UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd (UMWT) melaporkan prestasi jualan yang cemerlang untuk bulan September 2024, dengan kira-kira 7,700 unit kenderaan terjual, menjadikan jumlah jualan tahun sehingga kini (YTD) melebihi 72,000 unit. Peningkatan ini mengukuhkan lagi kedudukan UMWT dalam pasaran automotif Malaysia, terutamanya hasil daripada barisan kenderaan yang dipercayai dan inovatif.
Model Toyota Vios, Hilux, dan Corolla Cross menjadi pemacu utama jualan, menyumbang 69% daripada keseluruhan unit yang dijual. Populariti model-model ini menunjukkan keyakinan pengguna Malaysia terhadap jenama Toyota, terutamanya dari segi kualiti, ketahanan, dan prestasi. Pelbagai model ini memenuhi keperluan pelanggan yang berbeza, dari penggunaan harian di bandar hingga kepada keupayaan untuk kegunaan luar jalan raya.
Datuk Ravindran K., Presiden UMW Toyota Motor, menyatakan kegembiraan beliau dengan pencapaian jualan tersebut, mengaitkan kejayaan ini kepada kesetiaan pelanggan dan keupayaan produk Toyota dalam memenuhi kehendak pasaran. Beliau juga menekankan komitmen UMWT untuk terus menawarkan inovasi dan nilai tambah kepada pelanggan di Malaysia.
UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd (UMWT) meneruskan prestasi yang kukuh, mencatatkan jumlah jualan sebanyak 8,500 unit pada Ogos 2024. Ini menjadikan jualan tahun sehingga kini kepada kira-kira 64,000 unit. Tiga model terlaris bagi bulan Ogos ialah Toyota Vios, Toyota Hilux dan Toyota Corolla Cross, menonjolkan permintaan kukuh untuk sedan, pikap dan SUV Toyota di Malaysia.
Model Baharu Dilancarkan
Selaras dengan kejayaan ini, UMWT telah membuka tempahan untuk model 2024 yang dipertingkatkan bagi Toyota Hilux, Fortuner, dan GR86 pada 16 Ogos 2024.
Toyota Hilux: Terkenal dengan ketahanannya, model baharu itu kini menampilkan Kawalan Kestabilan Kenderaan dalam 2.4 Single Cab dan menawarkan ciri canggih seperti Remote Engine Start dan Panoramic View Monitor dalam varian terpilih.
UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) telah mengumumkan pembukaan tempahan untuk model 2024 Toyota Hilux, Toyota Fortuner, dan Toyota GR86, yang kesemuanya didatangkan dengan peningkatan yang ketara. Buku pesanan untuk model ini kini dibuka secara rasmi.
Toyota Hilux: Trak Pick-Up Terlaris Malaysia
Toyota Hilux, terkenal dengan ketahanan dan kebolehpercayaannya, terus menjadi pilihan utama pengguna Malaysia. Dengan reka bentuk yang kukuh dan ciri yang dipertingkatkan, Hilux menawarkan gabungan prestasi dan kepraktisan yang luar biasa.
Kawalan Kestabilan Kenderaan: Kini disertakan dalam Hilux 2.4 Single Cab, meningkatkan prestasi pengendalian dengan ketara.
Mula Enjin Jauh: Ciri ini membolehkan pengguna menghidupkan atau menghentikan enjin, memanaskan atau menyejukkan kabin, dan menjadualkan operasi enjin melalui aplikasi Toyota My, tersedia pada varian Hilux terpilih.
Monitor Panoramik: Standard untuk Hilux 2.8 GR Sport, Hilux 2.8 Rogue, dan Hilux 2.4V.
Pengecas Wayarles: Standard untuk Hilux 2.8 GR Sport dan Hilux 2.8 Rogue, pilihan untuk model lain kecuali Hilux 2.4 Single Cab.
Piawaian Pelepasan Euro 4: Hilux dilengkapi dengan piawaian pelepasan terbaharu ini.
