The all-new Toyota Agya (known in the Philippines as the Toyota Wigo) has been on sale in ASEAN since it was launched on February 2023. However, all of these models (including its siblings, the Daihatsu Ayla and the Perodua Axia) are in right-hand drive – until now. Toyota launched the all-new Wigo in Vietnam on June 2023. Because they also drive on the right-hand side, this makes it the first version of the subcompact hatchback to be sold in left-hand drive. 1.2-liter engine Much like the Agya

Unless you’ve recently come back from a tech detox, you’ve no doubt heard of a little snafu happening with Daihatsu and Toyota, where they committed a bit of an alleged cheat in crash safety tests. While full details are still making their way down the pipeline, the general story is that Toyota’s small-car division Daihatsu, which makes the Raize, Vios, Wigo and the Avanza/Veloz twins, had allegations of fraud lobbed against it because of a modification on the Vios and Wigo units that it produce

The all-new 2023 Toyota Wigo has made its debut in the ASEAN, with Malaysia getting the Perodua Axia and Indonesia getting the Toyota Agya and the Daihatsu Ayla. While all three versions are the Wigo, with slightly altered specifications for their respective market, they each bring something unique to the table. The arrival of these new models got us thinking, how does this compare to the Toyota Wigo we currently have in the Philippine market? Are they better because they are more modern, or doe

The all-new 2023 Perodua Axia was previewed to the Malaysian press on February 8, 2023, giving us a possible glimpse of the next-generation Toyota Wigo. Although the Axia will be officially unveiled on Valentine’s Day (February 14, 2023, for those who don’t have a love life), our friends at WapCar Malaysia have been able to get behind the wheel of Perodua’s new little hatchback. The Axia has long been the Malaysian sibling of the Daihatsu Ayla and the Wigo. It uses the new Daihatsu New Global Ar

Toyota Motor Thailand has just launched what is believed to be the 2023 Toyota Vios this morning. Actually, this model is known as the 2023 Toyota Yaris Ativ in Thailand. While it was originally thought that the Toyota Vios and the Yaris Ativ will remain two distinct models, it is now confirmed that Toyota Thailand will cease production of the former. Underpinned by the same Daihatsu New Global Architecture (DNGA) platform also found in the Toyota Raize, Avanza and Veloz, the Yaris Ativ will cov

The Hyundai Eon was ultimately pulled out of production for not meeting safety-emission regulations, much to the disappointment of the fun-loving folks out there who came to regard the uncomplicated "driving-aesthetics" of the aforementioned, er, small car. It's therefore not surprising that the sudden announcement of this car's disappearance from the spotlight had sparked a plethora of raw opinions that range from the nonsensical to the absurd, as the intriguing nature of the said incident woul