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The New Toyota Vios 2013 is finally here, not available in Malaysia yet but the Vios will look pretty much same if not identical to the one just revealed in Thailand. Designed to be more appealing to the younger generation, the new Toyota Vios certainly looks much better compare to the last generation that we Malaysian call it the “dugong Vios”.  Aligned with the New Toyota vehicles design theme, the New Vios certainly looks sportier, at some angle it reminds of the Ford Fiesta.

Disappointingly it is still powered by the same 4 speed gearbox mated with 1.5L engine that produces 109 HP (80 kW) and 141 Nm of torque that is more than 10 years (since 2002). There will be a few variants of specs as we can expect here. In Thailand, the higher end model will have projector headlight, bigger wheels, all round disc brakes and some interior, exterior differences.

The swift body lines helps the new Vios looks sporty, it makes us feel like the designer had took more effort when designing this Vios. The interior in 2013 Toyota Vios looks much better than generation as well. We see some resembles of the current Honda City. Toyota has got rid of the center speedometer design of the previous generation. Again, more swift lines continues of the design of the interior which makes the new Vios 2013 feels like it has upgraded itself to a different segment.

The current Toyota Vios is sold around RM70,000+ to RM90,000 . We expect the new Vios 2013 will be priced at this range to keep the competition with the vast variety of competition in this segment ( Honda City, Nissan Almera, Mazda 2, Ford Fiesta & etc). By looks, we are quite confident it will do a good sale once it reaches our shore. However, we look forward for Toyota to bring in some new engine at our shores.

Gallery : 2013 Toyota Vios

UMW Toyota Motor launched the Toyota Tyre Safety Promotion in conjunction with the upcoming Hari Raya celebration. As part of the company’s commitment towards Corporate Social Responsibility, UMW Toyota Motor, the exclusive distributor of Toyota and Lexus models in Malaysia is organizing “Tyre Weekend Fair” at selected Toyota Service Centres throughout Peninsular Malaysia from July 1 to September 30, 2012.

Exceptionally affordable selection of new tyres from leading brands which are applicable to the Toyota Corolla Altis, Toyota Avanza, Toyota Camry and Toyota Vios will be on sale at selected Toyota Service Centres from as low as RM 169 per piece. Apart from that, Toyota customers can have their car tyres installed with a 50% discount on wheel alignment and balancing services.

During the festive season, many Malaysians will be traveling by road to their hometowns or even for a holiday around Malaysia. Therefore, UMW Toyota Motor would like to ensure that all customers take appropriate safety measures for their vehicles especially the tyres to ensure that they will reach their destination safely.

Given that the 2012 Honda City facelift debuts in Malaysia, UMW Toyota Motor took chance to introduces the Toyota Vios with minor facelift for 2012 as well. According to UMW Toyota Motor, this minor facelift is made based on customer feedback as well as part of their continuous product improvement program to this model.

For 2012, the Toyota Vios now offers 5 colours – namely, Medium Silver Metallic, White, Deep Amethyst Mica Metallic with a new shade of Silver Metallic and Attitude Black (in place of the previous Coal Black).

For exterior, the headlamps of the 2012 Toyota Vios now come with dark plated (smoked type) style and the front fog lamp bezel is now revised on the lower corners of the bumper. The distinctive grille of the Vios 1.5G Limited is now offered as standard to the Vios 1.5G, Vios 1.5E and Vios 1.5J models.

The optional aerokit, only available for the Vios 1.5G Limited last year, can now be added to the other models (1.5E & 1.5J) at the time of purchase. This 5-piece package consists of the front bumper spoiler, side skirts, rear trunk lid spoiler and rear bumper spoiler. The Vios 1.5E and Vios 1.5J get upgrades for their wheels with not only a sportier 12-spoke design but also a larger diameter of 15 inches (previously 14 inches). The change is significant for the Vios 1.5J as it previously had steel wheels with a cover. Both models now use wider 185/60R15 tyres.

