Toyota Kirloskar Motors has gained momentum in the Indian market. The company has several plans laid out for the Indian customers including a small car model, an entry level sedan and a rejigged SUV. Toyota will finally launch its new entry level sedan – Toyota Etios on December 01 which says “World First, India First” and boasts of Toyota Quality Management.
Toyota also intends to introduce the hatchback variant of Etios sedan three months after the launch of sedan model. It has already been previewing both the models in various cities of India.
Autocar reports that Toyota is also planning to launch a upgraded Toyota Innova in 2012. The MPV is one of the most successful models in its segment and competes strongly with Mahindra Scorpio, Tata Sumo Grande, Maruti Suzuki Vitara. The model will be built on same IMV platform and there will be very little changes in the car. Customer feedbacks have revealed that they are extremely satisfied with the car and company is left with little scope to improve of refine the car for the better.
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Toyota cars have also been becoming popular with delays in deliveries getting longer. The company has stopped taking bookings for Fortuner once again in India. It intends to clear the Fortuner backlog first before taking on fresh bookings. Toyota Corolla and Innova also have waiting period of at least 4-6 weeks. “We are facing limitations at our first Bangalore plant and are looking at maximising our production capacity. There are no plans to further hike the capacity,” Nakagawa said to a newspaper. Customers may end up paying a premium price for Toyota products.
