The ride quality of the Cross is best-in-class but it scores low when it comes to handling.
Both the diesel variants will be powered by a 1.4-litre engine.
Toyota Motor Corp is likely to have retained its position as the world's best-selling carmaker for the first nine months of the year, beating rivals General Motors Co and Volkswagen AG, company figures showed on Monday.
Britain's Sun newspaper reported that Ralf was on the verge of signing a five-year deal with the Japanese manufacturer.
Ahead of the festive season, several passenger and commercial vehicle manufacturers have agreed to offer discounts of 1.5-3 per cent on new vehicle purchase against scrapped old vehicles after a meeting with Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, an official statement said on Tuesday. The statement further said Mercedes Benz India has offered a flat discount of Rs 25,000, which will be over and above all existing discounts. Union Road Transport and Highways (RT&H) Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday chaired a meeting with the SIAM delegation at Bharat Mandapam, where he addressed pressing issues in the automobile industry.
It seems like after Tata Nano, Maruti Cervo and Bajaj-Renault-Nissan's ultra-low-cost car plans it's Toyota's turn to bring out a product for the entry level segment.
Toyota Kirloskar, as part of its expansion plans to set up a small and compact car manufacturing unit, would invest about Rs 3,200 crore (Rs 32 billion), creating 2,000 jobs, home minister V S Acharya told reporters after a Cabinet briefing.
Toyota unions may challenge the management on the legality of the bonds.
The auto maker had a profit of 353.65 billion yen in the same period a year ago, Toyota said in a statement. Total net revenues declined to 3,836 billion yen for the first quarter of the current fiscal (2009-10) as against 6,215.13 billion yen in the corresponding period a year ago.
Consumers should be given freedom to make a logical choice, and manufacturers enough leeway so that they can produce what the consumer wants.
The Japanese multinational automaker's Lexus cars will be sold in India through an exclusive network of dealerships by 2013, executive vice-president Yukitoshi Funo said on Monday.
The world's largest carmaker, Toyota on Wednesday said it will bring its sports utility vehicle Fortuner in India by September this year, expected to be priced at about Rs 20 lakh.
Toyota Kirloskar Motors plans to sell 45,000 units of its newly launched passenger car 'Innova' in 2005, with 4500 units in the first month itself.
The US on Tuesday slapped a record 17.35 million fine on the world's biggest automaker, Toyota Motor Corporation, for "failing" to report safety defects to regulators within five days as required by federal law.
Toyota Motor Corporation, one of the world's biggest automakers, on Thursday set the ball rolling for a compact car for the Indian market by laying the foundation stone for a Rs 1,400-crore (Rs 14 billion) factory near Bangalore.
Japanese auto major Toyota on Wednesday said it could launch a small car in India within two years and its second plant may come up at the existing location in Bangalore.
The Invicto hybrid, priced at Rs 24.79 lakh (Rs 2.479 million), is a Multi-Purpose Vehicle, which is based on the Toyota Innova Hycross.
The heart breaking Japanese catastrophe and huge booking orders of Etios saloon being the respective reasons.
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday unveiled the prototype of the world's first Bharat Stage (BS)-VI-compliant electrified flex-fuel car, developed by Toyota Kirloskar Motor. The car, which runs on 100 per cent ethanol (E100), is based on the Toyota Innova HyCross. It can cover 40 per cent of its distance on ethanol and the remaining 60 per cent on electric, with the petrol engine shut off.
Camry is the highest grossing vehicle from the Toyota clan in the global market.
The first investigation completed on Monday resulted in a $16.375 million fine over Toyota's recall of nearly five million vehicles with accelerator pedals that could become entrapped by floor mats.
Launch of Etios Cross, upgraded Corolla likely to see delay of at least 2 months.
22 million vehicles recalled in 2013: US safety agency
The new Innova is more expensive than the old one, with the top-end model costing over Rs 20 lakh
Japanese auto major Toyota will hike prices of its vehicles across all models in India by up to 3 per cent from January to offset rising input costs.
Japanese auto major Toyota Motor Corp will invest $ 350 million (about Rs 1,400 crore) for setting up a second plant in India as part of its plans to introduce a strategic small car in the country by 2010. The new plant will have a production capacity of 1 lakh units and will become operational by 2010. The new small car, which will have high localisation level, is primarily aimed at the Indian market. Toyota will also be investing further in the plant on support facilities.
India's luxury car rental market is experiencing a surge in demand, particularly in Tier 1 cities such as Mumbai, Bangalore, and Delhi, with executive travellers, especially from the tech sector and younger demographics like the millennials and the Gen Z, increasingly renting high-end vehicles for special occasions and domestic travel. Luxorides, a luxury car rental company, observed a 40 per cent year-on-year rise in bookings in 2024 (until April) on popular routes like Delhi-Rishikesh, Delhi-Vrindavan, and Delhi-Jim Corbett National Park, as well as Chandigarh-Manali and Chandigarh-Ladakh.
With 25 per cent sales growth in the multi-utility vehicle segment, other car makers rushing in, too.
Over 400 Toyota Kirloskar Motor Employees Union members have ended their sit-in protest outside the labour commissioner's office in Bangalore, to pave the way for holding conciliatory talks.
Carmakers, including Toyota, Honda, Nissan Motor Co and BMW, in 2013 recalled 3.6 million vehicles because of problems with the airbag inflator that could potentially explode and injure the driver or passengers.
Boardroom shuffle in Toyota may lead Takeshi Uchiyamada to become chirman, speculate executives.
Speaking to reporters after flagging off Etios exports to South Africa for the first time, Sandeep Singh, deputy managing director (marketing), said so far the Camry had been imported.
The car has been been specifically developed for the Indian market and the company is investing Rs 3,200 crore (Rs 32 billion) at its second plant in Bangalore to produce its units.
The company is wooing smaller towns to create awareness for Etios to be launched in December.
Toyota will be hiring as many as 1,600 contract employees in the coming months, indicating that the auto sector is slowly recovering.
Industry leaders on Thursday mourned the death of Ratan Tata saying with his demise India has lost a visionary who shaped its industrial and philanthropic landscape. Tata was a truly remarkable business leader who placed the country before business interests, and whose vision was truly transformational for a country and its people, TVS Motor Co Chairman Emeritus Venu Srinivasan said in a statement. "Mr Tata was a truly remarkable business leader, the likes of whom nations get only once in a century," he added.
The fuel efficiency of the vehicle is 19.16kmpl.