Spesifikasi Enjin: 2.8 GR Sport dan 2.8 Rogue dikuasakan oleh enjin 2,755 cc yang masing-masing menghasilkan 224PS / 550Nm dan 204PS / 500Nm. Varian 2.4V menampilkan enjin 2,393 cc dengan 150PS dan tork 400Nm.
Harga: Harga bermula pada RM104,880 tanpa insurans.
Toyota Fortuner: Kekasaran dan Serbaguna Ditakrifkan Semula
Toyota Fortuner telah mengukuhkan kedudukannya sebagai kegemaran di kalangan pemandu yang menghargai ketahanan dan serba boleh.
Kit Badan GR: Tersedia sebagai aksesori pilihan untuk Fortuner 2.7 SRZ dan Fortuner 2.4, termasuk skirt bampar hadapan, hiasan lampu kabus hadapan, dan skirt bampar belakang.
Mula Enjin Jauh: Tersedia pada Fortuner 2.8 VRZ dan Fortuner 2.7 SRZ.
Pilihan Enjin: Fortuner 2.7 SRZ dikuasakan oleh enjin petrol 2,694 cc yang menghasilkan 166PS dan 245Nm tork, manakala Fortuner 2.8 VRZ menampilkan enjin diesel bersih 2,755 cc dengan 204 PS dan 500 Nm tork. Varian Fortuner 2.4 termasuk enjin diesel bersih 2,393 cc yang menghasilkan 150PS dan tork 400Nm.
Harga: Harga permulaan untuk Toyota Fortuner baharu ialah RM195,880 tanpa insurans.
Toyota GR86: Pengendalian Lebih Tajam, Prestasi Dipertingkat
Toyota GR86 menawarkan peningkatan ketara untuk kedua-dua varian 2.4 A/T dan 2.4 M/T.
Pengendalian dan Responsif: Respons pendikit telah ditala untuk kebolehkawalan yang luar biasa pada had. Sistem penggantungan telah diperhalusi untuk respons pengendalian yang lebih baik dan rasa jalan. Sistem stereng kuasa elektrik telah ditentukur semula untuk pengalaman stereng yang lebih langsung dan menarik.
Penalaan Transmisi Dipertingkat: Untuk peminat transmisi automatik, GR86 2.4 A/T membolehkan RPM enjin yang lebih tinggi selepas anjakan bawah, memberikan kawalan dan prestasi yang lebih baik.
Ciri Keselamatan: Dilengkapi dengan Perakam Video Digital (DVR) hadapan dan belakang sebagai standard, mengaktifkan dan merakam rakaman sudut lebar secara automatik dalam HD penuh apabila enjin dinyalakan.
Harga: GR86 2.4 A/T dan GR86 2.4 M/T berharga kompetitif, bermula daripada RM295,000 tanpa insurans.
Dengan model yang dinaik taraf ini, UMWT mengukuhkan dedikasinya untuk menyampaikan penyelesaian automotif terkemuka yang menggabungkan prestasi, inovasi, dan kemewahan, mencerminkan komitmen berterusan Toyota terhadap kualiti dan kepuasan pelanggan.
UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd (UMWT) baru-baru ini melaporkan angka jualan yang menggalakkan untuk bulan Julai 2024, dengan lebih 9,000 unit terjual. Ini membawa jumlah keseluruhan jualan tahun ini kepada lebih 55,800 unit, menunjukkan kejayaan dalam strategi syarikat yang memfokuskan kepada inovasi dan kepuasan pelanggan.
Pelancaran Model Baharu
UMWT telah melancarkan dua model baharu dalam barisan Lexus:
Lexus RZ 450e: Ini adalah kenderaan elektrik bateri (BEV) berdedikasi penuh pertama Lexus. Model ini menandakan komitmen Lexus terhadap elektrifikasi dan kelestarian.
Lexus LBX: SUV hibrid pengecasan sendiri baharu ini menyasarkan segmen peringkat permulaan, memperluaskan pilihan dalam barisan produk Lexus.
UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd (UMWT) has reported impressive sales figures for July 2024, with over 9,000 units sold, pushing the year-to-date total to more than 55,800 units. This surge in sales highlights the company’s strategic focus on innovation and customer satisfaction, driving successful initiatives and promotions.
In line with its growth strategy, UMWT recently expanded its Lexus lineup with the launch of two new models. The Lexus RZ 450e, the brand’s first fully dedicated battery electric vehicle (BEV), and the Lexus LBX, a new self-charging hybrid SUV aimed at the entry-level segment, reflect Lexus Malaysia’s commitment to a diverse electrification strategy. The ‘More than Electric’ campaign underscores their dedication to offering both hybrid and fully electric vehicles while redefining luxury with sustainability in mind.
As part of its ongoing efforts to enhance the customer experience, UMWT has launched the “Discover Merdeka Exclusives” promotion for August 2024. This initiative includes savings of up to RM8,000 on the Corolla Cross Hybrid Electric, with monthly instalments starting from RM1,058. Additionally, the Toyota Service Savers program offers convenient monthly instalments starting from just RM31.
There are a handful of cars that have come to define the enthusiasts of the 80s and 90s, and among the Skyline’s, Evolution’s and Impreza’s is the Supra.
Of course there are others as well such as the Mazda RX7 and Honda NSX, but one could argue that the four mentioned above are the ‘four heavenly kings’ of the era.
The Nissan Skyline needs no introduction and even the most self-confident Ferrari or Porsche driver will overtake one with caution. You don’t ever risk upsetting Godzilla, which, for the unaware, is what the Skyline GT-R is fondly known as.
The Skyline GT-R even dominated race series in Japan, America and in Europe. It was so quick that there are instances of race officials having to force the car to carry weight ballasts of up to 140kg just so that the competition had a chance of winning. Such bending of rules would have made the Verstappens proud.
The Mitsubishi Evolution and the Subaru Impreza made their name in the amazing world of rallying. In the hands of such legends as Colin McRae and Petter Solberg (among many others of course), Subaru was nearly untouchable in the World Rally Championship.
But Mitsubishi gave them a proper headache with the three-diamond marque having had its fair share of legends behind the wheel as well, such as Ari Vatanen and Tommi Makinen.
The Toyota Supra also made its name in motorsport but just like the Skyline, it competed in track events rather than in rallying. Though there have been instances where the Supra competed in rallying, however, it made a name for itself in sports car racing, particularly in the Japanese GT Championship, Super GT and even the iconic 24 hours of Le Mans.
The iconic sports car was born in 1978 as the Celica Supra. It got its name from the Toyota Celica, from which it also received its design inspiration. However, the Supra that gripped the world is the fourth-generation model which enthusiasts know as the Supra A80.
Despite its capabilities, the model was immortalised by pop culture when it appeared in the first instalment of the Fast & Furious movie franchise back in 2001. In the hands of Brian O’Conner (played by the late Paul Walker), the modified Supra out dragged and outclassed a Ferrari 355, and that not only sealed the Supra’s reputation, but also introduced it to a whole new generation of fans.
The fourth-generation Supra, or Mk4, was one of the finest sports car the world had ever seen, and just like the Nissan Skyline GT-R, it could do no wrong. Until the fifth-generation model was introduced in 2019, which is when all hell broke loose and the Supra went from the darling of sports cars, to arguably the most hated.
The fifth-generation Supra has been the subject of taunts, jokes and online hate ever since it was introduced. The negativity does not stem from the car or how it drives, in fact it drives rather nicely, and the design has aged quite well. But the hate stems from what underpins the car rather than the car itself.
Fans loved for the Supra for its design, the powertrain and of course, its performance. All of which was engineered and built in-house by Toyota.
