Toyota has sent out media invites to Indonesian media for a launch of a new product on May 15, 2023, which is next Monday. The media invite mentions the world premiere of “Toyota’s New Urban Cruiser Icon”.
We believe this is most likely a new B-segment SUV to slot in between the Toyota Raize (A-segment/Perodua Ativa) and the Toyota Corolla Cross (C-segment) products. It might be called the Toyota Yaris Cross, but it will have no relation to the Yaris Cross being sold in Europe, instead it will be built on the same DNGA platform as the Toyota Vios (called the Yaris Ativ in Thailand).
We know that there’s another DNGA platform product that’s in the works, close enough to launch that it has undergone crash testing, but yet to be launched. This is because a table included in the Daihatsu ‘notchgate’ press release mentions one model in development that has not yet been launched but has undergone crash testing.
We also know that Perodua is working on a product codenamed the Perodua D66B, which has long been rumoured to be a larger SUV than the Perodua Ativa. Renderings of a ‘Perodua Nexis‘, which is one of the names that Perodua has trademarked in the past went viral sometime in late 2022, and was done up by @idiyaz.cg based on a Euro/Japan market Toyota Yaris Cross.
So what will be launched on Monday is likely a new B-segment SUV product from Toyota, based on the Daihatsu DNGA platform, that will be sold by Perodua as the Perodua D66B sometime in the future. The Perodua D66B might also be the first Perodua with mass sales availability of the e-Smart Hybrid system used in the lease-only Perodua Ativa Hybrid.
As mentioned earlier, Toyota already has various B-segment SUV products used in different markets:
This is the European market Toyota Yaris Cross, which won the 2022 World Urban Car of the Year award. It is an expensive “first world” Euro/Japan model that is based on TNGA-B instead of DNGA-B.
2) Toyota Urban Cruiser HyRyder
This is B-segment SUV sold in India, but it is neither based on DNGA-B or TNGA-B. Instead, this is built on a Suzuki platform shared with the Suzuki Grand Vitara.
When will the Perodua D66B be launched?
This could be anyone’s guess. If we look at the last DNGA-based SUV launch timeline, the Toyota Raize was launched in Japan at end 2019, but the Perodua Ativa was only launched in March 2021, so that’s about a 1.5 year gap between the launch timing of the two products. However, the new 2023 Perodua Axia was launched around the same time as its Daihatsu and Toyota cousins.
In any case we don’t think the Perodua D66B will be launched this year as two new models in a year isn’t likely for Perodua. In the meanwhile, if you have a bit more budget than what a Perodua Ativa will take up, you can look forward to the Honda WR-V instead.
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VIOS: Sedan version of Alza
VELOZ: Premium version of Alza
CROSS-B: small SUV version of Alza
P2 is unofficially known as Toyohatsu rebagding assembler
lol all malaysia national car are just rebadge assembler now.
Because Toyota Malaysia only selling small size vehicle, so start 2023 onwards there will be more than 50% of Toyota models will be come from rebadge 3rd-world Die-Hard-Sure models … start 2023 only sohai bili toyota …
Sohai can buy car like
Mitsubishi Attrage 1.2L,
Nissan Almera Turbo 1.0L,
Kia Rio 1.4L
Don’t need to thanks
Cross is a global model
vios veloz is a low cost model for poor countries only.
You didn’t read the article, did you?
“This is the European market Toyota Yaris Cross, which won the 2022 World Urban Car of the Year award. It is an expensive “first world” Euro/Japan model that is based on TNGA-B instead of DNGA-B.”
Not right,
DNGA Toyora Raize selling well at Japan.
Perodua: Boss(Toyota/Daihatsu) any new product?
Boss: yup we’ve got a toyota yaris cross.
Perodua : Ok team let’s develop a new model. Perodua D66B project.
When can starts pre-booking? Will be hot selling with long queues during open bookings day!
hallelujah to corolla cross yaris cross and upcoming crown cross
If sell in malaysia, hopefully not fall under greedy umw to mark up the price.
Holy hell, why can’t they just bring in the TNGA-B Yaris Cross? It has been on sale in Singapore already. DNGA do not deserve a Toyota badge
My man, do you know how expensive the TNGA platform for Emerging Markets? Not to mention it’s a B Segment product which means pricing are playing bigger role here.
In Japan, the Yaris is priced around RM70-75k. Which if it is in Malaysia it might cost as much as the new Vios. Surely much worth the money to spend on a true Toyota product.
D66B? More like DumB.
X30 coming soon
Wow, Toyota Yaris Cross Asean version, with HEV option. Angry looking car again. haha