KOTA KINABALU: UMW Toyota Motor has set up a quality hub in Sabah to speed up delivery of cars to customers. Located at the Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park, the 3.5-hectare Sabah Integrated Quality Hub started operations in November and ...
SHAH ALAM: In its 10th instalment, the Toyota Dream Car Art Contest offers an Apple iPad Mini as the Gold prize and a mountain bike as the Silver prize at the national level. The Bronze winner wins two tickets ...
TOYOTA CITY: Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) is scheduled to showcase the new Century (to be released in the middle of 2018) at the 45th Tokyo Motor Show, taking place from Oct 25 through Nov 5 at the Tokyo Big ...
TOKYO: For the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota will be unveiling the GR HV Sports concept, a proper two-seater roadster with a targa roof and a hybrid assisted engine. Finished in matte black and with headlight clusters that run ...
NEW DELHI: Toyota Motor Corp will start talks this week with its affiliate Daihatsu Motor to build and sell small cars in India, where it has so far struggled to crack the cheaper end of the market. The Japanese ...
The Kluger is the logical step up from a RAV4. But is it the right SUV for your family? To me the new Kluger doesn’t look all that new at all (Image: Matt Campbell). To me the new Kluger ...
TOKYO: Toyota said today it is conducting a global recall of 2.87 million vehicles due to the possibility that their seatbelts could be damaged by a metal seat frame part in the event of a crash. In an email, ...
DETROIT: General Motors Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. dominated J.D. Power’s latest US vehicle dependability study, as auto owners reported more problems overall because of technologies including voice recognition and navigation systems. GM landed three brands in the top ...
GENEVA: Toyota and BMW are still keen to develop a common sportscar architecture but have yet to decide on a timeline for the project, a senior executive at the Japanese carmaker said on Monday. BMW and Toyota have for ...
TOKYO: The world’s biggest car company wants to harness the potential of wearable technology in order to give the visually impaired more freedom and greater personal mobility. The wearable item in question, dubbed “Project BLAID”, won’t be a wristband ...
TOYOTA CITY: Toyota has launched sales of its Kirobo Mini communication partner on Wednesday through its dealerships across Japan. As typical of toys, the Kirobo Mini is cuddlesome and designed to operate as a companion to humans. It fits ...
PETALING JAYA: UMW Toyota Motor announced that the order taking of the all new Toyota Hilux will start effective from today onwards. Below is the summary of the confirmed On-The Road (OTR) price.
SHAH ALAM: The warranty period of Toyota and Lexus vehicles have been increased to five years with unlimited mileage subject to terms and conditions. The five years warranty is applicable for all Toyota and Lexus models registered from April ...
Off-road SUVs and trucks are exploding in popularity right now like never before. Even vehicles that can, at best, go “soft-roading” are taking off so it should be no surprise that enthusiasts miss the FJ Cruiser. It went out of ...
SAN FRANCISCO: Toyota Research Institute (TRI) will show its next-generation automated driving research vehicle, Platform 3.0, at CES next week in Las Vegas. The new platform, which is built on a Lexus LS 600h L, combines greater technological capabilities ...
SHAH ALAM: UMW Toyota Motor, the sole distributor of Toyota vehicles in Malaysia, have officially announced that the company will be importing the Alphard and Vellfire directly from Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan. Pricing for the vehicles have yet to ...
LAS VEGAS: Toyota Motor Corporation President Akio Toyoda announced a new mobility service business alliance and e-Palette Concept Vehicle designed to meet the demands of future multi-mode transportation and business applications. “The automobile industry is clearly amidst its most ...
SHAH ALAM: Three Toyota MPVs are now available to order. UMW Toyota Motor announced on Wednesday that it is accepting bookings for the new Sienta, Alphard and Vellfire. These new MPV models sold by UMW Toyota Motor come with ...
PETALING JAYA: For this Hari Raya festive season, UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd has some great offers which will save money when buying selected Toyota models. Customers who buy one of the Toyota models below will enjoy the following offers: ...
An artist’s impression of the next Ranger Raptor, based on recent spy images. (Image credit: Kolesa) Next month, Ford will reveal the crown jewel in its next-generation Ranger mid-size ute line-up, the Raptor– but we already have a good ...