And this is where the hate for the fifth-generation model stems from, the fact that it is not entirely made by Toyota but is a result of a collaboration between BMW and Toyota. The underbody for the Supra, the drivetrain, the electronics and even the interior fittings are all BMW. Only the design of the car and some of the performance bits are by Toyota.
In the modern world where billions are needed to create an entirely new model from scratch, it is quite understandable why Toyota would take that route. But for the enthusiast and keyboard warriors at home, it does not make sense. For some of them, it is more of a “make it a pure Toyota, or don’t make it at all”.
And after driving it quite extensively, I can see where the irritation comes from.
Toyota did very little to mask BMW’s presence around the car. You can spot BMW logos around the engine bay without breaking a sweat, the entire dashboard is identical to a Z4, the gear shifter and even the seats and their memory switches are by BMW.
Some argue that buyers are effectively paying for an over glorified BMW Z4, which curiously is built alongside the Supra in Austria by Magna Steyr.
However, it has been five years since the fifth-generation Supra was launched, and though there is still some glimmers of hate online in forums and comment sections, the Supra may just be starting to win some hearts.
The GR Supra is the second coming of the fifth-generation Supra, and while the first was available with a two and 3.0-litre straight-six engine, the GR is only available with the six pot engine but now offers a choice of manual or automatic transmission.
I recently drove the automatic version of the GR Supra, and I believe people should just get over the fact that it is a BMW in a Toyota suit. Because it is not just a suit, it is an MMA fighter in a sharp suit. For all you movie buffs, think of it as Jason Statham in the Transporter movies.
When I first drove the Supra some years ago, the design was not to my liking. It was too outlandish, and my mind kept thinking about the fourth-generation Supra and tried hard to find some connection between the two. There isn’t, and that led to some disappointment.
This time, I tried to forget that it was a Supra or a BMW underneath and approached it for what it is – a modern sports car. And it began to make sense.
The design, though unchanged, is still rather outlandish, but the Dawn Blue Metallic colour that you see here is just the right colour for the Supra’s curves. The blacked out 19-inch wheels suits the car as well, and are 1.2kg lighter at all four corners to reduce un-sprung weight, giving the GR Supra more ferocious acceleration than before. The car now sees off the 0-100kmh sprint in 4.1 seconds, which is faster than its German cousin.
The interior feels small and cramped, and taller drivers may find it difficult to get in and out of. But once inside, the sitting position is spot on, and you feel like your spine has been livewired to the car. That is something that I love, particularly the GT style driving position with the long front end.
But the interior is small, it does not have space to store something as simple as a smart tag. You could keep it in the glove compartment but that is quite a stretch away. Mix that up with storage for your phone and the cables to charge your devices, and suddenly the interior feels too cluttered. And that wreaks havoc for my OCD.
All that disappears as soon as you start the car and listen to the sweet melody of the 3.0-litre, inline six-cylinder turbocharged engine. It is a sound that is slowly being relegated to the ages of history, so I always allowed myself a minute or two to properly absorb it. You know, in case I wake up tomorrow to find that the Europeans have decided that anything more than four-cylinders are bad for their earth worms and have had no other choice but to introduce an overnight ban on new multi-cylindered engines.
The world is a weird place these days, so multi-cylindered engines are a great way of reconnecting with the good old days.
The engine creates 388PS and 500Nm of torque, which may not seem like much, but the joy is in the way the power is delivered. The steering wheel feels alive in your hands with tiny nuggets of information telling your palms exactly what is happening with the tyres at ground zero.
The suspension is also remarkably clinical, and the car reacts to every twitch of the steering wheel. However, your spine also picks up on all the tiny bumps, dips and ruts that litters our roads. You can say that that is the character of a sports suspension and I would agree with you, but when you’re a 40-year-old with a back problem, that is not a lot of fun.
Performance is, simply put, brilliant. It is not blinding or mind numbing, and the fact is some EV’s with their lightning quick sub-four second acceleration might put you to shame. But the car comes alive in the corners with its perfect 50:50 weight distribution. That means that you can dive late into corners and get on the power early without risking any under or oversteer. In the right hands and on the right roads, the GR Supra could put some supercars to shame. Particularly some fast EV’s like a Tesla Model 3 Performance.
