The all-new Toyota Wigo, along with its Perodua Axia and Daihatsu Ayla siblings, has stolen the subcompact hatchback spotlight over the last few months. Even amid issues about the integrity of its crash-test results, Toyota's littlest car has generated a lot of buzz about its new styling, stronger engine and improved features. But rival Honda Cars isn’t just sitting pretty – the company debuted updates to its Brio hatchback on May 5, 2023 in Indonesia, and our colleagues from AutoFun Indonesia w

A question was posted on social media that recently asked about the generations of the Toyota Wigo. Many answered correctly by stating that the famous hatchback only had two. At the same time, others answered that the Wigo already had three due to subtle model changes. It got us thinking about what constitutes a different new vehicle generation and how it differs from a plain mid-cycle refresh or facelift. What is vehicle generation? Vehicle generation is when a car nameplate gets a new chassis

The 2023 Toyota Agya, also known as the Toyota Wigo in other markets, was officially launched in Indonesia on Feb. 13, 2023. According to our colleagues from AutoFun Indonesia, the new model now rides on the Daihatsu New Global Architecture platform and inherits some of the sporty DNA of Toyota's GAZOO Racing (GR) motorsports division. For its suspension, the small Toyota hatchback gets a new set of shock absorbers and snail springs for the top-spec GR Sport variant. These modifications give it

A hybrid Toyota Vios? It’s in the works. That’s according to Toyota Motor Asia Pacific chief executive officer Hao Tien. "From the business perspective, we do have plans for hybrid A/B segment,” Tien told our colleagues at WapCar Malaysia at the sidelines of the Idemitsu Super 1500 Endurance race in Thailand. “I can't tell you the date yet, but it's coming soon,” he added. Toyota is fielding two cars in the endurance race: a hydrogen-powered Toyota GR Corolla and a Toyota GR86 running on carbon-

Among these past few years’ sedan-type car model entries, Nissan Almera was not as popular as its competitors like Honda Civic and Toyota Vios. According to the reviews of last year’s edition, some are not that much of a fan of some of Nissan Almera’s features. However, the Nissan Almera is also a popular car model in the automotive market. Looking further, whether the Almera is a good choice or not, really depends upon your knowledge of the model. If you are planning on including Nissan Almera

The B-segment sedan race is heating up for sure with UMW Toyota just only announcing (estimated) prices for the latest 2021 Toyota Vios facelift. Malaysians are pretty much spoilt for choice in getting a brand-new B-segment sedan with rivals like the Honda City and the Nissan Almera also vying to get buyers. However, which of the three would be the right choice? We’ll take a quick look and compare the highest specs (highest petrol-powered variant in the case of the City) of the 3 popular non-nat