Australia’s newly seated Prime Minister – Julia Gillard, announced stricter compulsory pollution standards for new cars from 2015, adding new elements as part of Labor’s climate policy. This program has been funded with AUD 394 millions and runs from January 1, 2011 until December 31, 2014. The main objective is to help take some 200,000 pre-1995 vehicles off the road ...
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Malaysia Toyota Corolla Altis Facelift 2010
Malaysia’s Toyota Corolla Altis is going to have a facelift in September this year, this is according to our internal Toyota spy. On top of that, our spy is kind enough to provide us some spyshot which is actually taken in Toyota’s Thailand factory. Before you leave your eye from this sentence – we were told the upcoming facelifted Toyota ...
Read More »2012 Toyota Camry will be locally assemble in Shah Alam, Malaysia
By 2012, it is about time that Toyota Camry will be replaced with complete new model and introduce to the market. * 2010 Toyota Camry Model From the information provided, Toyota Motor Corp of Japan have announced that the 2012 Toyota Camry will be locally assemble in Shah Alam Plant, Selangor, Malaysia by Assembly Services Sdn Bhd in coming 2 ...
Read More »Toyota’s chief test driver – Hiromu Naruse died in a crash in N¼rburgring on the upcoming Lexus LFA N¼rburgring Edition
There is a news reported today that Toyota’s chief test driver, 67-year-old Hiromu Naruse, has died in a crash on highway 410 near the Toyota’s workshops at N¼rburgring race track in Germany. The chief was driving the upcoming Lexus LFA N¼rburgring Edition at the time of the accident, and reports say he goes around into oncoming traffic and collided head-on with ...
Read More »Toyota FT-86 should be officially badge as Toyota FR-S
[singlepic id=394 w=630 h=473 float=center] Based on Toyobaru Forum Thread, one of the member found Toyota Motor Corporation recently filed a trademark for “FR-S” name in both the U.S. and Canada. It is speculated that this new name is belonging to the long awaiting FT-86. FR-S, it should be stands for FR (Front Engine, Rear Wheel Drive), S (Sport). If ...
Read More »Toyota Vios TRD Sportivo 2010 Review
With the incoming of competition from various rivals for Toyota Vios such as, Honda City, Naza Kia Forte, Nissan Latio, Sentra – Toyota have to come out with a car that would stand out from the crowd and at time justify-able. UMW Toyota has decided take away the Vios “S” spec and give way to a more sporty and with more equipment ...
Read More »Toyota Corolla Altis TRD Sportivo
You probably be wondering, is there a Altis TRD Sportivo ? We are here to to tell you, Yes there is. Aside from the Toyota Vios TRD Sportivo, there’s actually Toyota Corolla Altis TRD Sportivo. The turn-off point is, it is only available in Thailand. [singlepic id=1796 w=630 h= float=center] On the front of Toyota Corolla Altis TRD Sportivo, upgrades ...
Read More »Toyota vs Honda Roadshow in 1utama
From today onwards until Sunday. Toyota Malaysia and Honda Malaysia will have roadshows to show off their vehicle in 1utama shopping mall in Petaling Jaya. We expect they will certainly bring their newly launch vehicle. On the left with have Toyota Vios Facelift or rather know a.k.a Vios Desirable. On the right, we have the as what Honda Claimed, Premium ...
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