And that is the point of the GR Supra. You may not like how it came about or how it looks like, but when it comes to driving it, the driving experience is still intoxicating, like that of the original Supra. Different of course but still intoxicating.
Having said that, just like the Supra’s of the past, the fifth-generation Supra is already proving its worth in motorsports around the world. In fact, it is not only racing, but it is also winning entire championships, and though haters may not like it, but the new GR Supra is definitely making its ancestors proud.
“They don’t make them live they used to,” that is a sentence that is commonly heard these days. Whether it is in reference to household goods, electronics or even your favourite char kuey teow, it is a sentence that is thrown around a lot these days.
But arguably, nowhere is it most commonly used than in the automotive industry. Whether it is in reference to the quality of a car or motorcycle or to the performance, we could argue till the sun goes down and comes back up again about how cars and bikes used to be better back in the day and how they are today.
However. Every once in a while, we get a car that blows it all away, that makes the world stand up and take notice and makes even those that still live in the past fall in love all over again. Cars like the Toyota GR Corolla.
If you have never heard of it, you are probably thinking that we have lost our minds. How can an everyday Toyota like the Corolla be exciting and remind us of days gone past? Well, except for the assumption that our favourite uncles and their neigbour used to drive a Toyota Corolla, the GR Corolla seen in the photos here is a very different animal. Yes, we used the word animal in the same sentence as the Corolla, now will be a good time to continue reading this article because we are not talking about a regular run of the mill Corolla.
Though the Corolla may be the underpinning car to this model, there is very little that the GR Corolla shares with its comparatively sedate cousin. From the offset, you will notice that the car is wider and looks a lot more aggressive. That may not be a big deal because you can buy such a body kit for a few thousand Ringgits from any of the back lane car shops around the country. But the one on the GR Corolla is a functional one, one that needs to be engineered rather than just fitted.
Every vent, fin and wing you see on the car plays a purpose, either to help cool the car, cool the brakes or help the car stick to the road at high speeds. This is a proper fire-breating sports car that has been purpose made and engineered in detail from the ground up, it is not a regular body kit that you buy from Sunway.
Even back at the factory, the GR Corolla together with its siblings – the GR86 and the GR Yaris, were not built on a regular assembly line. Well, perhaps the donor cars were, but they were soon shifted to a different part of the assembly plant. A top-secret area where engineers have a singular focus on chasing mega performance.
Called the Toyota Gazoo Racing motorsport division, the department is based in Cologne, Germany and supports Toyota’s racing activities in series such as the World Rally Championship and World Endurance Championship. The division also has offices in other parts of the world where it races as well.
But other than developing race cars, the division, also known as TGR or GR, is also responsible for bridging the gap between its racing activities and its road cars. That is where cars like the GR Corolla come from. In essence, the division is quite like AMG from Mercedes-Benz, BMW’s M division or Audi’s RS.
You may already know this, but motorsport is never cheap, whether it is the entry go-kart series or racing in more established competitions around the world, the world of motorsport is for the top one percent. The research and development needed to create a car capable of topflight competition can put a lot of companies out of business, and hence why cars that are born out of motorsport are never cheap.
The GR Corolla costs a staggering RM355,000, which is a lot of money from a Corolla. This writer had a tough time explaining why this car costs so much of money to guests of a wedding in the old mining town of Tanjung Tualang. Everyone who saw the car knew it was something special, but no one could believe the price. It was after all, a Toyota Corolla. I had a tough time explaining that it was not a regular Corolla.
This is a car that needs to be driven to be appreciated, and once you do, you will wish you had that money in your bank. Powering the GR Corolla is a 1.6-litre, three-cylinder, turbocharged engine making 300PS and 370Nm of torque. It is the most powerful three-cylinder engine in the world, and it demolishes the charge to 100km/h in just 5.3 seconds and does not stop huffing and puffing until it reaches 230km/h.