Inside the car, the Vios 1.5J has also received an upgrade in the cabin with a change in the seat material and fabric pattern. For the rest of the Vios’s variants, the interior remained the same as previous revision.

On the Safety aspect, finally the SRS airbag and seatbelt with a pre-tensioner and force-limiter is now installed for the front passenger as well. The upgrades on the front passenger side are now able to maximize the restraint on the passenger during the crucial moments of a collision.

Technically, the engine and transmission are remained the same with the 1.5-litre VVT-i engine.

Unlike the new 2012 Honda City, the new 2012 Toyota Vios still comes with the standard 3-years or 100,000km warranty. The new Toyota Vios is now available for viewing in all Toyota showrooms throughout Malaysia.

Price for 2012 Toyota Vios in Peninsular Malaysia

- Vios 1.5 TRD Sportivo – RM92,013.50

- Vios 1.5G Limited – RM89,613.50

- Vios 1.5G – RM87,313.50

- Vios 1.5E – RM82,300.00

- Vios 1.5J Auto – RM77,300.00

- Vios 1.5J Manual – RM73,200.00

Lastly, UMW Toyota Motor is also offering more advanced infotainment systems and sport suspension kit as options for new Vios models. Two type of systems (DVD-AVX and DVD-AVN) are available, both featuring a reverse camera which greatly enhances convenience of parking. The reverse camera has a wide angle of view and its image is displayed on a full-colour 5.8-inch (DVD-AVX) and 6.1-inch (DVD-AVN) touchscreen.

The DVD-AVN system includes a GPS route navigation system with digital maps for Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. In addition, customers are entitled to one time free map update at Toyota Sales & Service Centre if a map versioning update is required.

Photo Gallery: 2012 Toyota Vios Malaysia

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 – Toyota Vios TRD Sportivo.

Toyota Vios TRD Sportivo was born in the last pre-facelift version and it has been revised together with this Vios facelift version. We’ve reported to you on the Toyota Vios G Spec & Toyota Vios E Spec earlier. Thus, we will be concertrating what UMW Toyota give you as extra in the Vios TRD Sportivo as compare to other Vios variants.

At a glance from the front, immediately the sporty factors is carried out with the lower front bumper bodykit and with a badge with “TRD Sportivo” it does give this Vios a very outstanding factor as compare to others variant.

The rear of a the Vios TRD Sportivo is equipped with  low spoiler with another 3rd brake light on top of the existing one. Although the spoiler it’s not as aggressive looking as those after-market Mugen or Evo X spoiler, this spoiler carries the sportiness of the 1.5L  Vios without over doing it unlike the one on Toyota Altis TRD Sportivo we posted earlier.

The sides of the spoiler is also badged with TRD Sportivo logo. The rear bodykit of Vios TRD Sportivo is painted with a two-tone colour effect to increase the visual effect of a diffuser like styling. A chrome tail pipe is also attached to the exhaust. To further identify this top of the range Vios, a TRD Sportivo badge is attached to the rear boot where normally other version of Vios would be placing “J, E or G” .

Click here to read more details on Toyota Vios TRD Sportivo

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 Compact-MPV, the Honda Freed.

We have covered the Toyota Vios Facelift ( Vios Desirable) and of course the Honda Freed in detail. Do check out our post below. If you want to view the actual cars head to One Utama today or this weekend to see the flee of Toyota and Honda vehicles.

Toyota Roadshow – 1 Utama – 12-16 May 2010 – Ground Floor Highstreet

Honda Roadshow – 1 Utama – 14-16 May 2010 – Ground Floor

Our internal sources told us that, below are the other cars expect to turn up.

As for Toyota,

As for Honda,

Enjoy viewing the cars this weekend in 1utama. Click the below links to obtain more information on Toyota and Honda roadshow across Malaysia.

All Toyota Road Show Date and Venue

All Honda Road Show Date and Venue