Regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, UMW Toyota Motor has had a busy 2020. After two low-profile mid-year launches, the RAV4 and 2021 GR Supra, the corporate actually received the ball rolling in October with the facelifted Hilux’s debut. However it saved the very best for final, swinging for the fences earlier this month with the facelifted Vios and Yaris, the world premiere of the Vios GR Sport and the hotly-anticipated GR Yaris.
The GR Yaris, specifically, was a triumph for the corporate. We’re one among solely two Southeast Asian international locations to have obtained the rally-inspired scorching hatch, and whereas Thailand received it first, our automotive is manner cheaper, slotting just below the RM300,000 mark. We additionally obtained a far larger allocation, with a minimum of 127 models so that you can get your fingers on.
However our consideration now turns to subsequent 12 months, which guarantees to be one other large one for Toyota – it lastly seems to be to be mounting a correct problem to the Honda HR-V‘s hegemony with the Corolla Cross. The brand new Harrier and facelifted Camry, Innova and Fortuner are additionally anticipated to reach in 2021.
Toyota Corolla Cross
Regardless of the title, the Corolla Cross isn’t fairly a C-segment competitor – it’s larger than a C-HR, positive, nevertheless it’s cheaper to construct and has a torsion beam rear suspension as a substitute of the latter’s dearer double wishbones. Particularly, the decrease value ensures the automotive will probably be effectively poised to tackle the HR-V in a manner that the pricier and fewer sensible C-HR hasn’t been in a position to do convincingly in ASEAN.
The Corolla Cross’ positioning within the SUV market will make it Toyota’s most vital mannequin in 2021; it’s no coincidence that it has discontinued the C-HR in Malaysia. The automotive has already proved to be greater than a match for the HR-V, outselling the perennial bestseller in Thailand. The query is, can it achieve this right here?
As it’s with the whole lot in Malaysia, all of it boils down to cost. To have any probability of being aggressive, UMW Toyota must assemble the automotive regionally. If it does, the Corolla Cross would be the first CKD automotive bought right here to be based mostly on the Toyota New International Structure (TNGA), as previous fashions – the C-HR, Camry, Corolla, RAV4 and GR Yaris – have all been absolutely imported from both Thailand or Japan.
Assembling the automotive right here would additionally enhance the probability of a hybrid mannequin, which might profit from import and excise obligation exemptions. In Thailand, the Corolla Cross Hybrid is powered by a 98 PS/142 Nm 1.8 litre Atkinson-cycle engine and a 72 PS/163 Nm electrical motor, delivering a complete system output of 122 PS.
Toyota Harrier
From the underside of Toyota’s SUV vary, we now transfer to the very prime. The brand new fourth-generation Harrier was launched in Japan in June, so it ought to arrive on Malaysian shores subsequent 12 months. It should virtually actually be absolutely imported from its dwelling nation, and provided that the RAV4 already retails across the RM200,000 mark, anticipate the bigger and extra luxurious Harrier to be considerably pricier than the outgoing mannequin.
One reason behind attainable consternation is that the brand new Harrier loses the previous automotive’s 2.0 litre turbocharged engine, utilising the RAV4’s naturally-aspirated Dynamic Power mill and CVT as a substitute. This unit gained’t have the compelled induction shove that premium automotive patrons are used to, and the extra highly effective 2.5 litre hybrid powertrain will seemingly be a lot too costly to be provided right here.
Toyota Camry facelift
One other one among Toyota’s pricier fashions, the Camry ought to quickly get the facelift launched in the USA in July. The modifications are pretty minor and are restricted to an much more expressive entrance bumper, a top-mounted floating infotainment touchscreen, new trim and fabric choices and an upgraded Toyota Security Sense 2.5+. The suite of driver help programs provides new bike owner and oncoming automobile detection features, emergency steering help, improved adaptive cruise management and a rear seat reminder.
Past the facelift, nevertheless, we’re anticipating the Camry to lastly obtain the most recent 209 PS/250 Nm 2.5 litre Dynamic Power engine and eight-speed computerized transmission. We had been instructed that the present automotive’s outdated powertrain – which has been used since 2015 – resulted from a provide bottleneck for the brand new mill. This problem needs to be mounted, paving the way in which for the brand new automotive to get the engine it had all the time been designed for.
If the Corolla Cross does get assembled right here, the Camry may very well be the subsequent in line, reducing the present circa-RM190,000 value. This may seemingly see the reintroduction of latest variants, together with a less expensive 2.0 litre mannequin and perhaps even a hybrid. Nonetheless, the legislation of diminishing returns implies that Toyota would possibly save native meeting for cheaper fashions with better quantity.
Toyota Innova facelift
With the facelifted Hilux now on sale, the pick-up’s different IMV siblings are subsequent. The Innova MPV obtained a nip and tuck in October, sporting a brand new chrome-trimmed grille, a extra aggressive entrance bumper and a hexagonal rear quantity plate garnish, plus redesigned wheel choices.
Toyota has been pretty aggressive in proliferating the Toyota Security Sense suite throughout the Malaysian lineup, so anticipate the Innova to return with the assists launched on the brand new Hilux, together with autonomous emergency braking, adaptive cruise management and lane maintaining help. As for the engine, the automotive ought to soldier on with the identical 163 PS/183 Nm 2.0 litre naturally-aspirated mill as earlier than.
Toyota Fortuner facelift
Final however not least is the facelifted Fortuner, revealed in August with a redesigned entrance bumper, a bigger grille, revised bi-LED headlights and three-dimensional LED taillights. There’s additionally a sportier Legender mannequin in Thailand that amps up the visible aggression a number of notches, though we’re unsure if it’s coming right here.
New options embody an Optitron instrument cluster with a 4.2-inch multi-info show, steering wheel paddle shifters and an auto-dimming rear-view mirror. The Fortuner additionally will get the aforementioned Toyota Security Sense programs, plus an upgraded 204 PS/500 Nm 2.8 litre turbodiesel that’s extra highly effective and refined. Gas consumption has additionally been diminished throughout the board.
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