All the way there, there is that almost inaudible sound of the blow-off valve which enthusiasts will recognise almost immediately. Take your foot off the accelerator pedal and a faint whistle will follow. This allows the boost pressure from the turbo to escape when there is no need to use it, and this is an iconic sound that almost every self-loving car freak will recognise and love immediately. It does not only sound good, but it shows this car means business.
But the GR Corolla is much more than just big numbers, it is about how it delivers them to the wheels and ultimately leaves it to you to exploit. The car also runs on an all-wheel-drive (AWD) platform, and it is not just a regular AWD system, but quite an intelligent one.
While regular AWD systems will distribute power equally between the front and rear axles, the system in the GR Corolla lets you decide how you want the power to be transferred. You can select this by turning a knob located at the centre console, and power can be distributed either 60:40 front back, 50:50 for a more balanced feel or 30:70 for when you want the rear of the car to stick out a little bit.
And this is then further complemented by a Torsen Slip Differential that distributes power to the left and right wheels rather than just between the front and rear axles. This then gives the car huge amounts of grip, and on the right roads such as on Bukit Tinggi where we took it for some back road fun, it was easy to simply point and catapult the car to the next corner by riding the wave of torque.
No squirm, no power lag, no dramas, just your typical point and squirt fun, just like the old hot hatch’s such as the Renault Megane R26, Peugeot GTI or even the Volkswagen Golf R.
But the GR Corolla feels more engaging, it feels like it wants you to wring it by its neck and extract every gallop of horsepower. It is almost impossible to drive it slowly because all you want to do is marvel at all the performance underneath the car.
It also has something called an “Intelligent Manual Transmission” that makes you feel like a driving God every time you downshift the manual transmission. This works by matching the revs to the intended gear so there is no loss of power, and you are always within the right rev zone to maximise power delivery.
However, as quick and effectively the GR Corolla is, it has one little flaw that we feel could have been better – the gear shifter. In the world of manual transmissions, the key to getting it right is a short, precise throw in between gear cogs with a small well-weighted, preferably aluminium knob. The GR Corolla almost has it all right except that shifts can be sloppy; it is not as precise and short as the Honda Civic Type R and that is probably its biggest let down. For us at least. We can forgive the knob but having a sloppy shifter can be scary because you can easily shift into a wrong gear. And that is a very expensive bill.
Everything else about the GR Corolla is perfect. It may be a Corolla, but it can never be a proper family car like a regular Corolla can, as we found out when we had to pack up the car to attend the aforementioned wedding in Perak.
It may have four doors, and it also has all the safety systems you want in a modern-day car, including apative cruise control. It even has ISOFIX mounts for you to lock in a child seat, but it not spacious as far as family requirements go.
But the Toyota GR Corolla is great because it reminds us of how sports cars used to be – fast, engaging with pure unadulterated power. The four-doors are there so that you can tell yourself it is semi-practical, but in fact you just don’t really want to grow up.
The GR Corolla lets you indulge in your childhood automotive fantasies, while the four-doors are a great excuse for you to tell your wife it is a practical car and that it is worth the price. Until she tries to pack all her outfits for a wedding and finds out it isn’t all that.
Selepas menikmati jualan yang rancak, jualan bagi UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd (UMWT) nampaknya telah stabil apabila syarikat tersebut mengakhiri Mac 2204 dengan jumlah jualan keseluruhan sebanyak 9,688 unit untuk model Toyota dan Lexus yang digabungkan. Ini termasuk 9,471 unit untuk Toyota dan 217 unit untuk Lexus, dengan jumlah jualan tahunan setakat Mac 2024 sebanyak 23,444 unit.
Angka ini menurun 7% dari 25,219 unit yang dijual pada tempoh yang sama pada tahun 2023, yang boleh diperuntukkan kepada keghairahan untuk mendaftar kereta sebelum pengecualian SST tamat, dan mungkin juga permintaan tertunda dari era pandemik.
