The car will be available in both petrol and diesel options and will take on Maruti Suzuki's DZire and Toyota Kirloskar Motor's Etios.
Car-maker Toyota Kirloskar Motor today reported an 89.34 per cent increase in sales to 17,395 units in January, driven by robust demand for its latest 'Etios' and 'Liva' models.
The heart breaking Japanese catastrophe and huge booking orders of Etios saloon being the respective reasons.
Toyota Motor Corporation and Honda Motor Corporation plan to make India a hub for sourcing components of small cars.
Will the latest hatchback from the stable of Toyota -- Etios Liva -- generate a phenomenal response? Let's find out...
The Rs. 3,200-crore (Rs. 320-billion) plant with capacity to produce 70,000 cars annually was to be inaugurated in Bidadi near Bangalore on March 15.
Toyota had announced a global recall of 65 lakh vehicles to rectify a power window glitch, which could lead to fire risk.
Betting big on its yet to be launched compact car Etios,the world's largest carmaker Toyota on Wednesday said it expects more than half of its overall sales in India during the next year to come from the new model.
Prominent ones are Maruti's smoky Ciaz and Fiat's gorgeous Avventura.
When it comes to the replacement of old tyres with new ones, car owners are in a catch-22 situation, wondering about the tyre brand, price and most importantly, tyre warranty.
India is a market for low-priced cars with low running costs. The global majors don't have models that fit the bill; only Maruti and Hyundai have successful entry-level models, observes T N Ninan.
It could turn out to be the cheapest multi-utility vehicle.
It's award-winning diesel engines is already part of many cars in India.
The narrowing gap between petrol and diesel prices, an uncertainty around the future treatment of vehicles and low resale price of diesel cars are some of the apparent reasons for the strategy shift
Competitors are feeling threatened with the initial success of Honda Amaze.
Besides their country of origin, General Motors, Ford Motor and Harley-Davidson have another trait in common: all three have failed in India, the world's fifth largest automobile market. All three of them took a tough call to de-prioritise India as a market amid disruption from heightened regulations and sharper focus on capital allocation by the parent.
The model will be equipped with a petrol engine in Thailand.
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.
Apart from the cut-throat competition it gets from Ford Figo, Chevrolet Beat, Nissan Micra, Hyundai i10 and Toyota Etios Liva, Swift will need to compete with a few more rivals soon.
Indian and international brands are now all focused on small cars.
A glipse of what carmakers have in store for you.
Internet search giant Google tabulated the searches by consumers in India from January 2010 to May 2011.
The Etios sedan, which made its global debut in the country in December 2010, has sold over 20,000 units till date. This gives Toyota the hope that the new small car will catapult it among the top manufacturers in the second fastest growing automobile market globally.
The overwhelming response to Toyota's recently launched sedan Etios hints at the rising buyer interest in sedans. In the wake of that a lot of carmakers have either updated their models or are planning to do so.
While Yaris is a hatchback, Vios is its sedan version.
The company has capacity to manufacture 310,000 units annually.
Bangalore-based Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd, a joint venture between Kirloskar Group and Toyota Motor Corporation, has decided to introduce the newly-developed sedan on the Etios platform, ahead of its much-awaited small car.
The company is wooing smaller towns to create awareness for Etios to be launched in December.
Due to the continued pressure of high costs, Toyota is considering a price increase of up to 3 per cent across models with effect from January.
This trend is likely to gain pace with the new infrastructure cess on diesel vehicles.
Akito Tachibana, who took charge as managing director at Toyota's India operations from April 2016, talks to Ajay Modi on Delhi diesel car ban and DeMo.
Petrol variants of the car are priced between Rs 6.38-7.09 lakh.
A tough and stylish SUV from Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd will hit the roads in September.
Toyota has capacity to manufacture 310,000 vehicles at its two plants located near Bengaluru
Hyundai i20 Active would feature almost the same specs as Elite i20 hatch.
Maruti has plans to rev up sales of the Dzire, India's fourth most-sold car, by relaunching it.
Workers had stopped production lines to protest a delay in salary hikes after 10 months of negotiations.
Every year, carmakers announce at the end of November or December their plans to increase prices of their vehicles by January.
As other global car makers struggle in India to keep sales consistent, the Korean player has made a heady combination out of design, launches and localisation.
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has declared assets whose value has more than doubled during the past five years, reaching around Rs 2.7 crore.
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