Car News in India

It appears that Indonesian customers would be deprived of the pleasure of driving Toyota Etios sedan and they would just have to be contended with the availability of Toyota Etios Valco Hatchback. According to the latest reports, the Indonesian subsidiary of Toyota called Toyota Astra Motor has taken a final call regarding launching the Toyota Etios Sedan in the market of Indonesia. The marketing director, Mr. Joko Trisanyoto of PT Toyota Astra Motor did reveal that the company is not considering over....  Continue Reading

Toyota Kirloskar Motors is making a very honest effort in order to keep its fans and critiques happy! The car maker is working on the facelift version of its Etios Twins- Toyota Etios sedan and Toyota Etios Liva hatchback, as per reports. Apparently, Toyota will bring in the face-lifted versions of both in the Indian car bazaar very soon. What is interesting is that Toyota will be adding on another....  Continue Reading

Toyota cars and sports have a close connection. And the bond has been strengthened further with the Toyota University Cricket Championship (TUCC). Thus, the car maker is not just serious about sports by launching just the Toyota Etios TRD Sportivo edition its hatchback but it really expresses it on ground as well. The TUCC is a cricketing event and will commence on February 23. Today, the car maker has released the official anthem or the theme song ‘Ab Hamari Bari Hai.’ The song is written by lyricist Prasoon....  Continue Reading

The existing slowness in the market seems to dampen the future plans of a lot of car makers. In the recent month, it was after the immense success of the Toyota Etios Series – Toyota Etios sedan and Toyota Etios Liva that there were some over enthusiastic claims that this Japanese car giant will be launching the Etios compact sedan and a crossover based on Etios Liva. If this would have materialized, the Etios CS would have given a straight....  Continue Reading

The Toyota Etios series including Toyota Etios sedan and Etios Liva hatchback will be launched in Indonesia soon. These two Etios cars have done a great job for the car maker in India and are hoped to translate the same in there as well. It is believed that these two will do wonders in Indonesia as these have the genes to impress with their looks and performance. However, in India the two have failed a little bit in their spell and are not performing well on the sales chart in the country. This may be due to the overall....  Continue Reading

Toyota Kirloskar Motors has officially announced that it will be restructuring its management arrangement in order to expand itself in the Indian car market. Furthermore, the company has plans to establish its Toyota Etios brand here as soon as possible. According to the changes done in the management, the current deputy MD, Mr. Shekar Viswanathan has been promoted to vice chairman of external affairs, whereas the deputy MD of sales, marketing and consumer service, Mr. Sandeep Singh is now deputy managing director of DMD....  Continue Reading

This is how bad things happen to good people – intentionally or unintentionally. Japanese car maker Toyota will be paying a huge sum of $17.35 million as fine, which is a record sum. This is the fine that the car maker will be paying for not declaring recalls timely. The National Highway Traffic Safety found that the car maker could have included the recall of 2010 Lexus RX 350 and RX 450h declared in June last year with that of the 3.8 million Toyota cars recalled in 2009. Notably, the Toyota cars were recalled for some issue with the floor mat near the accelerator pedal.....  Continue Reading

There is a car and mice game being played in Brazil. It is primarily between Hyundai HB20, Chevrolet Onix and the Toyota Etios hatchback (Etios Liva in India). The Etios Liva has set new standards in India and its export destinations but it has failed miserable in Brazil may be because the opponents have quite well settled in there. Made with genes to target markets such as Brazil and India, the Etios twins have wooed Indians to a large extent and....  Continue Reading

After the success of Toyota Etios Motor Racing (EMR) in India, Toyota now takes EMR to Sri Lanka to be a part of the spectacular Colombo Night Races (CNR) on the 14th and 15th of December, 2012. This is the second edition of the weekend of street races in the island country, and this year the EMR drivers/cars make their debut at the event that will also see GT3, GT4, SL-GT, Formula Mclaren’s 1300, and other international racing cars and bikes.      Continue Reading

So is Toyota India winding up its operations or it is a hibernation phase as some reports suggest that the car maker will not be launching any new Toyota car in the next few years. If this is true, it is really shocking. Reports also suggest that the Japanese car maker will be highly focusing on Toyota Etios sedan and Etios Liva hatchback and it will be strengthening its production as well as exports from India. So, does this mean there is a full stop and the Indian auto industry will not see any new Toyota car in the next three years? It seems surprising but there are strong indications....  Continue Reading

Toyota Motors is planning to assemble Toyota Etios in Indonesia. The new assembly plant in Indonesia is under construction and the company is planning to do the local assembly of the car over there. Earlier, the company has mentioned that it will turn Indonesia into a production hub. With the new production plant of Toyota, the firm is likely to export their cars to other ASEAN, African countries and to Australia as well. The new manufacturing plant of Toyota in Indonesia will be funded by 6 group firms, which include in....  Continue Reading

Toyota Etios sedan and the Etios Liva hatchback are synonymous with success in India for the Japanese automaker. The recent TRD Sportivo editions which were extended to Toyota Fortuner were a big hit among those who wish to have great sporty looks and styling. These two cars are in fact also one of the best priced Toyota cars in India as well and it is the price of Etios and Etios Liva hatchback that lead them in their respective segments to prove their mettle against  Continue Reading

The used car industry in India is getting big and fat day by day. Even giants have entered this business which was till lately been governed by unorganized individuals. The Japanese car maker Toyota’s used car wing Toyota U Trust has increased its outlets in India and has opened three new outlets at Navi Mumbai, Rajmundry and Guntur. Now the total number of such outlets has risen to 26 and the car maker hopes to give a further expansion to this wing soon. It is at the Toyota U Trust outlets that the car giant sells used car of both Toyota and non-Toyota brand.    Continue Reading

Toyota and racing could be held together and these go well together quite decently. In order to unleash the true sporty spirit, Toyota Kirloskar Motor has organized the Toyota Etios Motor Racing (EMR) event in the national capital region. The event is ongoing and will continue till tomorrow. The location is HUDA, Leisure Valley in Gurgaon. This is the second season of the ‘Race of Champions’ and this time, Toyota has made it unique and exciting. The August event at Chennai was a great success and based on that....  Continue Reading

It is when that Indian SUV maker Mahindra and India’s largest car maker Maruti are enjoying their efforts and the output in the form of car sales in September, the Japanese car maker Toyota could not do well. It has reported a decline by five percent in the September sales compared to last year. However, there has been 23 percent increase in the sales of Toyota Innova and the Toyota Fortuner too had a significant growth while  Continue Reading