• No new Toyota Corolla until 2008

    UPDATE: The new 2008 Toyota Corolla Altis has been launched in Malaysia! – click for more details, specifications, photos and pricing. Toyota Motor Corp will be delaying the new Toyota Corolla until 2008, citing engineering […]
     



  • Toyota Aygo and Volkswagen Fox Football

    Do you remember the Toyota Aygo football match? Top Gear actually took a few Toyota Aygos and used them in a field to play football with a huge blown up football. This is something else […]
     


  • Toyota developing car operating system

    If you look at photos of car interior overseas, you could most likely notice that the area where we normally have our 2-DIN sized CD players is taken up by a little computer, with navigational […]
     


  • Toyota Human Touch Advertisement

    This is Toyota’s “Human Touch” advertisement campaign. It features a few Toyota Cars including the Toyota Belta (Toyota Yaris Sedan), and some higher end models that we do not see here in Malaysia.
     


  • 2006 Toyota RAV4 in Malaysia

    The Toyota RAV4 was a concept born in 1989. The moniker RAV4 means Recreational Active Vehicle with 4-wheel drive. 5 years later, the first Toyota RAV4 was launched at the 1994 Geneva Motor Show. UMW […]
     


  • UMW Toyota exports Toyota Hiace to Thailand

    Toyota has begun exporting it’s export version of the Toyota Hiace 2.5 litre turbodiesel van to Thailand, targetting a total sales of 1,300 units (RM143 million) by the year end, with a production of 200 […]
     


  • UMW Toyota not manufacturing cars locally

    Apparently The Edge Daily’s reporter had misinterpreted UMW Toyota Motor’s Managing Director David Chen’s statements at the Kuala Lumpur International Automotive Conference last week. There is no plan to manufacture any Toyota models in Malaysia. […]
     


  • UMW Toyota to manufacture cars locally

    UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd is taking it’s operations here to the next step. It will start manufacturing cars here in Malaysia, with the first roll-out expected in 18 months time. Toyota’s sales success of […]
     


  • Toyota Yaris 1.5G and 1.5S in Malaysia

    Toyota has released specification and prices for the Toyota Yaris on their website. The Toyota Yaris comes in two trim levels, the Toyota Yaris 1.5G and the Toyota Yaris 1.5S. Let’s have a look at […]
     


  • Toyota Prius sales down

    Sales for the Toyota Prius in April 2006 has dropped nearly 25% compared to April 2005, the same time period last year. Toyota sold 7,500 Toyota Prius hybrids in April 2006, compared to 11,345 in […]
     


  • Toyota Mark X Special Version

    Toyota Modellista has released a special 100 unit run of the Toyota Mark X. It comes with a Modellista bodykit and a Tom’s Supercharger bolted on to the 3GR-FE 3.0 V6 engine. I suppose the […]
     


  • Toyota Mark X

    The Toyota Mark X is the successor to the popular Toyota Mark II. The Toyota Mark II has enjoyed sales figures of 4.8 million since it’s first incarnation was introduced back in 1968. The Toyota […]
     


  • How much will a Toyota Yaris burn your pocket?

    We all know the Toyota Yaris is coming soon to our shores. There have been sightings of the little hatchback on trailers being delivered somewhere, and UMW Toyota has even registered the domain name yaris.com.my. […]
     


  • NAP After-Effects: Toyota cars to be cheaper

    We’ve just seen one of the first effects of the new National Automotive Policy. UMW has just announced it’s passanger cars will be cheaper by 5.6% to 11% with the new tax structure, however MPVs […]