz.

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      • Engineer on May 13, 2020 at 10:24 am

        So true. Just look at Yaris. The rest of the world gets TNGA Yaris while we get “brand new” outdated Yaris chassis.

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        • Hitman Jun on May 13, 2020 at 11:21 am

          Also, upcoming Jazz has officially confirmed that it will not be launching in here. So we will be getting new gen City Hatchback that is more similar as new gen City

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          • Wow. Really ah? I love jazz but i think the design and interior is too old edy. Zzzz.

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          • julian lee on May 15, 2020 at 7:40 am

            that is just sad. the city hatchback is damn ugly

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  • Kulit kayu jati on May 12, 2020 at 5:29 pm

    “Based on what you’ve seen so far, would you welcome a Perodua version of the Raize/Rocky in Malaysia?” Excellent question Gerard! It is a fact that every Malaysians support Perodua to the max. So it is very easy to tell that everyone will welcome Perodua version of Raize/Rocky whereas Proton version of Binyue actually doesn’t have enough support from Malaysians

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    • Celup King on May 12, 2020 at 6:51 pm

      The amount of free publicity from haters shows that Proton X50 will be a gamechanger for B-segment SUV market.

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    • Kulit kayu manis on May 12, 2020 at 7:13 pm

      Maybe you should look at X70, Malaysian fully support maa. If their income is a peanut, sure buy a P2 version of Raize/Rocky, if they’re financially better of course X50 more classy. If they have money to burn why bother hahaha

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    • Percaya on May 12, 2020 at 7:15 pm

      No support, and No confidence from Malaysians

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  • Cikolong on May 12, 2020 at 8:08 pm

    Kenari 2020

    Reused the name again

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  • jibby on May 13, 2020 at 9:15 am

    another myvi tailgating ferrari if this comes to malaysia.

    always rebadging perodua, dahlah bezza tarak manyak beza.

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  • Faisal Anwar on May 13, 2020 at 9:16 am

    I hope perodua will change the side mirror design of the raize.. i really hate the cheap design. Its the same design as nissan almera’s, honda city, jazz and brv. Please perodua consult with me first before releasing your new model to eliminate blunders in your design

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  • azrai on May 13, 2020 at 10:24 am

    Are you sure post MCO Malaysian still have the appetite to buy this P2 Raize or X50? Yesterday report shows used car having a quite brisk sale, long queue at pawn shop, hotel are keep closing like domino. Further this year raya also cannot show off new car because basically cannot raya like used to.

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  • vivizurianti on May 13, 2020 at 9:27 pm

    With the new ruling, abang abang and family now can balik kampung…..Better if can drive this nice Toyota during Hari Raya. Surely steady spegetti, and handsome all the way. Lovey wifey and kids will love it for sure.

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