UMW Toyota (UMWT) tidak mendedahkan jualan mengikut model jadi tidak dapat dipastikan model mana yang mendahului dalam jualan.
Dalam sektor komersial, UMWT telah meningkatkan piawai dengan pengenalan van panel Toyota HiAce 3.0L yang baru. Dikuasakan oleh enjin turbo-diesel 3.0 liter, van baru ini menawarkan 136PS dan 300Nm untuk pengangkutan kargo tanpa usaha.
Mengiringi itu adalah Toyota HiAce Super Long Wheelbase (SLWB) yang baru, yang menjanjikan peningkatan yang signifikan dalam saiz untuk ruang dalaman yang lebih luas, menawarkan keselesaan yang tiada tandingan untuk penumpang dan kargo. Dilengkapi dengan enjin turbo-diesel 2.7 liter yang kuat, HiAce SLWB menjanjikan prestasi yang kukuh dengan 177 PS dan 450 Nm tork.
After enjoying a bull run, sales for UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd (UMWT) seems to have stabilised as the company ended March 2204 with total sales of 9,688 units for Toyota and Lexus models combined. This comprises 9,471 units for Toyota and 217 units for Lexus and a total year-to-date sales as of March 2024 of 23,444.
This figure is down from the 25,219 units sold in the same period of 2023, which can be attributed to the rush to register cars before the SST exemption expired, and perhaps even the pent up demand from the post pandemic era.
UMW Toyota (UMWT) does not reveal sales by model so there is no telling which model took the lead in sales.
Complementing that is the new Toyota HiAce Super Long Wheelbase (SLWB), which boasts significant size enhancements for increased interior space, offering unparalleled comfort for passengers and cargo. Equipped with a powerful 2.7-litre turbo-diesel engine, the HiAce SLWB promises robust performance with 177 PS and 450 Nm of torque.
Sebagai tindak balas kepada pendedahan terkini mengenai ketidaknormalan ujian keselamatan di Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd (DMC), anak syarikat Toyota, UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT), pemain utama dalam pasaran automotif Malaysia, menekankan komitmennya terhadap ketelusan dan tanggungjawab. Ketidaknormalan ujian keselamatan, seperti yang ditekankan oleh Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), telah memberi impak kepada tiga model Toyota yang diedarkan oleh UMWT di Malaysia.
Datuk Ravindran K., Presiden UMW Toyota Motor, memberi jaminan kepada pelanggan dan orang ramai bahawa syarikat ini berazam untuk mengekalkan piawaian dan kualiti tertinggi dalam kenderaan-kenderaannya. Pernyataan ini menegaskan pendekatan proaktif UMWT dalam menangani situasi ini, bekerjasama rapat dengan pihak berkuasa kawal selia untuk memastikan penyelesaian yang pantas dan telus.
Komitmennya untuk memberikan kenderaan berkualiti tinggi kepada pasaran Malaysia tetap menjadi keutamaan utama UMWT. Syarikat ini mengakui kepentingan kepercayaan dan bertujuan untuk mengukuhkan keyakinan pelanggan terhadap produk-produknya. Kerjasama berterusan dengan pihak berkuasa kawal selia mencerminkan komitmen UMWT untuk mematuhi peraturan dan undang-undang yang relevan, memastikan pematuhan yang ketat terhadap semua kenderaan di Malaysia.
Datuk Ravindran K. lebih menekankan fokus syarikat terhadap kepuasan pelanggan, memberi jaminan kepada orang ramai bahawa usaha sedang dijalankan untuk membetulkan situasi ini dengan cepat dan telus. Dengan memberikan keutamaan kepada ketelusan dan tanggungjawab, UMW Toyota Motor bertujuan untuk menavigasi situasi mencabar ini sambil mengekalkan komitmennya untuk memberikan kenderaan yang boleh dipercayai dan selamat kepada pelanggan di Malaysia.