GENEVA: The much anticipated Supra successor has been revealed albeit in concept form. The GR Supra Racing Concept makes its world debut here, signalling Toyota’s commitment to bring back its most iconic sportscar. It also shows the future potential ...
GENEVA: Japanese car giant Toyota announced Monday that it will stop selling diesel cars in Europe, beginning the phase-out this year. “Diesel will be phased out in our passenger cars in 2018,” Johan van Zyl, president of Toyota Motor ...
SHAH ALAM: UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd has added a new section to its website that enables Toyota owners to easily check if their vehicles are involved in a recall. Owners are advised to visit the Toyota Malaysia link ...
NEW YORK: Toyota will roll out the all-new Corolla Hatchback at at the New York International Auto Show. The hatchback comes in SE or XSE grades and is touted as having a lengthy list of standard features that includes ...
DELHI (India): Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and Suzuki Motor Corporation (Suzuki) have concluded a basic agreement toward the mutual supply of hybrid and other vehicles between the two companies for the Indian market. Specifically, Suzuki will supply the Baleno ...
DETROIT: Research on artificial intelligence, robotics and autonomous driving at the University of Michigan will get a major boost thanks to an initial US$22 million commitment from the Toyota Research Institute (TRI), announced on Wednesday by TRI CEO Gill ...
BEIJING: Toyota has unveiled an all-electric version of its C-HR crossover at the Beijing Motor Show. The C-HR EV is part of the Japanese automaker’s pledge to deliver 10 electric cars to the Chinese market by the end of ...
The GAC Toyota ix4 is a battery-powered compact SUV based on GAC’s Trumpchi GS4. BEIJING: Toyota is taking an unprecedented route to meet China’s stringent green car quotas: its showrooms will sell an electric vehicle without the Japanese company’s ...
A fuel cell stack. TOYOTA CITY: Toyota sees global sales of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) increasing significantly after 2020, to at least 30,000 per year from today’s 3,000. To prepare for this growth, the company has unveiled plans ...
TOKYO: Traffic light signalling could one day be embedded with artificial intelligence (AI) to optimise traffic flow in cities. A data-driven traffic management system should help optimise air quality, reduce energy consumption, and improve system capacity and resilience. This ...
SHAH ALAM: UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd (UMWT) the distributor of Toyota and Lexus Vehicles in Malaysia announced its support today towards the government’s seriousness in handling the Takata Airbag replacement issue. Understanding the urgency of the situation, the ...
TOKYO: November marks the 50th anniversary of the Toyota Corolla, one of the most enduring automotive nameplates in history and thanks to 43 million sales and counting, the most popular car of all time. To celebrate this milestone, Toyota ...
The Toyota RAV4. DETROIT: Two Toyota brands again led the annual reliability survey from Consumer Reports magazine, and General Motors Co’s Buick was the first American brand in at least 35 years to crack the top three, the consumer ...
TOKYO: Since the Toyota MR2 went out of production in 2007 there hasn’t been much evidence of sportiness in the Japanese automaker’s lineup beyond the somewhat underpowered GT86, but that’s about to change in a big way as it’s ...
BRUSSELS: Toyota has started production of the C-HR crossover at its plant in Turkey. The Toyota C-HR became the eighth model currently produced in Europe and enters the C-segment with a fresh new take on the crossover. The new ...
SHAH ALAM: The new Toyota Corolla Altis is open for booking from today ahead of its impending launch. UMW Toyota Motor said in a statement that the Corolla Altis would feature a refreshed design, with additional safety features now ...
DETROIT: Observers of the motor industry know that Toyota is still not entirely sure about fully electric vehicles being the answer to sustainable mobility in the short to medium term. Although it’s now more onboard with EV technology that ...
It can sometimes be hard to pick a clear winner when comparing vehicles. Some are simply too similar to decide which one stands out. However, that’s not the case with the 2022 Toyota Corolla Cross and the 2022 Chevy Trax. ...
KUALA TERENGGANU: Against the backdrop of the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium in Kuala Terengganu, Round 1 of the second season of the Toyota Vios Challenge got off to a dramatic start around the 1.65km street circuit during the ...
BEIJING: Honda Motor Co’s sales in China surpassed those of Toyota Motor Corp for the first 11 months of 2016 as fresh models lured consumers and set the Japanese rivals up for a photo finish for full-year sales ranking ...