Toyota's Small Car Etios Now For Indian Market

Toyota is all set to launch its extravagant small car named Etios in Indian market on 1st of December in Bangalore. The booking will most probably initiate in December month and in January the car will be seen in showroom first. At present in India Toyota is introducing Etios Twins with petrol engines only. But in years to come they expect the diesel version in the market.


All new Etios is designed seeing the Indian consumers taste and will give remarkable boost to the big brand of Toyota. The race in small car segment will be getting tough as Toyota is all set to give tough competition to its competitors. Etios was first seen and was highly appreciated by everyone in Delhi auto expo in the month of January 2010.

Toyota is on high success with its MUVs like Innova and sedans and recently the SUV Fortuner. According to some agencies reports Etios is targeting a sale of 65,000 units next year. Toyota’s second plant will have an initial annual production capacity of 70,000 units, which could be expanded up to two lakh units. To roll-out its first small car in India Toyota is investing Rs 3,200 crore to set up its second manufacturing facility in Bangalore. The second plant will first cater to the needs of Etios.

By: Ritika Jayaswal

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